Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggardwas an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band the Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville sound recordings of the same era...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth6 April 1937
CityOildale, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The Captain just gave us our orders, and Mom we must carry them through. I'll finish this letter first chance I get, but for now I'll just say I love you.
I probably wouldn't even be here now if it weren't for chiropractic
I can't really say why everyone loves Bob Wills' music, but I have yet to meet a person who didn't like it.
Despite of all my Sunday learnin', toward the bad I kept turning.
The one true friend I thought I'd found, tonight the bottle let me down.
Evolution is a laughing matter for anybody that's got a rational mind.
Guitar playing is very important to me. It's like golf to some other people; it's important to me that I play good.
We're bar room buddies and we're the best kind, nobody messes with that friend of mine. Chug-a-lug-a-lug-a-lugga, bar room buddy of mine.
It's been said that Bill Gates has come up with something that'll be released in December that's gonna put a lid on counterfeiting. If that's a fact then it's really interesting to own your own product - with all the potential methods of downloading.
I don't think there's ever been a friendly divorce.
I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.
And there's some Latino music I like, and some reggae music.
My second wife Bonnie Owens and I worked together after we divorced for a period of maybe 20 years. And I managed to stay friends with another wife. And then there's one that I don't mess with. Everybody's got one of those.
I haven't had any problems with my back since I got the foot surgery.