I would have carved ‘Merle loves Dolly’ on every damn tree in the country if she’d asked me to.” “I would have given anything to have seen her face,” said Haggard. “Then I’d know ...

Merle Haggard, one of America’s most successful ... Later the same year, he explained, “I didn’t give a s*** how long their hair was. But the fact that the ones with long hair were the ...

Generally speaking, an artist has little to no control over which of their songs will become the most popular and commercially successful, and that’s certainly true of the iconic Merle Haggard ...

Merle Haggard ... “We don’t let our hair grow long and shaggy, like the hippies out in San Francisco do. And I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee.” Haggard won two Grammy awards, in ...

Merle Haggard, who died on April 6, 2016, on what would have been his 79th birthday, should be remembered for some cracking songs such as Mama Tried, Hungry Eyes or Workin' Man Blues. Instead his ...

The facts of Merle Haggard's life are written on his face. For each deeply etched line there's a tale to tell of a restless teenager growing up on the streets of a desolate California farming town ...