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Merle Haggard. 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.
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 "La...
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Apr 6, 2016 · 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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- “The Bottle Let Me Down” (1966) This 1966 weeper is one of Haggard’s stone-cold classics, and perhaps among the best musical encapsulations of how it feels when self-medication fails.
- “Swinging Doors” (1966) It's the song that makes you revere Merle Haggard as a honky-tonk hero and pity the poor women who had to put up with his hard living.
- “Sing Me Back Home” (1967) In "Hungry Eyes" and "Roots of My Raising," Haggard's narrators use music to revive memories they've been holding since childhood.
- “I’m a Lonesome Fugitive” (1967) It would be easy to assume that Haggard wrote this song about a fugitive running from the law, but credits actually go to Liz and Casey Anderson, who crafted a rich story loaded with metaphor and references to everything from Rudyard Kipling to Bob Dylan.
Nov 28, 2023 · Merle Haggard was born on April 6, 1937, near Bakersfield, California. The son of a railroad worker, Haggard grew up in Depression-era California and lived with his family in a box car that they ...
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Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson performing "Okie from Muskogee" from the CD "Willie Merle & Ray Big Hits Live from the 'Last of the Breed' Tour" -- the offic...
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Merle Haggard: 40 Greatest Hits. Album • 2004. 40 songs • 1 hour, 56 minutes. 1. My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers. 229K plays. 2:31. 2. I'm A Lonesome Fugitive.
