If you want to know somebody, ask, “Beatles or Stones?” Whichever they choose will reveal certain truths. Those who pick the Beatles tend to be thinkers, more taken with detail, curious about the ...

Author Marc Eliot knew the subject of his latest released biography, "The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard," for 25 years before his death in 2016. The writer's exposure to music, ...

Merle Haggard is dead at 79, and that seems impossible. The performer—an American poet, ambivalent culture warrior, reformed criminal, and all-around good-time character who changed country music by ...

The country music world lost an absolute icon when Merle Haggard passed away on April 6, 2016, his 79th birthday. Since the early 1960s, Haggard had made a name for himself in country music, as a ...

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - After five decades in the music business, Merle Haggard has added another milestone to his legendary career. The singer-songwriter's first Vanguard Records album, "I Am What I ...

It’s difficult to imagine anyone other than Merle Haggard—the archetypal outlaw, often bearded, a little skeptical around the eyes, a little bit somewhere else—including a song called “If We Make It ...