Merle Haggard's country music standard, "Today I Started Loving You Again", was written over a humble meal of take-out ...

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

One legend helping out another. Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of outlaw country pioneer Merle Haggard, who ...

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 ...

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

A&E aired a concert special called Merle Haggard: Salute to a Country Legend on Monday, April 13. The "Mama Tried" singer and Toby Keith were good friends before Merle died on April 6, 2016. Toby once ...

The surprise honor comes on the 10-year anniversary of Merle Haggard’s death, which also marks what would’ve been his 89th ...

On the morning of April 6, 2016, Haggard died of complications from pneumonia at his California home. He had just turned 79 ...

Merle Haggard initially encountered Blaze Foley’s music when he cut “If I Could Only Fly” with Willie Nelson in 1987, after which the country icon became one of the late Austin troubadour’s biggest ...

Author Marc Eliot knew the subject of his latest released biography, "The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard," for 25 years before his death in 2016. The writer's exposure to music, ...