New York Times best-selling 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 ...

The lines in his face look like a road map to hard times. The lines in his songs speak of hard times for common folks like him. I made those observations talking to Merle Haggard back when he was only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A powerful country song that captured the tensions of its time climbed to the top of the charts on this day in 1970. Merle Haggard ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" was ranked No. 9 on Rolling Stone's most recent listing of the 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ...

The audio history lesson tracked America's story from the Revolution through the Civil Rights era.

Merle Haggard's 1969 album 'Okie From Muskogee' topped the country albums chart 56 years ago today on May 22, 1970.