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Singer Merle Haggard was the father of Dana, Marty, Kelli, Noel, Jenessa and Ben before his death in 2016. Here's everything ...
Merle Haggard once said that without this woman, he never would have written some of his career's biggest hits.
Merle Haggard fell deeply in love with Dolly Parton. When he looked back on his behavior, he couldn't help but cringe.
In an appearance on Nashville Now podcast, Lukas Nelson says how he spends time with father Willie Nelson, playing music, ...
Merle Haggard's unrequited love for Dolly Parton became an obsession. He admitted he started to lose his mind over her.
Forty-three years ago today, George Jones and Merle Haggard released a Willie Nelson-penned duet that later went to No. 1.
"Merle wrote his life's story in his songs, and those songs, though specific to him, are also universal to everyone," continues Eliot about the genius that separated Haggard from other singer ...
Ben Haggard was raised in the family business, playing lead guitar in Merle’s longtime band The Strangers since age 15. After the death of his father, he has begun touring behind Haggard’s ...
Haggard remembered when Route 66 was "just a narrow two-lane road." That road led Merle Haggard to gold LPs, comparisons with Hank Williams, honors from the Academy of Country and Western Music.