Merle Haggard

Biography

6 April 1937, Bakersfield, California, USA. ‘Like a razor’s edge, Merle Haggard sings’ is how John Stewart described his voice in ‘Eighteen Wheels’, and that razor has been honed by his rough and rowdy ways. In the 30s Haggard’s parents migrated from the Dustbowl to ‘the land of milk and honey’, California. Life, however, was almost as bleak there and Haggard himself was born in a converted boxcar. His father, who worked on the Santa Fe railway, died of... Read more

Genres

Action & Adventure Movies Comedy Movies Country & Bluegrass Country / Bluegrass Documentaries Holiday & Seasonal Music Videos & Concerts Pop / Rock Pop / Rock

Tags

country

classic country

outlaw country

singer-songwriter

americana

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