Any honky-tonk band that works four sets without playing at least one song by Merle Haggard needs to be given a lesson in music history. “Workin’ Man Blues,” “Okie From Muskogee,” “I Think I’ll Just ...

We all have things in our past that we are not proud of and for Merle Haggard it was a felony conviction for armed robbery. For decades, I’ve loved Haggard’s music. It was the music of the common ...

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, ...