Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard's biggest hit came from an impromptu recording session at 5 a.m., post-10-day-cayenne juice ...

Country icon Merle Haggard has never been one to mince his words, although he has been known to cloak them in such veiled metaphor that he would later say he regretted one of his biggest hit ...

Haggard, who died in 2016, spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about his love of trains. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car. Now that coach is part of the Virginia Scenic Railway.