Here's to the Hag. When it comes to a Mount Rushmore of Country Music, it's pretty hard to have a conversation about it without mentioning the name Merle Haggard. Born in a converted boxcar in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A decade ago, Merle Haggard died on the same day he turned 79 after sharing a premonition that his final moments would coincide ...

Cody Johnson and Jamey Johnson honor Merle Haggard with covers as April connections fuel country music folklore.

Johnson released a cover of Merle Haggard's 'Footlights' to mark the late legend's birthday and 10th anniversary of his death. For Johnson, Haggard's music is special: It means a lot to his family.

A 1975 country classic topped the charts 51 years ago—and its story involves a real-life romance that never came to be.

Merle Haggard fans watched Wednesday’s sad news coming down the tracks for quite a while, but it isn’t any easier to accept the passing of the beloved Workin’ Man poet on his 79th birthday in his ...

Merle Haggard was known by his fans as "Hag." With songs that reflected the working-class values and experiences of his own early life, Haggard found an audience in folks that saw the same. The ...

Reba McEntire loved Merle Haggard, but she never wanted to meet him. “I never wanted to meet my heroes, because I didn’t want ...

Rocker Sammy Hagar picked a Merle Haggard song to ponder life after the death of Charlie Kirk. The Red Rocker took to social media to sing a slightly adjusted version of the chorus of Haggard's "Are ...

The Grammy winner is considered one of the most iconic singers in country music history.