This Merle Haggard song has become synonymous with his entire career, but he often said he regretted ever writing it.

A somewhat troubled childhood led to years spent behind bars for Merle Haggard.

Turn back the clock to the 1970s with these sad country songs from some of the genre's best singers and songwriters.

The Hag wound up serving just 2 years of the 15 year sentence and upon leaving San Quentin, made good on the promise made to ...

The glass bubble top of the car, once owned by country music legend Merle Haggard, allows for panoramic views.

In honor of one of Bakersfield's most famous sons, the Haggard Boxcar Music Festival, a grand birthday celebration for the ...

Merle Haggard took home the first-ever Entertainer of the Year trophy at the ACM Awards in 1971, right on the heels of a hot streak that included "Okie From Muskogee" and "Fightin' Side of Me." Who ...

The annual Haggard Boxcar Music Festival is scheduled for April at the Kern County Museum. The event includes a plethora of ...

Old-timers who try to tell you what long-haul trucking was like in the 1970s will start with the frenetic rhythm of the highway and then somehow end up talking instead ...

Merle Haggard’s “Misery and Gin,” Moe Bandy’s “Barstool Mountain” and The Charlie Daniels Band’s “Drinkin’ My Baby Goodbye” all find broken-hearted men numbing their hurt with ...

He worked at EMI, Capitol and Better Noise Music and with Buck Owens, Bob Seger, Coldplay, Beastie Boys and Mötley Crüe.