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Eighty-three years ago today, the country singer and songwriter who wrote hits for Merle Haggard and other legends was born.

Two of the greatest of all time in country music...and their friendship was ruined over a poker game. Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard are undoubtedly two of the best to ever do it. But did you ever ...

Meeting one’s idols can be a daunting experience, yet for Vince Gill, it turned into a cherished memory that shaped his career. In 1981, Gill boarded the tour bus of country music legend Merle Haggard ...

Ten years after Delaware's musical festival heyday that brought a Beatle to the state, the wobbly scene is bubbling again ...

Vince Gill will sometimes share this sweet tribute to his friendship with Merle Haggard during his live shows, and we don't blame him.

Only Merle Haggard. Never one who was shy or too scared to speak his mind, Merle was good friends with Ray Benson, frontman of Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel, who recalled a great story about ...

Two tributes to the late Merle Haggard -- one by his friend and occasional collaborator -- surface this week, leading new offerings from Mavis Staples, Portugal. the Man, Rosalia, Paramore’s Hayley ...

The news that Merle Haggard’s 1969 live album Okie From Muskogee was among the 2017 arrivals in the Grammy Hall Of Fame gave the late, great country figurehead a brace of titles in that hallowed ...

Twenty years ago, the country legend talked with Variety's chief music critic about what drove him to write the anti-Bush/anti-Iraq-war song, now being revived as the Republican VP candidate's walk-up ...

A photo of Merle Haggard from the commemorative plaque outside the Haggard House at the Kern County Museum. (Rebekah Kearn/Courthouse News) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — When I read that the late country ...

On behalf of our sponsors at Olay, we're learning what a new study reveals on skin evolution and some product ingredients to prevent and reverse signs of aging. Our Nicole DeCosta has the scoop. Let's ...