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Hace 3 días · Merle Haggard. Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler . Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth.
Hace 4 días · Merle Haggard, ‘Mama Tried’. Hag’s ultimate outlaw tale, sung from behind the bars of a jail cell. He grew up the rebel child of the family, while his saintly mama cried over him. Turning 21 in prison, doing life without parole, Merle recalls how she struggled to raise him right.
Hace 3 días · Written by Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson, and Larry Shell, it was the first single from Nelson and Haggard’s 2015 collaborative album Django & Jimmie. Lyrically, the song sees the country legends ...
Hace 3 días · Merle Haggard wrote “Mama’s Hungry Eyes” after his father passed away in 1968. Haggard’s father, James Francis Haggard, died of a stroke while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. He was serving a sentence for burglary.
Hace 1 día · Elvis Presley. He may be the undisputed King of Rock 'n' Roll, but the Mississippi-native was a country legend as well. Presley's 11th studio album was titled 'Elvis Country.'. Getty Images.
Hace 1 día · Death Valley Days began as a radio program that became a Western anthology series with an 18-season run. Collider. ... to Dale Robertson and even Merle Haggard hosted the program.
Hace 3 días · Perhaps the most humorous song on this list, “Mama Tried” is based on Merle Haggard’s own relationship with his mother. Haggard’s life changed forever when his father passed away while he was still a young child. The death of his father left a huge void in his life, a void that he filled with above-average acts of rebellion.
