Merle Ronald Haggard , född 6 april 1937 i Oildale nära Bakersfield , Kalifornien , död 6 april 2016 i Palo Cedro , Kalifornien,[2] var en amerikansk countrysångare , gitarrist och låtskrivare . Han har skrivit låtar som "Branded Man", "Hungry Eyes", "Okie from Muskogee " och "Working Man Blues".
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Födelsenamn Merle Ronald Haggard Född 6 april 1937 Oildale (nära Bakersfield ), Kalifornien , USA Död 6 april 2016 (79 år) Palo Cedro , Kalifornien , USABakgrund Bakersfield , Kalifornien , USA Genrer Country , Bakersfield Sound , outlaw country Roll Sångare , låtskrivare , musiker , musikproducent Instrument Sång , gitarr , fiol År som aktiv 1963–2016 Skivbolag Capitol , MCA , Epic , Curb, ANTI, VanguardArtistsamarbeten Bill Anderson , Johnny Paycheck , Gretchen Wilson , Hank Williams, Jr. , Waylon Jennings , Jerry Lee Lewis , George Jones , Ray Price , Willie Nelson , Dolly Parton , Del McCoury , Johnny Cash , Marty Stuart , Bonnie Owens , Thomas Kinkade , Conway Twitty , The Flying Burrito Brothers , Asleep at the Wheel , Dean Martin , Elvis Presley , Ray Charles , Rose Maddox , Randy Travis , Kenny Rogers , Patsy Cline m.fl.Relaterade artister Buck Owens' Buckaroos, Merle Haggard And The Strangers Webbplats merlehaggard.com
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Merle Haggard 1961
Merle Haggard 1975
Merle Haggard tilldelas Kennedy Center Honors i Vita huset 2010.
Merle Haggard uppträder i Athens, Georgia februari 2013
Haggard var ungdomsbrottsling och fånge på San Quentin -anstalten där han fick se countrylegendaren Johnny Cash uppträda, vilket inspirerade honom att ta upp en egen musikkarriär. Han slog igenom 1964 med sången "Sing a Sad Song". Han kom att bli en förgrundsfigur inom det Bakersfield Sound som växte fram under 1960-talet, och senare under 1970-talet inom outlaw country -rörelsen. Totalt har han haft 38 singlar på förstaplatsen på Billboards countrylista.
Hello Saferide nämner Merle Haggard i spåret "Nothing Like You (When You're Gone) " på sin debutskiva Introducing...Hello Saferide .
Album
1965 – Strangers
1966 – Just Between the Two of Us
1966 – Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down
1967 – Branded Man
1967 – I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
1968 – Legend of Bonnie & Clyde
1968 – Mama Tried
1968 – Sing Me Back Home
1969 – A Portrait of Merle Haggard
1969 – Okie from Muskogee
1969 – Pride in What I Am
1969 – Same Train, Different Time
1969 – The Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers
1970 – A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (Or My Salute to Bob Wills)
1970 – Fightin' Side of Me
1970 – Gettin' to Know Merle Haggard's Strangers
1970 – Introducing My Friends, the Strangers
1971 – Hag
1971 – High on a Hilltop
1971 – Honky Tonkin'
1971 – Sing a Sad Song
1971 – Someday We'll Look Back
1971 – The Land of Many Churches
1972 – It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
1972 – Let Me Tell You About a Song
1973 – A Christmas Present
1973 – I Love Dixie Blues... So I Recorded Live in New Orleans
1973 – Totally Instrumental... With One Exception
1974 – If We Make It through December
1974 – Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album
1975 – It's All in the Movies
1975 – Keep Movin' On
1976 – My Love Affair With Trains
1976 – The Roots of My Raising
1977 – A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
1977 – My Farewell to Elvis
1977 – Ramblin' Fever
1977 – Walking the Line
1978 – Goin' Home for Christmas
1978 – I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
1978 – The Way It Was in '51
1979 – Serving 190 Proof
1980 – Back to the Barrooms
1980 – The Way I Am
1981 – Big City
1981 – Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium
1982 – A Taste of Yesterday's Wine
1982 – Going Where the Lonely Go
1983 – Heart to Heart
1983 – Pancho & Lefty
1983 – That's the Way Love Goes
1984 – It's All in the Game
1985 – Amber Waves of Grain
1985 – Kern River
1986 – Friend in California
1986 – Out Among the Stars
1987 – Chill Factor
1987 – Seashores of Old Mexico
1989 – 5:01 Blues
1990 – Blue Jungle
1991 – All Night Long
1994 – 1994
1996 – 1996
1999 – Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Motercycle Cowboy
2000 – If I Could Only Fly
2001 – Cabin in the Hills
2001 – Two Old Friends
2001 – Roots, Vol. 1
2003 – Like Never Before
2004 – Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Ol' Country Singer
2004 – I Wish I Was Santa Claus
2004 – Unforgettable Merle Haggard
2004 – Ol' Country Singer
2005 – Chicago Wind
2006 – Live from Austin, TX
2007 – Hag's Christmas
2007 – The Bluegrass Sessions
2010 – I Am What I Am
2011 – Working in Tennessee
Academy of Country Music
Country Music Association
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Grammy Awards
1984 – Best Male Country Vocal Performance – That's The Way Love Goes
1998 – Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – Same Old Train (med Clint Black , Joe Diffie , Emmylou Harris , Alison Krauss , Patty Loveless , Earl Scruggs , Ricky Skaggs , Marty Stuart , Pam Tillis , Randy Travis , Travis Tritt & Dwight Yoakam )
1999 Grammy Hall of Fame Award – Mama Tried
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Kennedy Center Honors