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Theresa Haggard – background vocals; David Hood – bass; Kevin Williams – bass; Tim Howard – drums, guitar; Rob Ickes – Dobro, pedal steel guitar, slide guitar;
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.
Vernon is seen onstage contributing background vocals and playing his red Fender Telecaster standing next to Theresa Haggard on stage left. In 2015, the song "Sweet Jesus," was recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys. Vernon co-wrote the song with Merle Haggard and it won the GMA Dove Awards for Country Song of the Year.
The Strangers were an American country band that formed in 1966 in Bakersfield, California.They mainly served as the backup band for singer-songwriter Merle Haggard, who named them after his first hit single "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers". [1]
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has acquired a package for a film biopic of iconic C&W singer Merle Haggard. Oscar-winning actor Sam Rockwell is circling to play Haggard, and he will do his own singing ...
The song contains a sample of "Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard. Urban sought approval from Haggard's widow, Theresa, and his son, Ben, for the use of the guitar riff. ...
Leona Belle Helton (born January 7, 1943, in Vienna, Missouri, United States) is an American country music singer known professionally as Leona Williams.Active since 1958, Williams has been a backing musician for Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard and The Strangers.
Eubanks married Irma Barnard of Ann Arbor, an avid athlete, ranch forewoman and artist, on September 10, 1969. They had three children: Trace, a retired firefighter; Corey, a stuntman; and Theresa. [13] In 1970, the couple purchased a 20-acre (81,000 m 2) portion of a working cattle ranch, and later expanded it to 26 acres (110,000 m 2). [7]