MERLE HAGGARD
Name: Merle Haggard
Birth name: Merle Ronald Haggard
Also known as The Hag
Born: 6 April 1937 Bakersfield, CA, USA
Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country music singer,
guitarist and songwriter.
Emerging from prison in the 1960s, Merle Haggard has become one of the true
giants of country music, as a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. Along
with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band "The Strangers" helped create the
Bakersfield Sound, characterized by twangy telecaster guitars, tight vocal
harmonies, and a rough edge not heard on the polished Nashville Sound recordings
of that era. By the 1970s, he was aligned with the growing outlaw country
movement, and has continued to release successful albums through the 1990s and
into the 2000s. His songs display an unparalleled level of unflinching personal
honesty about such universal themes as love, loss, regret and redemption.
Name: Merle Haggard
Birth name: Merle Ronald Haggard
Also known as The Hag
Born: 6 April 1937 Bakersfield, CA, USA
Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country music singer,
guitarist and songwriter.
Emerging from prison in the 1960s, Merle Haggard has become one of the true
giants of country music, as a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. Along
with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band "The Strangers" helped create the
Bakersfield Sound, characterized by twangy telecaster guitars, tight vocal
harmonies, and a rough edge not heard on the polished Nashville Sound recordings
of that era. By the 1970s, he was aligned with the growing outlaw country
movement, and has continued to release successful albums through the 1990s and
into the 2000s. His songs display an unparalleled level of unflinching personal
honesty about such universal themes as love, loss, regret and redemption.