Merle Haggard – Always Wanting You
About The Song “Always Wanting You” is a heartfelt country ballad by Merle Haggard, released in February 1975 as the second single from his Capitol Records album Keep Movin’ On.…
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Merle Haggard – If We Make It Through December
About The Song “If We Make It Through December” has become one of the trademark songs of country music legend Merle Haggard. While not a typical Christmas song, it has…
Merle Haggard – The Roots Of My Raising
About The Song “The Roots of My Raising” is a heartfelt country ballad by Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released in January 1976 as the title track and lead single…
Merle Haggard – Today I Started Loving You Again
About The Song Merle Haggard was one of the great American country artists back in 1937 to 2016. During his musical career, he received major awards from the Academy of…
Merle Haggard – The Fightin Side Of Me
About The Song “The Fightin’ Side of Me” is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in January 1970…
Merle Haggard – Branded Man
About The Song Merle Haggard wrote and recorded the song “Branded Man”. Released in July 1967, the song was the second single and title track from the album Branded Man.…
Merle Haggard – Misery and Gin
About The Song No song that evokes sadness and loneliness in Merle’s catalog as much as his potent track “Misery and Gin.” Though Merle did not write the track, he…
Merle Haggard – That’s The Way Love Goes
About The Song That’s the Way Love Goes is the thirty-eighth studio album by the American country music singer Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1983. Haggard had…
Merle Haggard – If I Could Only Fly
About The Song If I Could Only Fly is the 50th studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 2000. The album reached number 26 on the Billboard…
Merle Haggard – I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink
About The Song Merle Haggard notched his 24th number one record with Cindy Walker’s “Cherokee Maiden” in November of 1976. It took more than four years for him to get…
Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson – Okie from Muskogee
About The Song If we have to enumerate the true legends in country music, Merle Haggard would surely be on the list. While he may no longer be around singing…
Merle Haggard – Mama Tried
About The Song Merle Haggard could have been a John Steinbeck invention. Haggard certainly would have made a perfect anti-hero for one of the great writer’s American epics. A product…
Merle Haggard – Are the Good Times Really Over
About The Song “Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)” is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed…
Merle Haggard – Silver Wings
About The Song Yes, it is American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler Merle Ronald Haggard. Although we’re saddened for his passing due to pneumonia on his 79th birthday 6 years…
Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson – Pancho and Lefty
About The Song Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson recorded the first of their two duet albums in the space of five days. Each day, they started in the late afternoon…
Merle Haggard & Janie Fricke – A Place to Fall Apart
About The Song It was Saturday, October 27, 1984. Alabama’s “If You’re Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band)” was sitting at #1 on Billboard’s…
Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson – It’s All Going to Pot
About The Song After the shattering loss of the iconic Merle Haggard, it is always cheering to look back at the recent track recorded with his pal, Willie Nelson. Their…
Merle Haggard – Working Man Blues
About The Song No man can sing about hard work and beer drinking quite like Merle Haggard could during his illustrious country music career. Haggard always told it like it…
Merle Haggard – Sing Me Back Home
About This Song In December of 1957, Merle Haggard was convicted of an offense that earned him a spot in “The Book of Lists #3” in the chapter called “19…