Haggard recorded four songs by Parton, including two he released before her, and one she wrote especially for him, and his ...

Merle Haggard, the American singer-songwriter who ... Depression may prove to be his most enduring musical legacy. His hit songs such as Mama Tried and If We Make It Through December reveal ...

Before he became a musician, Merle Haggard lived the kind of life that's often mythologized in song: Hopping freights and doing prison time. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car.

Gill went on to say that several artists on the All for the Hall lineup planned to play one of Haggard’s songs to honor the late legend. “I was already going to do one of Merle’s songs ...