An Appreciation Merle Haggard, a voice of the people Los Angeles Times


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Wed 6 Apr 2016 17.37 EDT. Last modified on Tue 28 Nov 2017 18.36 EST. Merle Haggard, who has died aged 79, was one of the most resonant figures in country music for almost half a century. Popular.


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A new biography examines the story of Merle Haggard, who spent his early years going from family tragedy to odd jobs to broken marriages to petty crime to prison. Before his death in 2016,.


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Merle Haggard performing "Sing Me Back Home" from the CD "Willie Merle & Ray Big Hits Live from the 'Last of the Breed' Tour" -- the official CD from the "Last of the Breed Live in Concert".


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Merle Ronald Haggard was born poor, though not desperately so, in Depression-era Bakersfield, California, to Jim and Flossie Haggard, migrants from Oklahoma. Jim, a railroad carpenter, died of a stroke in 1946, forcing Flossie to find work as a bookkeeper. Flossie was a fundamentalist Christian and a stern, somewhat overprotective mother.


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Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler . Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth.


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Merle Ronald Haggard was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launched a.


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Explore Merle Haggard's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Merle Haggard on AllMusic.


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Quick Facts FULL NAME: Merle Ronald Haggard BORN: April 6, 1937 DIED: April 6, 2016 BIRTHPLACE: Oildale, California NICKNAME: The Hag ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aries The Lonesome Fugitive Merle.


The legacy of California country superstar Merle Haggard

By Jason Fine. April 20, 2016. Haggard on his ranch in Northern California in 2008 Martin Schoeller/AUGUST. One evening around sunset, Merle Haggard was leaning against his silver tour bus, the.


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Now comes word that Merle Haggard has died Wednesday — his 79th birthday. Haggard gave voice to people living hard-scrabble lives, and it was a voice he came by honestly. Born in 1937 in Oildale.


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Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.Merle Haggard was a smooth singer, ad.


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Merle Haggard will forever be remembered as a true American treasure whose work often reflected his complicated life - his problems with the law, five marriages, six children and the complexities a life in the music business yielded. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994, they said about him: "Merle Hagg


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The discography for American country music singer Merle Haggard includes 66 studio albums, five instrumental albums featuring his backing band the Strangers, as well as several live and compilation albums.


An Appreciation Merle Haggard, a voice of the people Los Angeles Times

Merle Haggard (born April 6, 1937, Oildale, California, U.S.—died April 6, 2016, near Redding, California) American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, one of the most popular country music performers of the late 20th century, with nearly 40 number one country hits between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s.


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Haggard's early life is the stuff of legend. His family migrated from the dust-bowl of Oklahoma to Bakersfield, California where Merle was born in 1937. His father died when Merle was nine, and.


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Merle Haggard, who over six decades composed and performed one of the greatest repertoires in country music, capturing the American condition with his stories of the poor, the lost, the working.

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