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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.
position [1] US Country; The Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers (with the Strangers) Release date: February 23, 1969; Label: Capitol; 36 Introducing My Friends, the Strangers (with the Strangers) Release date: April 6, 1970; Label: Capitol; 34 Getting to Know Merle Haggard's Strangers (with the Strangers) Release date: October 5 ...
Canada Live is a Canadian radio program aired on both CBC Radio One and CBC Radio 2 since 2007. It debuted on March 19, 2007, on CBC Radio 2, [1] and airs concert performances in a variety of musical genres from locations across Canada. [2] The program was originally hosted by Matt Galloway on weekdays and Patti Schmidt on weekends. [1]
"The Way I Am" is a song written by Sonny Throckmorton, and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in March 1980 as the first single and title track from his album The Way I Am. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart [1] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]
Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeatedly using one of the late singer’s anthems as his walk-up ...
In contrast to the rowdy live albums and the raucous Western swing that preceded it, Hag is quite quiet and reflective, sometimes referencing the turmoil within America at the end of the '60s, but more often finding Haggard turning inward." [2] Music critic Robert Christgau wrote "Four country hits on Haggard's first straight studio album in a ...
The country music legend remembered one of his own idols, Merle Haggard, who passed away on April 6. Garth Brooks remembers Merle Haggard: He was 'the greatest country artist of all time ...
The LP's hit single was the Sonny Throckmorton-penned title track, which reached #2 on the Billboard country singles chart. [1] Haggard, who wrote nearly all of his previous album Serving 190 Proof, provides only four original compositions here, with David Cantwell commenting in his 2013 Haggard biography The Running Kind, "Merle's songwriting ...