Merle Haggard News

Merle Haggard, performing during the Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival in Tennessee on June 14, is coming to the outdoor stage at the Riverside Casino on Friday.

Merle Haggard, one of country music's biggest influences, stops Friday at Riverside Casino & Golf Resort.

They tend to think of themselves as more of a rock band, citing influences from Pixies to Merle Haggard, but the Texas-bred quartet known as Old 97's fits pretty comfortably into the alt-country category.

Merle Haggard, the Okie from Muskogee, is coming back to Tulsa. Haggard will play at the Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino in Bartlesville at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

A "When they're runnin' down my country [music], man, they're walkin' on the fightin' side of me." Merle Haggard's most famous lyric could well be adapted to express the reaction country music fans may have upon reading Joe Heim's latest review in the June 30 Washington Post.

The swirling creative Mecca known as Bonnaroo began in 2002 as a festival catering to the jam band set.

It's hard to fathom that one of the biggest stars in modern country music could be an Australian with the surname "Urban." And yet Keith Urban, who plays Raleigh's RBC Center tonight, is huger than huge despite his Down Under pedigree -- which hasn't hurt him one bit anywhere on earth, including America.

Grim's book Members of Merle Haggard Haggard Saturday night at American Legion #8 - Capitol Hill, DC journos and a few stray winos gathered to toast the release of Ryan Grim 's new book, " This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America ." The HuffPo reporter and new author inked copies of his book with the help of wife ...

From music writer Peter Cooper Some recording artists are inspired by the beauty of nature, some by heartbreak or hope, and others by musical predecessors such as Hank Williams, Bob Dylan or Merle Haggard.

If you closed your eyes during the Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes show Wednesday night, you might have thought you were at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry -- instead of New York City's newly glitzified Beacon Theater.

After so many decades and so many ups and downs, it would be easy for Merle Haggard to just clock in for his performances.

The Nursing Department at NMSU-C is hosting Scrub Club for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from 9 a.m. to noon June 29 through July 2 at the college.

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law , Mentalfloss on June 14, 2009 at 12:45 am Long before he was an outlaw country crooner, Merle Haggard was a real outlaw - albeit a bad one.

Country music legend Merle Haggard first topped the charts more than 40 years ago, and he's still going strong.

By DARREN WHITE FORT WORTH - There's no rest for the country musician.The legendary Merle Haggard has scheduled more than 30 dates through the end of the year.

Few outlaw country legends come as hard-assed and grizzled as Merle Haggard, and even fewer have actually lived the shady, hardscrabble life he has.

Sun files Concert goers fill seats outside Harrah's Metropolis Casino and Hotel in 2008 for a dusk Wayne Newton concert.

Toby Keith performs during the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Las Vegas.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to see as many of the free concerts around town this summer as possible! Now, let's talk about some new country releases.

Buck Owens, along with Merle Haggard, was the leader of the Bakersfield sound, a twangy, electricified, rock-influenced interpretation of hardcore honky tonk that emerged in the '60s. Owens was the first bona fide country star to emerge from Bakersfield, scoring a total of 15 consecutive number one hits in the mid-'60s. In the process, he provided ...