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data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%AF" title="مرل هقرد – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مرل هقرد" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4" title="Мърл Хагард – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мърл Хагард" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BB_%CE%A7%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84" title="Μερλ Χάγκαρντ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μερλ Χάγκαρντ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%87%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF" title="مرل هگرد – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مرل هگرد" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Føroyskt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%80_%ED%95%B4%EA%B1%B0%EB%93%9C" title="멀 해거드 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="멀 해거드" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%BC%D5%AC_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4" title="Մեռլ Հագարդ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մեռլ Հագարդ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Limburgs</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Merle Haggard" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" 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#202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Merle Haggard</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Merle_Haggard_in_1971.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Haggard performing live in 1971"><img alt="Haggard performing live in 1971" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Merle_Haggard_in_1971.jpg/220px-Merle_Haggard_in_1971.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Merle_Haggard_in_1971.jpg/330px-Merle_Haggard_in_1971.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Merle_Haggard_in_1971.jpg/440px-Merle_Haggard_in_1971.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="962" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Haggard performing live in 1971</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Merle Ronald Haggard</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">(1937-04-06)April 6, 1937 <a href="/wiki/Oildale,_California" title="Oildale, California">Oildale, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 6, 2016(2016-04-06) (aged 79) <a href="/wiki/Palo_Cedro,_California" title="Palo Cedro, California">Palo Cedro, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outlaw_country" title="Outlaw country">outlaw country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_sound" title="Bakersfield sound">Bakersfield sound</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Singer, songwriter, musician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Vocals</li><li>guitar</li><li><a href="/wiki/Fiddle" title="Fiddle">fiddle</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1961–2016</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curb_Records" title="Curb Records">Curb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-_(record_label)" title="Anti- (record label)">ANTI-</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Strangers_(American_band)" title="The Strangers (American band)">The Strangers</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Leona Hobbs</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1956; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1964)</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Owens" title="Bonnie Owens">Bonnie Owens</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1965; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1978)</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Leona_Williams" title="Leona Williams">Leona Williams</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1978; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1983)</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Debbie Parret</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1985; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1991)</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Theresa Ann Lane</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1993)</div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">6, including <a href="/wiki/Marty_Haggard" title="Marty Haggard">Marty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Noel_Haggard" title="Noel Haggard">Noel Haggard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://merlehaggard.com">merlehaggard.com</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> singer, songwriter, guitarist, and <a href="/wiki/Fiddle" title="Fiddle">fiddler</a>. Haggard was born in <a href="/wiki/Oildale,_California" title="Oildale, California">Oildale, California</a>, toward the end of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from <a href="/wiki/San_Quentin_State_Prison" class="mw-redirect" title="San Quentin State Prison">San Quentin State Prison</a> in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launched a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class; these occasionally contained themes contrary to the anti–<a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard all-genre singles chart</a>. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s. He received many honors and awards for his music, including a <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honor</a> (2010); a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a> (2006); a <a href="/wiki/BMI_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="BMI Awards">BMI Icon Award</a> (2006);<a href="#cite_note-bmiawards-1">[1]</a> and induction into the <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame">Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame</a> (1977);<a href="#cite_note-nashvillehof-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum">Country Music Hall of Fame</a> (1994)<a href="#cite_note-countrymusichof-3">[3]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame">Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame</a> (1997).<a href="#cite_note-okmusichof-4">[4]</a> He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in <a href="/wiki/Shasta_County,_California" title="Shasta County, California">Shasta County, California</a>, having recently suffered from <a href="/wiki/Classification_of_pneumonia#Double_pneumonia_(bilateral_pneumonia)" title="Classification of pneumonia">double pneumonia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nytobit-5">[5]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="width: 210px; clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External audio</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><img alt="audio icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://freshairarchive.org/segments/country-music-legend-merle-haggard-1">Country Music Legend Merle Haggard</a>, interviewed by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gross" title="Terry Gross">Terry Gross</a> on <a href="/wiki/Fresh_Air" title="Fresh Air">Fresh Air</a>, 42:14, August 14, 1995.<a href="#cite_note-Fresh_Air-6">[6]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Haggard's parents were Flossie Mae (née Harp; 1902–1984) and James Francis Haggard (1899–1946).<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> The family moved to California from their home in <a href="/wiki/Checotah,_Oklahoma" title="Checotah, Oklahoma">Checotah, Oklahoma</a>, during the Great Depression, after their barn burned in 1934.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECusic2002XVII-8">[8]</a> They settled with their two elder children, James 'Lowell' (1922–1996) and Lillian, in an apartment in <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield,_California" title="Bakersfield, California">Bakersfield</a>, while James started working for the <a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway">Santa Fe Railroad</a>. A woman who owned a <a href="/wiki/Boxcar" title="Boxcar">boxcar</a> placed in <a href="/wiki/Oildale,_California" title="Oildale, California">Oildale</a>, a nearby town, asked Haggard's father about the possibility of converting it into a house. He remodeled the boxcar, and soon after moved in, also purchasing the lot, where Merle Ronald Haggard was born on April 6, 1937.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWitzelYoung-Witzel2007[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidOq80iaT38k4Cdqlewell20guitar20merlepgPA130_130]-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECusic2002XVIII-10">[10]</a> The property was eventually expanded by building a bathroom, a second bedroom, a kitchen, and a breakfast nook in the adjacent lot.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWitzelYoung-Witzel2007[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidOq80iaT38k4Cdqlewell20guitar20merlepgPA130_130]-9">[9]</a> In 1946 Haggard's father died of a brain hemorrhage.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECusic2002XVIII-10">[10]</a> Nine-year-old Haggard was deeply affected by the loss, and it remained a pivotal event to him for the rest of his life. To support the family, Haggard's mother took a job as a <a href="/wiki/Bookkeeping" title="Bookkeeping">bookkeeper</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECusic2002XX-11">[11]</a> Older brother Lowell gave his guitar to Merle when Merle was 12. Haggard learned to play it on his own,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWitzelYoung-Witzel2007[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidOq80iaT38k4Cdqlewell20guitar20merlepgPA130_130]-9">[9]</a> with the records he had at home, influenced by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wills" title="Bob Wills">Bob Wills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Frizzell" title="Lefty Frizzell">Lefty Frizzell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CMT-12">[12]</a> While his mother was out working during the day Haggard started getting into trouble. She sent him to a juvenile detention center for a weekend to try to correct him, but his behavior did not improve. If anything, he became worse.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECusic2002XIX-13">[13]</a> By the age of 13, Haggard was stealing and writing bad checks.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>] In 1950 he was caught shoplifting and sent to a juvenile detention center.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> The following year he ran away to Texas with his friend Bob Teague.<a href="#cite_note-CMT-12">[12]</a> The two <a href="/wiki/Freighthopping" title="Freighthopping">rode freight trains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hitchhike" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitchhike">hitchhiked</a> throughout the state.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAronowitz1968[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidCVUEAAAAMBAJdqmerle20haggard20bakersfield20singingpgPA12_12]-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGleason1988[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidDYcbla8ulxkCdqmerle20haggard20potato20truckpgPA34_34]-16">[16]</a> When they returned later that year the two boys were accused of robbery and sent to jail. This time, they had not actually committed the crime, and were released when the real robbers were found. The experience did not change Haggard much. He was again sent to a juvenile detention center later that year, from which he and his friend escaped and headed to <a href="/wiki/Modesto,_California" title="Modesto, California">Modesto, California</a>. There he worked a series of laborer jobs, including potato truck driver, short order cook, hay pitcher and <a href="/wiki/Oil_well_shooting" title="Oil well shooting">oil well shooter</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAronowitz1968[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidCVUEAAAAMBAJdqmerle20haggard20bakersfield20singingpgPA12_12]-15">[15]</a> His debut performance was with Teague in a Modesto bar named "Fun Center", for which he was paid US$5 and given free beer.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> In 1951 he returned to Bakersfield, where he was again arrested for <a href="/wiki/Truancy" title="Truancy">truancy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Petty_larceny" class="mw-redirect" title="Petty larceny">petty larceny</a> and sent to a juvenile detention center. After another escape, he was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Preston_School_of_Industry" title="Preston School of Industry">Preston School of Industry</a>, a high-security installation. He was released 15 months later but was sent back after beating a local boy during a burglary attempt. After Haggard's release, he and Teague saw Lefty Frizzell in concert. The two sat backstage, where Haggard began to sing along. Hearing the young man from the stage, Frizzell refused to go on unless Haggard was allowed to sing first. Haggard did, and was well received by the audience. After this experience Haggard decided to pursue a career in music. At night he would sing and play in local bars, while working as a farmhand or in the oil fields during the day. Married and plagued by financial issues,<a href="#cite_note-CMT-12">[12]</a> in 1957 he tried to rob a Bakersfield <a href="/wiki/Roadhouse_(premises)" title="Roadhouse (premises)">roadhouse</a>, was caught and arrested.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKingsbury2004223-18">[18]</a> Convicted, he was sent to the Bakersfield Jail.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECusic2002XX-11">[11]</a> After an escape attempt he was transferred to <a href="/wiki/San_Quentin_Prison" class="mw-redirect" title="San Quentin Prison">San Quentin Prison</a> on February 21, 1958.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECusic2002XXI-19">[19]</a> There he was prisoner number A45200.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> While in prison, Haggard learned that his wife was expecting another man's child, which stressed him psychologically. He was fired from a series of prison jobs, and planned to escape along with another inmate nicknamed "Rabbit" (James Kendrick<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a>) but was dissuaded by fellow inmates.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHochman1999462-22">[22]</a> While at San Quentin, Haggard started a gambling and brewing racket with his cellmate. After he was caught drunk, he was sent for a week to solitary confinement where he encountered <a href="/wiki/Caryl_Chessman" title="Caryl Chessman">Caryl Chessman</a>, an author and death-row inmate.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErlewineBogdanovWoodstra2003[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidLdxCPLZAExsCdqgambling20and20brewing20merlepgPA307_307]-23">[23]</a> Meanwhile, "Rabbit" had successfully escaped, only to shoot a police officer and be returned to San Quentin for execution.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHochman1999462-22">[22]</a> Chessman's predicament, along with the execution of "Rabbit", inspired Haggard to change his life.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErlewineBogdanovWoodstra2003[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidLdxCPLZAExsCdqgambling20and20brewing20merlepgPA307_307]-23">[23]</a> He soon earned a high school equivalency diploma and kept a steady job in the prison's textile plant.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErlewineBogdanovWoodstra2003[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidLdxCPLZAExsCdqgambling20and20brewing20merlepgPA307_307]-23">[23]</a> He also played for the prison's country music band.<a href="#cite_note-bio-24">[24]</a> He also attended a <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> concert at the prison in 1958. Cash sang his song "<a href="/wiki/Folsom_Prison_Blues" title="Folsom Prison Blues">Folsom Prison Blues</a>" (1956) and "had a profound influence on the young inmate, who upon release set out on forging a career as a singer-songwriter".<a href="#cite_note-RS15-25">[25]</a> Haggard was released from San Quentin on parole in 1960.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In 1972, after Haggard had become an established country music star, then-California governor <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> granted Haggard a full and unconditional <a href="/wiki/Pardon" title="Pardon">pardon</a> for his past crimes.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Merle_Haggard_Tally_Records_-_Cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Merle_Haggard_Tally_Records_-_Cropped.jpg/170px-Merle_Haggard_Tally_Records_-_Cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Merle_Haggard_Tally_Records_-_Cropped.jpg/255px-Merle_Haggard_Tally_Records_-_Cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Merle_Haggard_Tally_Records_-_Cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="318" data-file-height="325" /></a><figcaption>Haggard in a 1961 publicity photo for Tally Records</figcaption></figure> Upon his release from San Quentin in 1960, Haggard started digging ditches for his brother's electrical contracting company. Soon, he was performing again and later began recording with Tally Records. The <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_sound" title="Bakersfield sound">Bakersfield sound</a> was developing in the area as a reaction against the overproduced <a href="/wiki/Nashville_sound" title="Nashville sound">Nashville sound</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECusic2002XXIII–XXVI-28">[28]</a> Haggard's first record for Tally was "Singing My Heart Out" backed by "Skid Row"; it was not a success, and only 200 copies were pressed. In 1962, Haggard wound up performing at a <a href="/wiki/Wynn_Stewart" title="Wynn Stewart">Wynn Stewart</a> show in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas</a> and heard Wynn's "Sing a Sad Song". He asked for permission to record it, and the resulting single was a national hit in 1964. The following year, he had his first national top-10 record with "<a href="/wiki/(My_Friends_Are_Gonna_Be)_Strangers" title="(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers">(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers</a>," written by <a href="/wiki/Liz_Anderson" title="Liz Anderson">Liz Anderson</a>, mother of country singer <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Anderson" title="Lynn Anderson">Lynn Anderson</a>, and his career was off and running.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECusic2002XXVII–XXVIII-29">[29]</a> Haggard recalls having been talked into visiting Anderson—a woman he did not know—at her house to hear her sing some songs she had written. "If there was anything I didn't wanna do, it was sit around some danged woman's house and listen to her cute little songs. But I went anyway. She was a pleasant enough lady, pretty, with a nice smile, but I was all set to be bored to death, even more so when she got out a whole bunch of songs and went over to an old pump organ.... There they were. My God, one hit right after another. There must have been four or five number one songs there...."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaggardRussell1981-30">[30]</a> In 1967, Haggard recorded "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Lonesome_Fugitive" title="I'm a Lonesome Fugitive">I'm a Lonesome Fugitive</a>" with <a href="/wiki/The_Strangers_(American_band)" title="The Strangers (American band)">the Strangers</a>, also written by Liz Anderson, with her husband Casey Anderson, which became his first number-one single.<a href="#cite_note-RS15-25">[25]</a> When the Andersons presented the song to Haggard, they were unaware of his prison stretch.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantwell2013103-31">[31]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Owens" title="Bonnie Owens">Bonnie Owens</a>, Haggard's backup singer and then-wife, is quoted by music journalist Daniel Cooper in the liner notes to the 1994 retrospective Down Every Road: "I guess I didn't realize how much the experience at San Quentin did to him, 'cause he never talked about it all that much ... I could tell he was in a dark mood ... and I said, 'Is everything okay?' And he said, 'I'm really scared.' And I said, 'Why?' And he said, 'Cause I'm afraid someday I'm gonna be out there ... and there's gonna be ... some prisoner ... in there the same time I was in, stand up—and they're gonna be about the third row down—and say, 'What do you think you're doing, 45200?'" Cooper notes that the news had little effect on Haggard's career: "It's unclear when or where Merle first acknowledged to the public that his prison songs were rooted in personal history, for to his credit, he doesn't seem to have made some big splash announcement. In a May 1967 profile in Music City News, his prison record is never mentioned, but in July 1968, in the very same publication, it's spoken of as if it were common knowledge."<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1962-32">[32]</a> The 1967 album Branded Man with <a href="/wiki/The_Strangers_(American_band)" title="The Strangers (American band)">the Strangers</a> kicked off an artistically and commercially successful run for Haggard. In 2013, Haggard biographer David Cantwell stated, "The immediate successors to I'm a Lonesome Fugitive—Branded Man in 1967 and, in '68, <a href="/wiki/Sing_Me_Back_Home" title="Sing Me Back Home">Sing Me Back Home</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Bonnie_and_Clyde" class="mw-redirect" title="The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde">The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde</a>—were among the finest albums of their respective years."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantwell2013125-33">[33]</a> Haggard's new recordings showcased his band the Strangers, specifically <a href="/wiki/Roy_Nichols" title="Roy Nichols">Roy Nichols</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Telecaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecaster">Telecaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Mooney" title="Ralph Mooney">Ralph Mooney</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Steel_guitar" title="Steel guitar">steel guitar</a>, and the harmony vocals provided by <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Owens" title="Bonnie Owens">Bonnie Owens</a>. At the time of Haggard's first top-10 hit "<a href="/wiki/(My_Friends_Are_Gonna_Be)_Strangers" title="(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers">(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers</a>" in 1965, Owens, who had been married to <a href="/wiki/Buck_Owens" title="Buck Owens">Buck Owens</a>, was known as a solo performer, a fixture on the <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield,_California" title="Bakersfield, California">Bakersfield</a> club scene and someone who had appeared on television. She won the new <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">Academy of Country Music</a>'s first ever award for Female Vocalist after her 1965 debut album, Don't Take Advantage of Me, hit the top five on the country albums chart. However, Bonnie Owens had no further hit singles, and although she recorded six solo albums on Capitol between 1965 and 1970, she became mainly known for her background harmonies on Haggard hits such as "<a href="/wiki/Sing_Me_Back_Home_(song)" title="Sing Me Back Home (song)">Sing Me Back Home</a>" and "Branded Man".<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> Producer Ken Nelson took a hands-off approach to produce Haggard. In the episode of <a href="/wiki/American_Masters" title="American Masters">American Masters</a> dedicated to him, Haggard remembers: "The producer I had at that time, Ken Nelson, was an exception to the rule. He called me 'Mr. Haggard' and I was a little twenty-four, twenty-five-year-old punk from Oildale... He gave me complete responsibility. I think if he'd jumped in and said, 'Oh, you can't do that,' it would've destroyed me."<a href="#cite_note-AmericanMasters-35">[35]</a> In the documentary series Lost Highway, Nelson recalls, "When I first started recording Merle, I became so enamored with his singing that I would forget what else was going on, and I suddenly realized, 'Wait a minute, there's musicians here you've got to worry about!' But his songs—he was a great writer."<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Towards the end of the decade, Haggard composed several number-one hits, including "<a href="/wiki/Mama_Tried_(song)" title="Mama Tried (song)">Mama Tried</a>," "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde," "Hungry Eyes," and "Sing Me Back Home".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantwell2013125-33">[33]</a> Daniel Cooper calls "Sing Me Back Home" "a ballad that works on so many different levels of the soul it defies one's every attempt to analyze it".<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1962-32">[32]</a> In a 1977 interview in <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a> with <a href="/wiki/Bob_Eubanks" title="Bob Eubanks">Bob Eubanks</a>, Haggard reflected, "Even though the crime was brutal and the guy was an incorrigible criminal, it's a feeling you never forget when you see someone you know make that last walk. They bring him through the yard, and there's a guard in front and a guard behind—that's how you know a death prisoner. They brought Rabbit out ... taking him to see the Father, ... prior to his execution. That was a strong picture that was left in my mind." In 1969, Haggard's first tribute LP <a href="/wiki/Same_Train,_A_Different_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Same Train, A Different Time">Same Train, Different Time: A Tribute to Jimmie Rodgers</a>, was also released to acclaim. In the 1969 <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> review for Haggard and the Strangers 1968 album Mama Tried, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Wickham" title="Andy Wickham">Andy Wickham</a> wrote, "His songs romanticize the hardships and tragedies of America's transient proletarian and his success is resultant of his inherent ability to relate to his audience a commonplace experience with precisely the right emotional pitch.... Merle Haggard looks the part and sounds the part because he is the part. He's great."<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Okie_from_Muskogee"_and_"The_Fightin'_Side_of_Me"">"Okie from Muskogee" and "The Fightin' Side of Me"</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: "Okie from Muskogee" and "The Fightin' Side of Me"">edit</a>]</div> In 1969, Haggard and the Strangers released "<a href="/wiki/Okie_from_Muskogee_(song)" title="Okie from Muskogee (song)">Okie From Muskogee</a>," with lyrics ostensibly reflecting the singer's pride in being from <a href="/wiki/Middle_America_(United_States)" title="Middle America (United States)">Middle America</a>, where people are conventionally patriotic and traditionally conservative.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> American president <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> wrote an appreciative letter to Haggard upon his hearing of the song, and would go on to invite Haggard to perform at the White House several times.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> In the ensuing years, Haggard gave varying statements regarding whether he intended the song as a humorous satire or a serious political statement in support of conservative values.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> In a 2001 interview, Haggard called the song a "documentation of the uneducated that lived in America at the time".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFox200451-42">[42]</a> However, he made several other statements suggesting that he meant the song seriously. On the <a href="/wiki/Bob_Edwards_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Edwards Show">Bob Edwards Show</a>, he said, "I wrote it when I recently got out of the joint. I knew what it was like to lose my freedom, and I was getting really mad at these protesters. They didn't know anything more about the war in Vietnam than I did. I thought how my dad, who was from Oklahoma, would have felt. I felt I knew how those boys fighting in Vietnam felt."<a href="#cite_note-kaufman-43">[43]</a> In the country music documentary series Lost Highway, he elaborated: "My dad passed away when I was nine, and I don't know if you've ever thought about somebody you've lost and you say, 'I wonder what so-and-so would think about this?' I was drivin' on <a href="/wiki/Interstate_40" title="Interstate 40">Interstate 40</a> and I saw a sign that said '19 Miles to Muskogee', while at the same time listening to radio shows of <a href="/wiki/The_World_Tomorrow_(radio_and_television)" title="The World Tomorrow (radio and television)">The World Tomorrow</a> hosted by <a href="/wiki/Garner_Ted_Armstrong" title="Garner Ted Armstrong">Garner Ted Armstrong</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Chapelle2007-44">[44]</a> Muskogee was always referred to in my childhood as 'back home.' So I saw that sign and my whole childhood flashed before my eyes and I thought, 'I wonder what dad would think about the youthful uprising that was occurring at the time, the <a href="/wiki/Janis_Joplin" title="Janis Joplin">Janis Joplins</a>.... I understood 'em, I got along with it, but what if he was to come alive at this moment? And I thought, what a way to describe the kind of people in America that are still sittin' in the center of the country sayin', 'What is goin' on on these campuses?'", as it was the subject of this Garner Ted Armstrong radio program. "And a week or so later, I was listening to Garner Ted Armstrong, and Armstrong was saying how the smaller colleges in smaller towns don't seem to have any problems. And I wondered if Muskogee had a college, and it did, and they hadn't had any trouble - no racial problems and no dope problems. The whole thing hit me in two minutes, and I did one line after another and got the whole thing done in 20 minutes."<a href="#cite_note-Chapelle2007-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/American_Masters" title="American Masters">American Masters</a> documentary about him, he said, "That's how I got into it with the hippies.... I thought they were unqualified to judge America, and I thought they were lookin' down their noses at something that I cherished very much, and it pissed me off. And I thought, 'You sons of bitches, you've never been restricted away from this great, wonderful country, and yet here you are in the streets bitchin' about things, protesting about a war that they didn't know any more about than I did. They weren't over there fightin' that war any more than I was."<a href="#cite_note-AmericanMasters-35">[35]</a> Haggard began performing the song in concert in 1969 and was astounded at the reaction it received: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">The Haggard camp knew they were on to something. Everywhere they went, every show, "Okie" did more than prompt enthusiastic applause. There was an unanticipated adulation racing through the crowds now, standing ovations that went on and on and sometimes left the audience and the band members alike teary-eyed. Merle had somehow stumbled upon a song that expressed previously inchoate fears, spoke out loud gripes and anxieties otherwise only whispered, and now people were using his song, were using "him," to connect themselves to these larger concerns and to one another.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantwell2013151-46">[46]</a></blockquote> The studio version, which was mellower than the usually raucous live-concert versions, topped the country charts in 1969 and remained there for a month.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantwell2013152-47">[47]</a> It also hit number 41 on the Billboard all-genre singles chart, becoming Haggard's biggest hit up to that time, surpassed only by his 1973 crossover Christmas hit, "<a href="/wiki/If_We_Make_It_Through_December" title="If We Make It Through December">If We Make It Through December</a>," which peaked at number 28.<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp1-48">[48]</a> "Okie from Muskogee" is also generally described as Haggard's <a href="/wiki/Signature_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Signature song">signature song</a>.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> On his next single, "<a href="/wiki/The_Fightin%27_Side_of_Me" title="The Fightin' Side of Me">The Fightin' Side of Me</a>," released by his record company in 1970 over Haggard's objections, Haggard's lyrics stated that he did not mind the counterculture "switchin' sides and standin' up for what they believe in," but resolutely declared, "If you don't love it, leave it!" In May 1970, Haggard explained to John Grissom of <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a>, "I don't like their views on life, their filth, their visible self-disrespect, y'know. They don't give a shit what they look like or what they smell like.... What do they have to offer humanity?"<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantwell2013154-50">[50]</a> In a 2003 interview with <a href="/wiki/No_Depression_(magazine)" title="No Depression (magazine)">No Depression</a> magazine, Haggard said, "I had different views in the '70s. As a human being, I've learned [more]. I have more culture now. I was dumb as a rock when I wrote 'Okie From Muskogee.' That's being honest with you at the moment, and a lot of things that I said [then] I sing with a different intention now. My views on marijuana have totally changed. I think we were brainwashed and I think anybody that doesn't know that needs to get up and read and look around, get their own information. It's a cooperative government project to make us think marijuana should be outlawed."<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Haggard had wanted to follow "Okie from Muskogee" with "<a href="/wiki/Irma_Jackson" title="Irma Jackson">Irma Jackson</a>," a song that dealt with an interracial romance between a white man and an African American woman. His producer, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Nelson_(United_States_record_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Nelson (United States record producer)">Ken Nelson</a>, discouraged him from releasing it as a single.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1962-32">[32]</a> Jonathan Bernstein recounts, "Hoping to distance himself from the harshly right-wing image he had accrued in the wake of the hippie-bashing "Muskogee," Haggard wanted to take a different direction and release "Irma Jackson" as his next single.... When the Bakersfield, California, native brought the song to his record label, executives were reportedly appalled. In the wake of "Okie," Capitol Records was not interested in complicating Haggard's conservative, blue-collar image."<a href="#cite_note-RS-52">[52]</a> After "The Fightin' Side of Me" was released, instead, Haggard later commented to <a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a>, "People are narrow-minded. Down South they might have called me a nigger lover."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantwell2013162-53">[53]</a> In a 2001 interview, Haggard stated that Nelson, who was also head of the country division at Capitol at the time, never interfered with his music, but "this one time he came out and said, 'Merle, I don't believe the world is ready for this yet.' ... And he might have been right. I might've canceled out where I was headed in my career."<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1962-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-RS-52">[52]</a> "Okie From Muskogee," "The Fightin' Side of Me," and "I Wonder If They Think of Me" (Haggard's 1973 song about an American <a href="/wiki/POW" class="mw-redirect" title="POW">POW</a> in Vietnam) were hailed as anthems of the <a href="/wiki/Silent_majority" title="Silent majority">silent majority</a>, and have been recognized as part of a recurring patriotic trend in American country music that also includes <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Daniels" title="Charlie Daniels">Charlie Daniels</a>' "In America" and <a href="/wiki/Lee_Greenwood" title="Lee Greenwood">Lee Greenwood</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/God_Bless_the_USA" class="mw-redirect" title="God Bless the USA">God Bless the USA</a>".<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> Although <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Friesen" title="Gordon Friesen">Gordon Friesen</a> of Broadside magazine criticized Haggard for his "<a href="/wiki/John_Birch_Society" title="John Birch Society">[John] Birch–type</a> songs against war dissenters," Haggard was popular with college students in the early 1970s, not only because of the ironic use of his songs by <a href="/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s" title="Counterculture of the 1960s">counterculture</a> members, but also because his music was recognized as coming from an early country-folk tradition. Both "Okie from Muskogee" and "The Fightin' Side of Me" received extensive airplay on underground radio stations, and "Okie" was performed in concert by <a href="/wiki/Protest_song" title="Protest song">protest singers</a> <a href="/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie" title="Arlo Guthrie">Arlo Guthrie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Ochs" title="Phil Ochs">Phil Ochs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-kaufman-43">[43]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career">Later career</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later career">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Merle_Haggard_1975_-_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Merle_Haggard_1975_-_cropped.jpg/170px-Merle_Haggard_1975_-_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Merle_Haggard_1975_-_cropped.jpg/255px-Merle_Haggard_1975_-_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Merle_Haggard_1975_-_cropped.jpg/340px-Merle_Haggard_1975_-_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="836" /></a><figcaption>Haggard in a 1975 publicity photo for Capitol Records</figcaption></figure> Haggard's 1970 LP <a href="/wiki/A_Tribute_to_the_Best_Damn_Fiddle_Player_in_the_World_(or,_My_Salute_to_Bob_Wills)" title="A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)">A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World</a>, dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wills" title="Bob Wills">Bob Wills</a>, helped spark a permanent revival and expanded the audience for <a href="/wiki/Western_swing" title="Western swing">western swing</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Hicks-56">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-WillsCMT-57">[57]</a> By this point, Haggard was one of the most famous country singers in the world, having enjoyed an immensely successful artistic and commercial run with Capitol, accumulating 24 number-one country singles since 1966. In 1972, Let Me Tell You about A Song, the first TV special starring Haggard, was nationally syndicated by Capital Cities TV Productions. It was a semi-autobiographical musical profile of Haggard, akin to the contemporary Behind the Music, produced and directed by Michael Davis. The 1973 <a href="/wiki/Recession" title="Recession">recession</a> anthem, "<a href="/wiki/If_We_Make_It_Through_December" title="If We Make It Through December">If We Make It Through December</a>," furthered Haggard's status as a champion of the working class. "If We Make It Through December" turned out to be Haggard and the Strangers' final crossover pop hit. Haggard appeared on the cover of TIME on May 6, 1974.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> He also wrote and performed the theme song to the television series <a href="/wiki/Movin%27_On_(TV_series)" title="Movin' On (TV series)">Movin' On</a>, which in 1975 gave him and the Strangers another <a href="/wiki/Movin%27_On_(Merle_Haggard_song)" title="Movin' On (Merle Haggard song)">number-one country hit</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitburn2006147-59">[59]</a> During the early-to-mid-1970s, Haggard and the Strangers country chart domination continued with songs such as "Someday We'll Look Back," "<a href="/wiki/Grandma_Harp" title="Grandma Harp">Grandma Harp</a>," "<a href="/wiki/Always_Wanting_You" title="Always Wanting You">Always Wanting You</a>," and "<a href="/wiki/The_Roots_of_My_Raising" title="The Roots of My Raising">The Roots of My Raising</a>". Between 1973 and 1976, he and the Strangers scored nine consecutive number-one country hits. In 1977, he switched to <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA Records</a> and began exploring the themes of depression, alcoholism, and middle age on albums such as <a href="/wiki/Serving_190_Proof" title="Serving 190 Proof">Serving 190 Proof</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Way_I_Am_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="The Way I Am (Merle Haggard album)">The Way I Am</a>. Haggard sang a duet cover of <a href="/wiki/Billy_Burnette" title="Billy Burnette">Billy Burnette</a>'s "What's A Little Love Between Friends" with <a href="/wiki/Lynda_Carter" title="Lynda Carter">Lynda Carter</a> in her 1980 television music special, Lynda Carter: Encore! In 1980, Haggard headlined the <a href="/wiki/Bronco_Billy" title="Bronco Billy">Bronco Billy</a> soundtrack alongside <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a>, which saw Haggard score a number-one hit with "<a href="/wiki/Bar_Room_Buddies" title="Bar Room Buddies">Bar Room Buddies</a>," a duet with actor <a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood" title="Clint Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a>.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Haggard appeared in an episode of <a href="/wiki/The_Waltons" title="The Waltons">The Waltons</a> titled "The Comeback," season five, episode three, original air-date October 10, 1976. He played a bandleader named Red, who had been depressed since the death of his son (Ron Howard).<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> In 1981, Haggard published an autobiography, Sing Me Back Home. The same year, he provided the narration and theme for the movie <a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_the_Lone_Ranger" title="The Legend of the Lone Ranger">The Legend of the Lone Ranger</a>. The movie did not perform as well as expected attributing its commercial failure to the Wrather/Moore dispute which generated negative publicity. Haggard also changed record labels again in 1981, moving to Epic and releasing one of his most critically acclaimed albums, <a href="/wiki/Big_City_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="Big City (Merle Haggard album)">Big City</a>, on which he was backed by the Strangers. Between 1981 and 1985, Haggard scored 12 more top-10 country hits, with nine of them reaching number one, including "My Favorite Memory," "Going Where the Lonely Go," "Someday When Things Are Good," and "Natural High". In addition, Haggard recorded two chart-topping duets with <a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>—"Yesterdays' Wine" in 1982—and with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>—"Pancho and Lefty" in 1983. Nelson believed the 1983 <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a>-winning film <a href="/wiki/Tender_Mercies" title="Tender Mercies">Tender Mercies</a>, about the life of fictional singer Mac Sledge, was based on the life of Merle Haggard. Actor <a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a> and other filmmakers denied this and claimed the character was based on nobody in particular. Duvall, however, said he was a big fan of Haggard's.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> In 1983, Haggard and his third wife Leona Williams divorced after five stormy years of marriage. The split served as a license to party for Haggard, who spent much of the next decade becoming mired in alcohol and drug problems.<a href="#cite_note-heath-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantwell2013230-64">[64]</a> Haggard has stated that he was in his own <a href="/wiki/Mid-life_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-life crisis">mid-life crisis</a>, or "male menopause," around this time. He said in an interview from this period: "Things that you've enjoyed for years don't seem nearly as important, and you're at war with yourself as to what's happening. 'Why don't I like that anymore? Why do I like this now?' And finally, I think you actually go through a biological change, you just, you become another.... Your body is getting ready to die and your mind doesn't agree."<a href="#cite_note-AmericanMasters-35">[35]</a> He was briefly a heavy user of cocaine but was able to quit.<a href="#cite_note-heath-63">[63]</a> Despite these issues, he won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Male_Country_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance">Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance</a> for his 1984 remake of "<a href="/wiki/That%27s_the_Way_Love_Goes_(Johnny_Rodriguez_song)" title="That's the Way Love Goes (Johnny Rodriguez song)">That's the Way Love Goes</a>". Haggard was hampered by financial woes well into the 1990s, as his presence on the charts diminished in favor of newer country singers, such as <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a>. Haggard's last number-one hit was "<a href="/wiki/Twinkle,_Twinkle_Lucky_Star" title="Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star">Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star</a>" from his smash album Chill Factor in 1988.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> In 1989, Haggard recorded a song, "Me and Crippled Soldiers Give a Damn," in response to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a>'s decision not to allow banning flag burning, considering it to be "speech" and therefore protected under the <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="First Amendment to the United States Constitution">First Amendment</a>. After CBS Records Nashville avoided releasing the song, Haggard bought his way out of the contract and signed with <a href="/wiki/Curb_Records" title="Curb Records">Curb Records</a>, which was willing to release the song. Haggard commented about the situation, "I've never been a guy that can do what people told me.... It's always been my nature to fight the system."<a href="#cite_note-Traditional_Values_NYT-66">[66]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comeback">Comeback</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Comeback">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MerleHaggardJun09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/MerleHaggardJun09.jpg/170px-MerleHaggardJun09.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/MerleHaggardJun09.jpg/255px-MerleHaggardJun09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/MerleHaggardJun09.jpg/340px-MerleHaggardJun09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2950" /></a><figcaption>Haggard performing in June 2009</figcaption></figure> In 2000, Haggard made a comeback of sorts, signing with the independent record label Anti and releasing the spare If I Could Only Fly to critical acclaim. He followed it in 2001 with Roots, vol. 1, a collection of <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Frizzell" title="Lefty Frizzell">Lefty Frizzell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hank_Thompson_(musician)" title="Hank Thompson (musician)">Hank Thompson</a> covers, along with three Haggard originals. The album, recorded in Haggard's living room with no overdubs, featured Haggard's longtime bandmates, the Strangers, as well as Frizzell's original lead guitarist, Norman Stephens. In December 2004, Haggard spoke at length on <a href="/wiki/Larry_King_Live" title="Larry King Live">Larry King Live</a> about his incarceration as a young man and said it was "hell" and "the scariest experience of my life".<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> When political opponents were attacking <a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">the Chicks</a> for criticizing President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">2003 invasion of Iraq</a>, Haggard spoke up for the band on July 25, 2003, saying: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote">I don't even know the Dixie Chicks, but I find it an insult for all the men and women who fought and died in past wars when almost the majority of America jumped down their throats for voicing an opinion. It was like a verbal witch-hunt and lynching.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a></blockquote> Haggard and the Strangers' number-one hit single "Mama Tried" is featured in the 2003 film <a href="/wiki/Radio_(2003_film)" title="Radio (2003 film)">Radio</a> with <a href="/wiki/Cuba_Gooding,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Cuba Gooding, Jr.">Cuba Gooding, Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Harris" title="Ed Harris">Ed Harris</a>, as well as in Bryan Bertino's The Strangers with Liv Tyler. In addition, his and the Strangers song "Swingin' Doors" can be heard in the film <a href="/wiki/Crash_(2004_film)" title="Crash (2004 film)">Crash (2004)</a>,<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> and his 1981 hit "<a href="/wiki/Big_City_(Merle_Haggard_song)" title="Big City (Merle Haggard song)">Big City</a>", where he is backed by the Strangers, is heard in Joel and Ethan Coen's film <a href="/wiki/Fargo_(1996_film)" title="Fargo (1996 film)">Fargo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:20%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> He's not going to play The Palace in Louisville, he's going pick the tertiary towns, and he's going to play on the outer edge. Merle was a real westerner. Like one of those lizards that thrives in arid heat. He was a California guy, but not the California you see on television with Palm Trees. He was the California that was dusty, that was Merle's.<a href="#cite_note-Owen13.04.16-72">[72]</a> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">— Ketch Secor, <a href="/wiki/Old_Crow_Medicine_Show" title="Old Crow Medicine Show">Old Crow Medicine Show</a></cite></div> </div> In October 2005, Haggard released his album <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Wind_(Merle_Haggard_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Wind (Merle Haggard album)">Chicago Wind</a> to mostly positive reviews. The album contained an anti-Iraq war song titled "America First," in which he laments the nation's economy and faltering infrastructure, applauds its soldiers, and sings, "Let's get out of Iraq, and get back on track." This follows from his 2003 release "Haggard Like Never Before" in which he includes a song, "That's the News". Haggard released a <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> album, <a href="/wiki/The_Bluegrass_Sessions_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="The Bluegrass Sessions (Merle Haggard album)">The Bluegrass Sessions</a>, on October 2, 2007.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> In 2008, Haggard was going to perform at Riverfest in <a href="/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="Little Rock, Arkansas">Little Rock, Arkansas</a>, but the concert was canceled because he was ailing, and three other concerts were canceled, as well. However, he was back on the road in June and successfully completed a tour that ended on October 19, 2008.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In April 2010, Haggard released a new album, <a href="/wiki/I_Am_What_I_Am_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="I Am What I Am (Merle Haggard album)">I Am What I Am</a>,<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> to strong reviews, and he performed the title song on <a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno" title="The Tonight Show with Jay Leno">The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</a> in February 2011.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> Haggard's final concert was held in Oakland at the Paramount Theatre on February 13, 2016. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collaborations">Collaborations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Collaborations">edit</a>]</div> Haggard collaborated with many other artists over the course of his career. In the early 1960s, Haggard recorded duets with Bonnie Owens, who later became his wife, for Tally Records, scoring a minor hit with "Just Between the Two of Us". As part of the deal that got Haggard signed to Capitol, producer <a href="/wiki/Ken_Nelson_(United_States_record_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Nelson (United States record producer)">Ken Nelson</a> obtained the rights to Haggard's Tally sides, including the duets with Owens, resulting in the release of Haggard's first duet album with Owens and the Strangers in 1966, also entitled Just Between the Two of Us.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> The album reached number four on the country charts, and Haggard and Owens recorded a number of additional duets before their divorce in 1978. Haggard went on to record duets with George Jones, Willie Nelson, and Clint Eastwood, among others.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> In 1970, Haggard released A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills), rounding up six of the remaining members of the Texas Playboys to record the tribute: Johnnie Lee Wills, Eldon Shamblin, Tiny Moore, Joe Holley, Johnny Gimble, and Alex Brashear.<a href="#cite_note-Hicks-56">[56]</a> Haggard's band, the Strangers, were also present during the recording, but Wills suffered a massive stroke after the first day of recording. Haggard arrived on the second day, devastated that he would not get to record with him, but the album helped return Wills to public consciousness, and set off a Western swing revival.<a href="#cite_note-WillsCMT-57">[57]</a> Haggard did other tribute albums to Bob Wills over the next 40 years. In 1973 he appeared on For the Last Time: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. In 1994, Haggard collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Asleep_at_the_Wheel" title="Asleep at the Wheel">Asleep at the Wheel</a> and many other artists influenced by the music of Bob Wills on an album titled A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> A Tribute was re-released on CD on the Koch label in 1995. In 1972, Haggard agreed to produce <a href="/wiki/Gram_Parsons" title="Gram Parsons">Gram Parsons</a>'s first solo album but backed out at the last minute. <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> arranged a meeting at Haggard's Bakersfield home and the two musicians seemed to hit it off, but later on the afternoon of the first session, Haggard canceled. Parsons, an enormous Haggard fan, was crushed, with his wife Gretchen telling Meyer, "Merle not producing Gram was probably one of the greatest disappointments in Gram's life. Merle was very nice, very sweet, but he had his own enemies and his own demons."<a href="#cite_note-meyer-79">[79]</a> In 1980, Haggard said of Parsons, in an interview with Mark Rose, "He was a pussy. Hell, he was just a long-haired kid. I thought he was a good writer. He was not wild, though. That's what's funny to me. All these guys running around in long hair talking about being wild and <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">Rolling Stones</a>. I don't think someone abusing themselves on drugs determines how wild they are. It might determine how ignorant they are."<a href="#cite_note-meyer-79">[79]</a> In 1982, Haggard recorded <a href="/wiki/A_Taste_of_Yesterday%27s_Wine" title="A Taste of Yesterday's Wine">A Taste of Yesterday's Wine</a> with George Jones, an album that produced two <a href="/wiki/Record_chart" title="Record chart">top-10</a> hits, including the number-one "<a href="/wiki/Yesterday%27s_Wine_(song)" title="Yesterday's Wine (song)">Yesterday's Wine</a>".<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> In 2006, the pair released a sequel, <a href="/wiki/Kickin%27_Out_the_Footlights...Again" title="Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again">Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again</a>.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> Haggard released the duet album <a href="/wiki/Pancho_%26_Lefty_(album)" title="Pancho & Lefty (album)">Pancho & Lefty</a> with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> in 1983, with the title track becoming an enormous hit for the duo. In 1987, a second, less successful LP, <a href="/wiki/Seashores_of_Old_Mexico" title="Seashores of Old Mexico">Seashores of Old Mexico</a>, was also released, and the pair worked together again with <a href="/wiki/Ray_Price_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Price (musician)">Ray Price</a> in 2007, releasing the album <a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Breed_(album)" title="Last of the Breed (album)">Last of the Breed</a>. In 2015, they released their sixth and final duet album, <a href="/wiki/Django_and_Jimmie" title="Django and Jimmie">Django and Jimmie</a>. The album's lead single, "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_Going_to_Pot" title="It's All Going to Pot">It's All Going to Pot</a>", was a subtle reference to smoking marijuana, and the music video for the song showed Haggard and Nelson smoking joints while singing in a recording studio.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> In 1983, Haggard got permission from Epic Records to collaborate with then-wife <a href="/wiki/Leona_Williams" title="Leona Williams">Leona Williams</a> on <a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Records</a>, releasing <a href="/wiki/Heart_to_Heart_(Merle_Haggard_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart to Heart (Merle Haggard album)">Heart to Heart</a> in 1983. The album, on which they were backed by the Strangers, was not a hit, peaking at number 44.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> In 2001, Haggard released an album of gospel songs with <a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Brumley" title="Albert E. Brumley">Albert E. Brumley</a> called Two Old Friends.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> In 2002, Haggard collaborated with longtime friend and fellow recording artist <a href="/wiki/Chester_Smith" title="Chester Smith">Chester Smith</a> (founder of television broadcasting company <a href="/wiki/Sainte_Partners_II,_L.P." title="Sainte Partners II, L.P.">Sainte Partners II, L.P.</a> and owner of several stations in California and Oregon) with a CD titled California Blend.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> The CD features classic country, western, and gospel tracks performed by both Smith and Haggard. In 2005, Haggard was featured as a guest vocalist on <a href="/wiki/Gretchen_Wilson" title="Gretchen Wilson">Gretchen Wilson</a>'s song "Politically Uncorrect", which earned a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy nomination</a> for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Collaboration_with_Vocals" title="Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals">Best Country Collaboration with Vocals</a>.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> He is also featured singing a verse on <a href="/wiki/Eric_Church" title="Eric Church">Eric Church</a>'s 2006 song "Pledge Allegiance to the Hag".<a href="#cite_note-yahr-87">[87]</a> In 2005, Haggard was featured as a guest vocalist on <a href="/wiki/Blaine_Larsen" title="Blaine Larsen">Blaine Larsen</a>'s song "If Merle Would Sing My Song".<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> In 2010, Haggard was featured along with <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader" title="Ralph Nader">Ralph Nader</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gatewood_Galbraith" title="Gatewood Galbraith">Gatewood Galbraith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Julia_Butterfly_Hill" title="Julia Butterfly Hill">Julia Butterfly Hill</a> in the documentary film <a href="/wiki/Hempsters:_Plant_the_Seed" title="Hempsters: Plant the Seed">Hempsters: Plant the Seed</a> directed by Michael P. Henning.<a href="#cite_note-420mag-89">[89]</a> In 2015, Haggard was featured as a guest vocalist on <a href="/wiki/Don_Henley" title="Don Henley">Don Henley</a>'s song "The Cost of Living" on the album <a href="/wiki/Cass_County_(album)" title="Cass County (album)">Cass County</a>.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> Henley would later say he was "nervous", but "happily surprised" that Haggard joined him on the track.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> In 2017, Haggard appeared alongside <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> in the award-winning documentary <a href="/wiki/The_American_Epic_Sessions" title="The American Epic Sessions">The American Epic Sessions</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Bernard_MacMahon_(filmmaker)" title="Bernard MacMahon (filmmaker)">Bernard MacMahon</a>. They performed a song Haggard had composed for the film, "The Only Man Wilder Than Me"<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wills" title="Bob Wills">Bob Wills</a>' classic "Old Fashioned Love",<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> which they recorded live on the restored first <a href="/wiki/History_of_sound_recording#The_electrical_era_(1925_to_1945)_(including_sound_on_film)" title="History of sound recording">electrical sound recording</a> system from the 1920s.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> It was the last filmed performance of the pair, with <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> commenting "in the final performance of Sessions, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard perform the duet "The Only Man Wilder Than Me." Haggard has a look of complete joy on his face throughout the session in the old-timey recording set-up once used by his musical heroes."<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> Haggard's last recording, a song called "Kern River Blues," described his departure from Bakersfield in the late 1970s and his displeasure with politicians. The song was recorded February 9, 2016, and features his son Ben on guitar. This record was released on May 12, 2016.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Equipment">edit</a>]</div> Haggard endorsed <a href="/wiki/Fender_Musical_Instruments_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Fender Musical Instruments Corporation">Fender guitars</a> and had a Custom Artist signature model Telecaster. The guitar is a modified <a href="/wiki/Telecaster_Thinline" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecaster Thinline">Telecaster Thinline</a> with laminated top of figured maple, set neck with deep carved heel, birdseye maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets, ivoroid pickguard and binding, gold hardware, abalone Tuff Dog Tele peghead inlay, 2-Colour Sunburst finish, and a pair of Fender Texas Special Tele single-coil pickups with custom-wired 4-way pickup switching. He also played six-string acoustic models. In 2001, <a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">C. F. Martin & Company</a> introduced a limited edition Merle Haggard Signature Edition 000-28SMH acoustic guitar available with or without factory-installed electronics.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wives_and_children">Wives and children</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Wives and children">edit</a>]</div> Haggard was married five times, first to Leona Hobbs from 1956 to 1964. They had four children: Dana, <a href="/wiki/Marty_Haggard" title="Marty Haggard">Marty</a>, Kelli, and <a href="/wiki/Noel_Haggard" title="Noel Haggard">Noel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> Shortly after divorcing Hobbs, in 1965, he married singer <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Owens" title="Bonnie Owens">Bonnie Owens</a>, the former wife of <a href="/wiki/Buck_Owens" title="Buck Owens">Buck Owens</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Bonnie_Owens_Obituary-100">[100]</a> Haggard credited her with helping him make his big break as a country artist. He shared the writing credit with Owens for his hit "<a href="/wiki/Today_I_Started_Loving_You_Again" title="Today I Started Loving You Again">Today I Started Loving You Again</a>" and acknowledged, including on stage, that the song was about a sudden burst of special feelings he experienced for her while they were touring together. She also helped care for Haggard's children from his first marriage and was the maid of honor for Haggard's third marriage. Haggard and Owens divorced in 1978 but remained close friends as Owens continued as his backing vocalist until her death in 2006.<a href="#cite_note-Bonnie_Owens_Obituary-100">[100]</a> In 1978, Haggard married Leona Williams. In 1983, they divorced.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> In 1985 Haggard married Debbie Parret; they divorced in 1991.<a href="#cite_note-The_Fighter-102">[102]</a> He married his fifth wife, Theresa Ann Lane, on September 11, 1993. They had two children, Jenessa and Ben.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cigarette_and_drug_use">Cigarette and drug use</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cigarette and drug use">edit</a>]</div> Haggard said he started smoking marijuana in 1978, when he was 41 years old. He admitted that in 1983, he bought "$2,000 (worth) of cocaine" and partied for five months afterward, when he said he finally realized his condition and quit for good.<a href="#cite_note-heath-63">[63]</a> He quit smoking cigarettes in 1991, and stopped smoking marijuana in 1995.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> However, a Rolling Stone magazine interview in 2009 indicated that he had resumed regular marijuana smoking.<a href="#cite_note-The_Fighter-102">[102]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Illness_and_death">Illness and death</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Illness and death">edit</a>]</div> Haggard underwent <a href="/wiki/Angioplasty" title="Angioplasty">angioplasty</a> in 1995 to unblock clogged arteries.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> On November 9, 2008, it was announced that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer in May and undergone surgery on November 3, during which part of his lung was removed.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> Haggard returned home on November 8.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> Less than two months after his cancer surgery, he played two shows on January 2 and 3, 2009, in Bakersfield at <a href="/wiki/Buck_Owens_Crystal_Palace" title="Buck Owens Crystal Palace">Buck Owens Crystal Palace</a>, and continued to tour and record until shortly before his death. On December 5, 2015, Haggard was treated at an undisclosed hospital in California for <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-pneumonia-108">[108]</a> He made a recovery, but postponed several concerts.<a href="#cite_note-pneumonia-108">[108]</a> In March 2016, Haggard was once again hospitalized.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> His concerts for April were canceled due to his ongoing double pneumonia.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> On the morning of April 6, 2016, his 79th birthday, he died of complications from pneumonia at his home in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Cedro,_California" title="Palo Cedro, California">Palo Cedro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shasta_County,_California" title="Shasta County, California">Shasta County, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nytobit-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> Haggard was buried in a private funeral at his ranch on April 9, 2016; longtime friend <a href="/wiki/Marty_Stuart" title="Marty Stuart">Marty Stuart</a> officiated.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_and_honors">Legacy and honors</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Legacy and honors">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Merle_Haggard_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Merle_Haggard_2010.jpg/220px-Merle_Haggard_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Merle_Haggard_2010.jpg/330px-Merle_Haggard_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Merle_Haggard_2010.jpg/440px-Merle_Haggard_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="472" data-file-height="360" /></a><figcaption>Haggard at the White House for the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors</figcaption></figure> During his long career, Haggard received numerous awards from the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">Academy of Country Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a>, and <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Recording_Arts_and_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences">National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a>) (see <a href="#Awards">Awards</a>). He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame">Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame</a> in 1977,<a href="#cite_note-nashvillehof-2">[2]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum">Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum</a> in 1994,<a href="#cite_note-countrymusichof-3">[3]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame">Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame</a> in 1997.<a href="#cite_note-okmusichof-4">[4]</a> In 2006, he received a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a>, and was also honored as a <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_Music_Incorporated" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast Music Incorporated">BMI</a> Icon at the 54th annual BMI Pop Awards that same year. During his songwriting career up to that time, Haggard had earned 48 BMI Country Awards, nine BMI Pop Awards, a BMI R&B Award, and 16 BMI "Million-Air" awards, all from a catalog of songs that added up to over 25 million performances.<a href="#cite_note-bmiawards-1">[1]</a> Haggard accepted a <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honor</a> on December 4, 2010, from the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</a> in recognition of his lifetime achievement and "outstanding contribution to American culture".<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> The following day, he was honored at a gala in Washington, DC, with musical performances by <a href="/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson" title="Kris Kristofferson">Kris Kristofferson</a>, Willie Nelson, <a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Crow" title="Sheryl Crow">Sheryl Crow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamey_Johnson" title="Jamey Johnson">Jamey Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kid_Rock" title="Kid Rock">Kid Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" title="Miranda Lambert">Miranda Lambert</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a>. This tribute was featured on the December 28, 2010, CBS telecast of the Kennedy Center Honors.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> In July 2007, a three-and-a-half-mile stretch of 7th Standard Road in Oildale, California, where Haggard grew up, was renamed Merle Haggard Drive in his honor. It stretches from North Chester Avenue west to <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_99" title="U.S. Route 99">U.S. Route 99</a> and provides access to the William M. Thomas airport terminal at <a href="/wiki/Meadows_Field_Airport" title="Meadows Field Airport">Meadows Field Airport</a>. Haggard played two shows to raise money to pay for the changes in road signage.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> In 2015, the converted boxcar in which the Haggard family lived in Oildale was moved to the <a href="/wiki/Kern_County_Museum" title="Kern County Museum">Kern County Museum</a> for historic preservation and restoration.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> On November 6, 2013, the mayor of Winchester, Virginia, awarded Haggard the Key to the City at the Patsy Cline Theatre after a sold-out show by Bonnie Blue Concerts. On June 14, 2013, the <a href="/wiki/California_State_University,_Bakersfield" title="California State University, Bakersfield">California State University, Bakersfield</a>, awarded Haggard the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts. Haggard stepped to the podium and said, "Thank you. It's nice to be noticed." On January 26, 2014, Haggard performed his 1969 song "Okie from Muskogee" at the <a href="/wiki/56th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="56th Annual Grammy Awards">56th Annual Grammy Awards</a> along with Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Blake Shelton.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Haggard at number 138 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Influence">Influence</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Influence">edit</a>]</div> Haggard's guitar playing and voice gave his country songs a hard-edged, blues-like style in many cuts. Although he was outspoken in his dislike for modern country music,<a href="#cite_note-yahr-87">[87]</a> he praised <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toby_Keith" title="Toby Keith">Toby Keith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sturgill_Simpson" title="Sturgill Simpson">Sturgill Simpson</a>. Haggard also had an interest in jazz music, and stated in an interview in 1986 that he wanted to be remembered as "the greatest jazz guitar player in the world that loved to play country".<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> Keith singled out Haggard as a major influence on his career. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MerleHaggardDrive.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/MerleHaggardDrive.jpg/170px-MerleHaggardDrive.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/MerleHaggardDrive.jpg/255px-MerleHaggardDrive.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/MerleHaggardDrive.jpg/340px-MerleHaggardDrive.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2369" data-file-height="1648" /></a><figcaption>Merle Haggard Drive, <a href="/wiki/Oildale,_California" title="Oildale, California">Oildale, California</a></figcaption></figure> As noted by an article published in <a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a> upon Haggard's death, "Respect for the Hag [Haggard] as an icon, both for his musical status and his personal views, is a common theme" in country music.<a href="#cite_note-yahr-87">[87]</a> Many country music acts have paid tribute to Haggard by mentioning him in their songs (a fact aided by his first name rhyming with "girl," a common theme in country songs). These include: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Collin_Raye" title="Collin Raye">Collin Raye</a> recorded "My Kind of Girl," which includes the line, "How 'bout some music/She said have you got any Merle/That's when I knew she was my kind of girl."<a href="#cite_note-yahr-87">[87]</a></li> <li>In 2000, Alan Jackson and George Strait sang "Murder on Music Row," which criticizes mainstream country trends: "The Hag wouldn't have a chance on today's radio/Because they committed murder down on music row."<a href="#cite_note-yahr-87">[87]</a></li> <li>In 2005, the country rock duo <a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> sang "Just Another Neon Night" off their Hillbilly Deluxe album. In the song, <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Dunn" title="Ronnie Dunn">Ronnie Dunn</a> said, "He's got an Eastwood grin and a Tulare swagger/Hollerin' turn off that rap/And play me some Haggard." Brooks and Dunn also reference Haggard in 1993's "Rock My World (little country girl)" off their Hard Workin' Man album as they sing "Acts like <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> but she listens to Merle/Rock my world little country girl."<a href="#cite_note-yahr-87">[87]</a></li> <li>In 2009, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Buffett" title="Jimmy Buffett">Jimmy Buffett</a>'s song Wings refers to Haggard and his song Silver Wings in the verse "You have wings look and see, Silver wings like Merle and me".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeAnn_Rimes" title="LeAnn Rimes">LeAnn Rimes</a> mentions him in her 2013 song, "I Do Now": "Thank God for Merle Haggard, he's right, the bottle let me down."<a href="#cite_note-yahr-87">[87]</a></li> <li>Gretchen Wilson's song "Politically Uncorrect" and Eric Church's song "Pledge Allegiance to the Hag" both contain tributes to Haggard, as well as featuring him as a guest vocalist.<a href="#cite_note-yahr-87">[87]</a></li> <li>Country singer <a href="/wiki/David_Nail" title="David Nail">David Nail</a> references the Haggard song "Mama Tried" in the lyrics to his song "The Sound of a Million Dreams" from his 2011 album of the same name: "...when I hear Mama Tried I still break down and cry And pull to the side of the road ...". The song was written by Phil Vassar & Scooter Carusoe.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/John_Anderson_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Anderson (musician)">John Anderson</a>'s song "Honky Tonk Saturday Night", he sings the lines, "I went to the jukebox and played some Merle Haggard/Oh me and the waitress think he's outta sight".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Johnson" title="Cody Johnson">Cody Johnson</a> centralizes Merle in his song "Monday Morning Merle," with a reference in the chorus "...turns up 'Misery and Gin,' here we are again - Monday Morning Merle."</li> <li>Cody Jinks song Hippies and Cowboys has the following lyrics Some old drunk on a bar stool on a Merle Haggard tuneThat's my kind of room"</li></ul> In the 1970s, several rock acts responded in their own songs to Haggard's criticism of hippie counterculture in "Okie from Muskogee" and "The Fightin' Side of Me". <a href="/wiki/The_Youngbloods" title="The Youngbloods">The Youngbloods</a> answered "Okie from Muskogee" with "Hippie from Olema", in which, in one repetition of the chorus, they change the line, "We still take in strangers if they're ragged" to "We still take in strangers if they're haggard."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantwell2013174-122">[122]</a> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Gravenites" title="Nick Gravenites">Nick Gravenites</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Big_Brother_and_the_Holding_Company" title="Big Brother and the Holding Company">Big Brother and the Holding Company</a>, paid Haggard a tongue-in-cheek tribute with the song, "I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle,"<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> later covered by other artists including <a href="/wiki/Pure_Prairie_League" title="Pure Prairie League">Pure Prairie League</a>.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> Despite these critiques, the Grateful Dead performed "Mama Tried" over 300 times,<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> and "Sing Me Back Home" approximately 40 times.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Southern_rock" title="Southern rock">Southern rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a> more respectfully referenced Haggard in their song, "<a href="/wiki/Nuthin%27_Fancy" title="Nuthin' Fancy">Railroad Song</a>," which contains the lyric, "Well I'm a ride this train Lord until I find out/What <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)">Jimmie Rodgers</a> and the Hag was all about." Skynyrd also performed both a cover of "<a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard_Presents_His_30th_Album" title="Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album">Honky Tonk Night Time Man</a>" and their own take on the song with "Jacksonville Kid" (found on the 2001 CD reissue of the album) on their album <a href="/wiki/Street_Survivors" title="Street Survivors">Street Survivors</a>.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> He described himself as a student of music, philosophy, and communication. He would discuss jazzman Howard Roberts guitar playing, life after death and the unique speaking technique of <a href="/wiki/Garner_Ted_Armstrong" title="Garner Ted Armstrong">Garner Ted Armstrong</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_World_Tomorrow_(radio_and_television)" title="The World Tomorrow (radio and television)">The World Tomorrow</a> with enthusiasm and authority.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_acting">Television acting</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Television acting">edit</a>]</div> Merle appeared in season five, episode three of <a href="/wiki/The_Waltons" title="The Waltons">The Waltons</a> called "<a href="/wiki/The_Comeback_(The_Waltons)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Comeback (The Waltons)">The Comeback</a>". He played Red Turner, a local musician who had become depressed and withdrawn after the death of his son, played by <a href="/wiki/Ron_Howard" title="Ron Howard">Ron Howard</a>, in the episode called "<a href="/wiki/The_Gift_(The_Waltons)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Gift (The Waltons)">The Gift</a>".[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard_discography" title="Merle Haggard discography">Merle Haggard discography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Studio_albums">Studio albums</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Studio albums">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strangers_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="Strangers (Merle Haggard album)">Strangers</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_Between_the_Two_of_Us" title="Just Between the Two of Us">Just Between the Two of Us</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Owens" title="Bonnie Owens">Bonnie Owens</a> and the Strangers) (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swinging_Doors" class="mw-redirect" title="Swinging Doors">Swinging Doors</a> (with the Strangers) (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Lonesome_Fugitive" title="I'm a Lonesome Fugitive">I'm a Lonesome Fugitive</a> (with the Strangers) (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branded_Man" title="Branded Man">Branded Man</a> (with the Strangers) (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sing_Me_Back_Home" title="Sing Me Back Home">Sing Me Back Home</a> (with the Strangers) (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Bonnie_%26_Clyde" title="The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde">The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde</a> (with the Strangers) (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mama_Tried_(album)" title="Mama Tried (album)">Mama Tried</a> (with the Strangers) (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_in_What_I_Am" title="Pride in What I Am">Pride in What I Am</a> (with the Strangers) (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Same_Train,_a_Different_Time" title="Same Train, a Different Time">Same Train, A Different Time</a> (with the Strangers) (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Portrait_of_Merle_Haggard" title="A Portrait of Merle Haggard">A Portrait of Merle Haggard</a> (with the Strangers) (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Tribute_to_the_Best_Damn_Fiddle_Player_in_the_World_(or,_My_Salute_to_Bob_Wills)" title="A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)">A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)</a> (with the Strangers) (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hag_(album)" title="Hag (album)">Hag</a> (with the Strangers) (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Someday_We%27ll_Look_Back" title="Someday We'll Look Back">Someday We'll Look Back</a> (with the Strangers) (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Let_Me_Tell_You_About_a_Song" title="Let Me Tell You About a Song">Let Me Tell You About a Song</a> (with the Strangers) (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Not_Love_(But_It%27s_Not_Bad)" title="It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)">It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)</a> (with the Strangers) (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard%27s_Christmas_Present" title="Merle Haggard's Christmas Present">Merle Haggard's Christmas Present (Something Old, Something New)</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/If_We_Make_It_Through_December_(album)" title="If We Make It Through December (album)">If We Make It Through December</a> (with the Strangers) (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard_Presents_His_30th_Album" title="Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album">Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album</a> (with the Strangers) (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keep_Movin%27_On" title="Keep Movin' On">Keep Movin' On</a> (with the Strangers) (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_in_the_Movies" title="It's All in the Movies">It's All in the Movies</a> (with the Strangers) (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Love_Affair_with_Trains" title="My Love Affair with Trains">My Love Affair with Trains</a> (with the Strangers) (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Roots_of_My_Raising" title="The Roots of My Raising">The Roots of My Raising</a> (with the Strangers) (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramblin%27_Fever" title="Ramblin' Fever">Ramblin' Fever</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Working_Man_Can%27t_Get_Nowhere_Today" title="A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today">A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today</a> (with the Strangers) (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Farewell_to_Elvis" title="My Farewell to Elvis">My Farewell to Elvis</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Always_on_a_Mountain_When_I_Fall" title="I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall">I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serving_190_Proof" title="Serving 190 Proof">Serving 190 Proof</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Way_I_Am_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="The Way I Am (Merle Haggard album)">The Way I Am</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Back_to_the_Barrooms" title="Back to the Barrooms">Back to the Barrooms</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songs_for_the_Mama_That_Tried" title="Songs for the Mama That Tried">Songs for the Mama That Tried</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_City_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="Big City (Merle Haggard album)">Big City</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Taste_of_Yesterday%27s_Wine" title="A Taste of Yesterday's Wine">A Taste of Yesterday's Wine</a> (with <a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>) (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Going_Where_the_Lonely_Go" title="Going Where the Lonely Go">Going Where the Lonely Go</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goin%27_Home_for_Christmas" title="Goin' Home for Christmas">Goin' Home for Christmas</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancho_%26_Lefty_(album)" title="Pancho & Lefty (album)">Pancho & Lefty</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>) (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heart_to_Heart_(Merle_Haggard_and_Leona_Williams_album)" title="Heart to Heart (Merle Haggard and Leona Williams album)">Heart to Heart</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Leona_Williams" title="Leona Williams">Leona Williams</a>) (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/That%27s_the_Way_Love_Goes_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="That's the Way Love Goes (Merle Haggard album)">That's the Way Love Goes</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_in_the_Game_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="It's All in the Game (Merle Haggard album)">It's All in the Game</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kern_River_(album)" title="Kern River (album)">Kern River</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Friend_in_California_(album)" title="A Friend in California (album)">A Friend in California</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Out_Among_the_Stars_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="Out Among the Stars (Merle Haggard album)">Out Among the Stars</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seashores_of_Old_Mexico" title="Seashores of Old Mexico">Seashores of Old Mexico</a> (with Willie Nelson) (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chill_Factor_(album)" title="Chill Factor (album)">Chill Factor</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5:01_Blues_(album)" title="5:01 Blues (album)">5:01 Blues</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Jungle" title="Blue Jungle">Blue Jungle</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_(album)" title="1994 (album)">1994</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="1996 (Merle Haggard album)">1996</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Old_Friends" title="Two Old Friends">Two Old Friends</a> (with Albert Brumley, Jr.) (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/If_I_Could_Only_Fly" title="If I Could Only Fly">If I Could Only Fly</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabin_in_the_Hills" title="Cabin in the Hills">Cabin in the Hills</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roots,_Volume_1" title="Roots, Volume 1">Roots, Volume 1</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Peer_Sessions" title="The Peer Sessions">The Peer Sessions</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Like_Never_Before_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="Like Never Before (Merle Haggard album)">Like Never Before</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Wish_I_Was_Santa_Claus" title="I Wish I Was Santa Claus">I Wish I Was Santa Claus</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unforgettable_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="Unforgettable (Merle Haggard album)">Unforgettable</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Wind" title="Chicago Wind">Chicago Wind</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kickin%27_Out_the_Footlights...Again" title="Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again">Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again</a> (with George Jones) (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Breed_(album)" title="Last of the Breed (album)">Last of the Breed</a> (with Willie Nelson and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Price_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Price (musician)">Ray Price</a>) (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bluegrass_Sessions_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="The Bluegrass Sessions (Merle Haggard album)">The Bluegrass Sessions</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Am_What_I_Am_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="I Am What I Am (Merle Haggard album)">I Am What I Am</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Working_in_Tennessee" title="Working in Tennessee">Working in Tennessee</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Django_and_Jimmie" title="Django and Jimmie">Django and Jimmie</a> (with Willie Nelson) (2015)</li> <li>Timeless (with <a href="/wiki/Mac_Wiseman" title="Mac Wiseman">Mac Wiseman</a>) (2015)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Number-one_hits_on_U.S._country_charts">Number-one hits on U.S. country charts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Number-one hits on U.S. country charts">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fugitive_(song)" title="The Fugitive (song)">I'm a Lonesome Fugitive</a>" (1966)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp2-129">[129]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Branded_Man_(song)" title="Branded Man (song)">Branded Man</a>" (1967)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp2-129">[129]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sing_Me_Back_Home_(song)" title="Sing Me Back Home (song)">Sing Me Back Home</a>" (1968)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp2-129">[129]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Bonnie_and_Clyde_(song)" title="The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde (song)">The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde</a>" (1968)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp2-129">[129]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mama_Tried_(song)" title="Mama Tried (song)">Mama Tried</a>" (1968)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp2-129">[129]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hungry_Eyes_(Merle_Haggard_song)" title="Hungry Eyes (Merle Haggard song)">Hungry Eyes</a>" (1969)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp2-129">[129]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Workin%27_Man_Blues" title="Workin' Man Blues">Workin' Man Blues</a>" (1969)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp2-129">[129]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Okie_from_Muskogee_(song)" title="Okie from Muskogee (song)">Okie from Muskogee</a>" (1969)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitburn2006146-130">[130]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fightin%27_Side_of_Me" title="The Fightin' Side of Me">The Fightin' Side of Me</a>" (1970)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitburn2006146-130">[130]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Daddy_Frank_(The_Guitar_Man)" title="Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)">Daddy Frank</a>" (1971)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp2-129">[129]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Carolyn_(song)" title="Carolyn (song)">Carolyn</a>" (1971)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp2-129">[129]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Grandma_Harp" title="Grandma Harp">Grandma Harp</a>" (1972)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp3-131">[131]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Not_Love_(But_It%27s_Not_Bad)_(song)" title="It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) (song)">It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)</a>" (1972)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp2-129">[129]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wonder_If_They_Ever_Think_of_Me" title="I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me">I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me</a>" (1972)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp1-48">[48]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everybody%27s_Had_the_Blues" title="Everybody's Had the Blues">Everybody's Had the Blues</a>" (1973)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp3-131">[131]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_We_Make_It_Through_December" title="If We Make It Through December">If We Make It Through December</a>" (1973)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp1-48">[48]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Things_Aren%27t_Funny_Anymore" title="Things Aren't Funny Anymore">Things Aren't Funny Anymore</a>" (1974)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp3-131">[131]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Man_from_the_Mountain" title="Old Man from the Mountain">Old Man from the Mountain</a>" (1974)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp1-48">[48]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Gambler" title="Kentucky Gambler">Kentucky Gambler</a>" (1974)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp3-131">[131]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Always_Wanting_You" title="Always Wanting You">Always Wanting You</a>" (1975)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp3-131">[131]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Movin%27_On_(Merle_Haggard_song)" title="Movin' On (Merle Haggard song)">Movin' On</a>" (1975)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp1-48">[48]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_in_the_Movies_(song)" title="It's All in the Movies (song)">It's All in the Movies</a>" (1975)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp3-131">[131]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Roots_of_My_Raising_(song)" title="The Roots of My Raising (song)">The Roots of My Raising</a>" (1975)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp3-131">[131]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cherokee_Maiden" title="Cherokee Maiden">Cherokee Maiden</a>" (1976)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp3-131">[131]</a> with the Strangers</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bar_Room_Buddies" title="Bar Room Buddies">Bar Room Buddies</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood" title="Clint Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a>) (1980)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitburn2006114-132">[132]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Think_I%27ll_Just_Stay_Here_and_Drink" title="I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink">I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink</a>" (1980)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp1-48">[48]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Favorite_Memory" title="My Favorite Memory">My Favorite Memory</a>" (1981)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp1-48">[48]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Big_City_(Merle_Haggard_song)" title="Big City (Merle Haggard song)">Big City</a>" (1981)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp3-131">[131]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yesterday%27s_Wine_(song)" title="Yesterday's Wine (song)">Yesterday's Wine</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>) (1982)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitburn2006182-133">[133]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Going_Where_the_Lonely_Go_(song)" title="Going Where the Lonely Go (song)">Going Where the Lonely Go</a>" (1982)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp3-131">[131]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Take_Me_for_Granted" title="You Take Me for Granted">You Take Me for Granted</a>" (1982)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp1-48">[48]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pancho_and_Lefty" title="Pancho and Lefty">Pancho and Lefty</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>) (1983)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitburn2006148-134">[134]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_the_Way_Love_Goes_(Johnny_Rodriguez_song)" title="That's the Way Love Goes (Johnny Rodriguez song)">That's the Way Love Goes</a>" (1983)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp4-135">[135]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Someday_When_Things_Are_Good" title="Someday When Things Are Good">Someday When Things Are Good</a>" (1984)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp1-48">[48]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Chase_Each_Other_Around_the_Room" title="Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room">Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room</a>" (1984)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp4-135">[135]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Place_to_Fall_Apart" title="A Place to Fall Apart">A Place to Fall Apart</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/Janie_Frickie" class="mw-redirect" title="Janie Frickie">Janie Frickie</a>) (1984)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp1-48">[48]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Natural_High_(Merle_Haggard_song)" title="Natural High (Merle Haggard song)">Natural High</a>" (1985)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp1-48">[48]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Twinkle,_Twinkle_Lucky_Star" title="Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star">Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star</a>" (1987)<a href="#cite_note-hagbillboardchartp4-135">[135]</a></li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Awards">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">Academy of Country Music</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> <ul><li>1965 Most Promising Male Vocalist</li> <li>1965 Best Vocal Group – with Bonnie Owens</li> <li>1965 Top Vocal Group with Bonnie Owens</li> <li>1966 Top Male Vocalist</li> <li>1967 Top Duo with Bonnie Owens</li> <li>1969 Top Male Vocalist</li> <li>1969 Album of the Year – "Okie from Muskogee" – with the Strangers</li> <li>1969 Song of the Year – "Okie from Muskogee" – with the Strangers</li> <li>1969 Single of the Year – "Okie from Muskogee" – with the Strangers</li> <li>1970 Entertainer of the Year</li> <li>1970 Top Male Vocalist</li> <li>1972 Top Male Vocalist</li> <li>1974 Top Male Vocalist</li> <li>1981 Top Male Vocalist</li> <li>1982 Song of the Year – "<a href="/wiki/Are_the_Good_Times_Really_Over_(I_Wish_a_Buck_Was_Still_Silver)" title="Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)">Are the Good Times Really Over</a>" (won award as both artist and composer)</li> <li>1995 Pioneer Award</li> <li>2005 Triple Crown</li> <li>2008 Poet's Award</li> <li>2013 Crystal Milestone Award</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/BMI_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="BMI Awards">BMI Awards</a> <ul><li>2006 BMI Icon Award<a href="#cite_note-bmiawards-1">[1]</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a> <ul><li>1970 Album of the Year – "Okie from Muskogee" – with the Strangers</li> <li>1970 Entertainer of the Year</li> <li>1970 Male Vocalist of the Year</li> <li>1970 Single of the Year – "Okie from Muskogee" – with the Strangers</li> <li>1972 Album of the Year – "<a href="/wiki/Let_Me_Tell_You_About_a_Song" title="Let Me Tell You About a Song">Let Me Tell You About a Song</a>" – with the Strangers</li> <li>1983 Vocal Duo of the Year – with Willie Nelson</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum">Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inductees_of_the_Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame">Inducted in 1994</a><a href="#cite_note-countrymusichof-3">[3]</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Male_Country_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance">1984 Best Country Vocal Performance, Male</a> – "That's The Way Love Goes"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Collaboration_with_Vocals" title="Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals">1998 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals</a> with <a href="/wiki/Clint_Black" title="Clint Black">Clint Black</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Diffie" title="Joe Diffie">Joe Diffie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alison_Krauss" title="Alison Krauss">Alison Krauss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patty_Loveless" title="Patty Loveless">Patty Loveless</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Skaggs" title="Ricky Skaggs">Ricky Skaggs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marty_Stuart" title="Marty Stuart">Marty Stuart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pam_Tillis" title="Pam Tillis">Pam Tillis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travis_Tritt" title="Travis Tritt">Travis Tritt</a> & <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Yoakam" title="Dwight Yoakam">Dwight Yoakam</a> for "Same Old Train"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Hall of Fame Award">1999 Grammy Hall of Fame Award</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Mama_Tried_(song)" title="Mama Tried (song)">Mama Tried</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">2006 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honors</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Inducted in 2010</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame">Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame">Inducted in 1977</a><a href="#cite_note-nashvillehof-2">[2]</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame">Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame">Inducted in 1997</a><a href="#cite_note-okmusichof-4">[4]</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Merle_Haggard&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Footnotes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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Times Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0812909869" title="Special:BookSources/978-0812909869"><bdi>978-0812909869</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sing+Me+Back+Home&rft.pub=Times+Books&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=978-0812909869&rft.aulast=Haggard&rft.aufirst=Merle&rft.au=Russell%2C+Peggy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsingmebackhomemy00hagg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMerle+Haggard" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHochman1999" class="citation book cs1">Hochman, Steve (1999). Popular Musicians: The Doobie Brothers-Paul McCartney. 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Moore">Tiny Moore</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Roy_Nichols" title="Roy Nichols">Roy Nichols</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gene_Price" title="Gene Price">Gene Price</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Eldon_Shamblin" title="Eldon Shamblin">Eldon Shamblin</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Terry" title="Gordon Terry">Gordon Terry</a></dd></dl> <dl><dd>Biff Adam</dd> <dd>Jimmy Belken</dd> <dd>Eddie Burris</dd> <dd>Gary Church</dd> <dd>Wayne Durham</dd> <dd>George French</dd> <dd>Dennis Hromek </dd></dl> <dl><dd>Don Markham</dd> <dd>Johnny Meeks</dd> <dd>Marcia Nichols</dd> <dd>Ronnie Reno</dd> <dd>Clint Strong</dd> <dd>Jim Tittle</dd> <dd>Jerry Ward</dd> <dd>Bobby Wayne</dd> <dd>Mark Yeary</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strangers_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="Strangers (Merle Haggard album)">Strangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swinging_Doors_and_the_Bottle_Let_Me_Down" title="Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down">Swinging Doors</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Lonesome_Fugitive" title="I'm a Lonesome Fugitive">I'm a Lonesome Fugitive</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branded_Man" title="Branded Man">Branded Man</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sing_Me_Back_Home" title="Sing Me Back Home">Sing Me Back Home</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Bonnie_%26_Clyde" title="The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde">The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mama_Tried_(album)" title="Mama Tried (album)">Mama Tried</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_in_What_I_Am" title="Pride in What I Am">Pride in What I Am</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Same_Train,_a_Different_Time" title="Same Train, a Different Time">Same Train, a Different Time</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Portrait_of_Merle_Haggard" title="A Portrait of Merle Haggard">A Portrait of Merle Haggard</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Tribute_to_the_Best_Damn_Fiddle_Player_in_the_World_(or,_My_Salute_to_Bob_Wills)" title="A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)">A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hag_(album)" title="Hag (album)">Hag</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Someday_We%27ll_Look_Back" title="Someday We'll Look Back">Someday We'll Look Back</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Let_Me_Tell_You_About_a_Song" title="Let Me Tell You About a Song">Let Me Tell You About a Song</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Not_Love_(But_It%27s_Not_Bad)" title="It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)">It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/If_We_Make_It_Through_December_(album)" title="If We Make It Through December (album)">If We Make It Through December</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard_Presents_His_30th_Album" title="Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album">Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keep_Movin%27_On" title="Keep Movin' On">Keep Movin' On</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_in_the_Movies" title="It's All in the Movies">It's All in the Movies</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Love_Affair_with_Trains" title="My Love Affair with Trains">My Love Affair with Trains</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Roots_of_My_Raising" title="The Roots of My Raising">The Roots of My Raising</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramblin%27_Fever" title="Ramblin' Fever">Ramblin' Fever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Working_Man_Can%27t_Get_Nowhere_Today" title="A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today">A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Farewell_to_Elvis" title="My Farewell to Elvis">My Farewell to Elvis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Always_on_a_Mountain_When_I_Fall" title="I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall">I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serving_190_Proof" title="Serving 190 Proof">Serving 190 Proof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Way_I_Am_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="The Way I Am (Merle Haggard album)">The Way I Am</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Back_to_the_Barrooms" title="Back to the Barrooms">Back to the Barrooms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_City_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="Big City (Merle Haggard album)">Big City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Going_Where_the_Lonely_Go" title="Going Where the Lonely Go">Going Where the Lonely Go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/That%27s_the_Way_Love_Goes_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="That's the Way Love Goes (Merle Haggard album)">That's the Way Love Goes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_in_the_Game_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="It's All in the Game (Merle Haggard album)">It's All in the Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kern_River_(album)" title="Kern River (album)">Kern River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Out_Among_the_Stars_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="Out Among the Stars (Merle Haggard album)">Out Among the Stars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Friend_in_California_(album)" title="A Friend in California (album)">A Friend in California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chill_Factor_(album)" title="Chill Factor (album)">Chill Factor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5:01_Blues_(album)" title="5:01 Blues (album)">5:01 Blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Jungle" title="Blue Jungle">Blue Jungle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_(album)" title="1994 (album)">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="1996 (Merle Haggard album)">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/If_I_Could_Only_Fly" title="If I Could Only Fly">If I Could Only Fly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roots,_Volume_1" title="Roots, Volume 1">Roots, Volume 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Peer_Sessions" title="The Peer Sessions">The Peer Sessions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Like_Never_Before_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="Like Never Before (Merle Haggard album)">Haggard Like Never Before</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unforgettable_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="Unforgettable (Merle Haggard album)">Unforgettable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Wind" title="Chicago Wind">Chicago Wind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bluegrass_Sessions_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="The Bluegrass Sessions (Merle Haggard album)">The Bluegrass Sessions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Am_What_I_Am_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="I Am What I Am (Merle Haggard album)">I Am What I Am</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Working_in_Tennessee" title="Working in Tennessee">Working in Tennessee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Songs_I%27ll_Always_Sing" title="Songs I'll Always Sing">Songs I'll Always Sing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard%27s_Greatest_Hits" title="Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits">Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/His_Epic_Hits:_The_First_11_(To_Be_Continued...)" title="His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...)">His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Down_Every_Road_1962%E2%80%931994" title="Down Every Road 1962–1994">Down Every Road 1962–1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16_Biggest_Hits_(Merle_Haggard_album)" title="16 Biggest Hits (Merle Haggard album)">16 Biggest Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hag:_The_Best_of_Merle_Haggard" title="Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard">Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Okie_from_Muskogee" title="Okie from Muskogee">Okie from Muskogee</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fightin%27_Side_of_Me_(album)" title="The Fightin' Side of Me (album)">The Fightin' Side of Me</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Love_Dixie_Blues" title="I Love Dixie Blues">I Love Dixie Blues</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Stew_Live_at_Anaheim_Stadium" title="Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium">Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Epic_Collection_(Recorded_Live)" title="The Epic Collection (Recorded Live)">The Epic Collection (Recorded Live)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Waves_of_Grain" title="Amber Waves of Grain">Amber Waves of Grain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gospel albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Land_of_Many_Churches" title="The Land of Many Churches">The Land of Many Churches</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songs_for_the_Mama_That_Tried" title="Songs for the Mama That Tried">Songs for the Mama That Tried</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabin_in_the_Hills" title="Cabin in the Hills">Cabin in the Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Old_Friends" title="Two Old Friends">Two Old Friends</a> (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Holiday albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard%27s_Christmas_Present" title="Merle Haggard's Christmas Present">Merle Haggard's Christmas Present</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goin%27_Home_for_Christmas" title="Goin' Home for Christmas">Goin' Home for Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Wish_I_Was_Santa_Claus" title="I Wish I Was Santa Claus">I Wish I Was Santa Claus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:52px">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Sing_a_Sad_Song" title="Sing a Sad Song">Sing a Sad Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(My_Friends_Are_Gonna_Be)_Strangers" title="(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers">(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Swinging_Doors_(song)" title="Swinging Doors (song)">Swinging Doors</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Bottle_Let_Me_Down" title="The Bottle Let Me Down">The Bottle Let Me Down</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fugitive_(song)" title="The Fugitive (song)">The Fugitive</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Threw_Away_the_Rose" title="I Threw Away the Rose">I Threw Away the Rose</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Branded_Man_(song)" title="Branded Man (song)">Branded Man</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sing_Me_Back_Home_(song)" title="Sing Me Back Home (song)">Sing Me Back Home</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Bonnie_and_Clyde_(song)" title="The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde (song)">The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mama_Tried_(song)" title="Mama Tried (song)">Mama Tried</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Take_a_Lot_of_Pride_in_What_I_Am" title="I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am">I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hungry_Eyes_(Merle_Haggard_song)" title="Hungry Eyes (Merle Haggard song)">Hungry Eyes</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Workin%27_Man_Blues" title="Workin' Man Blues">Workin' Man Blues</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Okie_from_Muskogee_(song)" title="Okie from Muskogee (song)">Okie from Muskogee</a>" ‡</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:52px">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fightin%27_Side_of_Me" title="The Fightin' Side of Me">The Fightin' Side of Me</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jesus,_Take_a_Hold" title="Jesus, Take a Hold">Jesus, Take a Hold</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Can%27t_Be_Myself" title="I Can't Be Myself">I Can't Be Myself</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Last_Letter" title="Soldier's Last Letter">Soldier's Last Letter</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Someday_We%27ll_Look_Back_(song)" title="Someday We'll Look Back (song)">Someday We'll Look Back</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Daddy_Frank_(The_Guitar_Man)" title="Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)">Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Carolyn_(song)" title="Carolyn (song)">Carolyn</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Grandma_Harp" title="Grandma Harp">Grandma Harp</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Not_Love_(But_It%27s_Not_Bad)_(song)" title="It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) (song)">It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wonder_If_They_Ever_Think_of_Me" title="I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me">I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Emptiest_Arms_in_the_World" title="The Emptiest Arms in the World">The Emptiest Arms in the World</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everybody%27s_Had_the_Blues" title="Everybody's Had the Blues">Everybody's Had the Blues</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_We_Make_It_Through_December" title="If We Make It Through December">If We Make It Through December</a> ‡"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Things_Aren%27t_Funny_Anymore" title="Things Aren't Funny Anymore">Things Aren't Funny Anymore</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Man_from_the_Mountain" title="Old Man from the Mountain">Old Man from the Mountain</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Gambler" title="Kentucky Gambler">Kentucky Gambler</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Always_Wanting_You" title="Always Wanting You">Always Wanting You</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Movin%27_On_(Merle_Haggard_song)" title="Movin' On (Merle Haggard song)">Movin' On</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_in_the_Movies_(song)" title="It's All in the Movies (song)">It's All in the Movies</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Roots_of_My_Raising_(song)" title="The Roots of My Raising (song)">The Roots of My Raising</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_Comes_the_Freedom_Train" title="Here Comes the Freedom Train">Here Comes the Freedom Train</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cherokee_Maiden" title="Cherokee Maiden">Cherokee Maiden</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_We%27re_Not_Back_in_Love_by_Monday" title="If We're Not Back in Love by Monday">If We're Not Back in Love by Monday</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ramblin%27_Fever_(song)" title="Ramblin' Fever (song)">Ramblin' Fever</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Working_Man_Can%27t_Get_Nowhere_Today_(song)" title="A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today (song)">A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/From_Graceland_to_the_Promised_Land" title="From Graceland to the Promised Land">From Graceland to the Promised Land</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Running_Kind" title="Running Kind">Running Kind</a>" ‡</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Always_on_a_Mountain_When_I_Fall_(song)" title="I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall (song)">I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Been_a_Great_Afternoon" title="It's Been a Great Afternoon">It's Been a Great Afternoon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Red_Bandana" title="Red Bandana">Red Bandana</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Own_Kind_of_Hat" title="My Own Kind of Hat">My Own Kind of Hat</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:52px">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Way_I_Am_(Merle_Haggard_song)" title="The Way I Am (Merle Haggard song)">The Way I Am</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Misery_and_Gin" title="Misery and Gin">Misery and Gin</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Think_I%27ll_Just_Stay_Here_and_Drink" title="I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink">I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Leonard_(song)" title="Leonard (song)">Leonard</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Stew" title="Rainbow Stew">Rainbow Stew</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Favorite_Memory" title="My Favorite Memory">My Favorite Memory</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Big_City_(Merle_Haggard_song)" title="Big City (Merle Haggard song)">Big City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Are_the_Good_Times_Really_Over_(I_Wish_a_Buck_Was_Still_Silver)" title="Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)">Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Going_Where_the_Lonely_Go_(song)" title="Going Where the Lonely Go (song)">Going Where the Lonely Go</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Take_Me_for_Granted" title="You Take Me for Granted">You Take Me for Granted</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Am_I_Gonna_Do_(With_the_Rest_of_My_Life)" title="What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)">What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_in_the_Game_(song)" title="It's All in the Game (song)">It's All in the Game</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_the_Way_Love_Goes_(Johnny_Rodriguez_song)" title="That's the Way Love Goes (Johnny Rodriguez song)">That's the Way Love Goes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Someday_When_Things_Are_Good" title="Someday When Things Are Good">Someday When Things Are Good</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Chase_Each_Other_Around_the_Room" title="Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room">Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Place_to_Fall_Apart" title="A Place to Fall Apart">A Place to Fall Apart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kern_River_(song)" title="Kern River (song)">Kern River</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Had_a_Beautiful_Time" title="I Had a Beautiful Time">I Had a Beautiful Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Friend_in_California_(song)" title="A Friend in California (song)">A Friend in California</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Almost_Persuaded_(song)" title="Almost Persuaded (song)">Almost Persuaded</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Twinkle,_Twinkle_Lucky_Star" title="Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star">Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chill_Factor_(song)" title="Chill Factor (song)">Chill Factor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Never_Touch_at_All" title="We Never Touch at All">We Never Touch at All</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You,_Babe" title="You, Babe">You Babe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/5:01_Blues" title="5:01 Blues">5:01 Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Better_Love_Next_Time" title="A Better Love Next Time">A Better Love Next Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You_Want_to_Be_My_Woman" title="If You Want to Be My Woman">If You Want to Be My Woman</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:52px">Albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Just_Between_the_Two_of_Us" title="Just Between the Two of Us">Just Between the Two of Us</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Owens" title="Bonnie Owens">Bonnie Owens</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Strangers_(American_band)" title="The Strangers (American band)">The Strangers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Taste_of_Yesterday%27s_Wine" title="A Taste of Yesterday's Wine">A Taste of Yesterday's Wine</a> (with <a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancho_%26_Lefty_(album)" title="Pancho & Lefty (album)">Pancho & Lefty</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heart_to_Heart_(Merle_Haggard_and_Leona_Williams_album)" title="Heart to Heart (Merle Haggard and Leona Williams album)">Heart to Heart</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Leona_Williams" title="Leona Williams">Leona Williams</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walking_the_Line_(Merle_Haggard,_George_Jones_and_Willie_Nelson_album)" title="Walking the Line (Merle Haggard, George Jones and Willie Nelson album)">Walking the Line</a> (with George Jones and Willie Nelson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seashores_of_Old_Mexico" title="Seashores of Old Mexico">Seashores of Old Mexico</a> (with Willie Nelson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kickin%27_Out_the_Footlights...Again" title="Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again">Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again</a> (with George Jones)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Breed_(album)" title="Last of the Breed (album)">Last of the Breed</a> (with Willie Nelson and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Price_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Price (musician)">Ray Price</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Django_and_Jimmie" title="Django and Jimmie">Django & Jimmie</a> (with Willie Nelson)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:52px">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Bar_Room_Buddies" title="Bar Room Buddies">Bar Room Buddies</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood" title="Clint Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yesterday%27s_Wine_(song)" title="Yesterday's Wine (song)">Yesterday's Wine</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/C.C._Waterback" title="C.C. Waterback">C.C. Waterback</a>" (with George Jones)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Reasons_to_Quit" title="Reasons to Quit">Reasons to Quit</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pancho_and_Lefty" title="Pancho and Lefty">Pancho and Lefty</a>" (with Willie Nelson)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wreck_on_the_Highway_(1938_song)" title="Wreck on the Highway (1938 song)">Wreck on the Highway</a>" (with Chester Smith)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:52px">As guest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Street_Singer_(song)" title="Street Singer (song)">Street Singer</a>" (by <a href="/wiki/The_Strangers_(American_band)" title="The Strangers (American band)">The Strangers</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Walking_the_Floor_Over_You" title="Walking the Floor Over You">Walking the Floor Over You</a>" (by <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Tubb" title="Ernest Tubb">Ernest Tubb</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Politically_Uncorrect" title="Politically Uncorrect">Politically Uncorrect</a>" (by <a href="/wiki/Gretchen_Wilson" title="Gretchen Wilson">Gretchen Wilson</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard_discography" title="Merle Haggard discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Haggard" title="Marty Haggard">Marty Haggard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Haggard" title="Noel Haggard">Noel Haggard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Owens" title="Bonnie Owens">Bonnie Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leona_Williams" title="Leona Williams">Leona Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>‡ 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title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shania_Twain" title="Shania Twain">Shania Twain</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">Dixie Chicks</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toby_Keith" title="Toby Keith">Toby Keith</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toby_Keith" title="Toby Keith">Toby Keith</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rhett" title="Thomas Rhett">Thomas Rhett</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" title="Miranda Lambert">Miranda Lambert</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Stapleton" title="Chris Stapleton">Chris Stapleton</a> (2023)</li> 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Beach Boys</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Diamond" title="Neil Diamond">Neil Diamond</a> (1990)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Merle Haggard</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Graham_(promoter)" title="Bill Graham (promoter)">Bill Graham</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Wynette" title="Tammy Wynette">Tammy Wynette</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Richard" title="Little Richard">Little Richard</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Estefan" 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The Outlaws">Wanted! The Outlaws</a> – <a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jessi_Colter" title="Jessi Colter">Jessi Colter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tompall_Glaser" title="Tompall Glaser">Tompall Glaser</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap_Live" title="Ronnie Milsap Live">Ronnie Milsap Live</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_Was_Almost_Like_a_Song_(album)" title="It Was Almost Like a Song (album)">It Was Almost Like a Song</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gambler_(album)" title="The Gambler (album)">The Gambler</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_Miner%27s_Daughter_(soundtrack)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal Miner's Daughter (soundtrack)">Coal Miner's Daughter</a> – Various artists (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">1981−1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_Believe_in_You_(Don_Williams_album)" title="I Believe in You (Don Williams album)">I Believe in You</a> – <a href="/wiki/Don_Williams" title="Don Williams">Don Williams</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Always_on_My_Mind_(Willie_Nelson_album)" title="Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson album)">Always on My Mind</a> – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Closer_You_Get..." title="The Closer You Get...">The Closer You Get</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Good_News_(album)" title="A Little Good News (album)">A Little Good News</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anne_Murray" title="Anne Murray">Anne Murray</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Does_Fort_Worth_Ever_Cross_Your_Mind" title="Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind">Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_the_Fifties_Tonight" title="Lost in the Fifties Tonight">Lost in the Fifties Tonight</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Always_%26_Forever_(Randy_Travis_album)" title="Always & Forever (Randy Travis album)">Always And Forever</a> – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Boogie_(album)" title="Born to Boogie (album)">Born to Boogie</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken:_Volume_Two" title="Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two">Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band" title="Nitty Gritty Dirt Band">Nitty Gritty Dirt Band</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickin%27_on_Nashville" title="Pickin' on Nashville">Pickin' on Nashville</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Kentucky_Headhunters" title="The Kentucky Headhunters">The Kentucky Headhunters</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">1991−2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No_Fences" title="No Fences">No Fences</a> – <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ropin%27_the_Wind" title="Ropin' the Wind">Ropin' the Wind</a> – <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Still_Believe_in_You_(album)" title="I Still Believe in You (album)">I Still Believe in You</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Thread:_The_Songs_of_the_Eagles" title="Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles">Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles</a> – Various artists (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/When_Fallen_Angels_Fly" title="When Fallen Angels Fly">When Fallen Angels Fly</a> – <a href="/wiki/Patty_Loveless" title="Patty Loveless">Patty Loveless</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Clear_Sky" title="Blue Clear Sky">Blue Clear Sky</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrying_Your_Love_with_Me" title="Carrying Your Love with Me">Carrying Your Love with Me</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everywhere_(Tim_McGraw_album)" title="Everywhere (Tim McGraw album)">Everywhere</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun_(Tim_McGraw_album)" title="A Place in the Sun (Tim McGraw album)">A Place in the Sun</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fly_(Dixie_Chicks_album)" title="Fly (Dixie Chicks album)">Fly</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">The Dixie Chicks</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">2001−2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F_(soundtrack)" title="O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)">O Brother, Where Art Thou?</a> – Various artists (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drive_(Alan_Jackson_album)" title="Drive (Alan Jackson album)">Drive</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_IV:_The_Man_Comes_Around" title="American IV: The Man Comes Around">American IV: The Man Comes Around</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/When_the_Sun_Goes_Down_(Kenny_Chesney_album)" title="When the Sun Goes Down (Kenny Chesney album)">When the Sun Goes Down</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/There%27s_More_Where_That_Came_From" title="There's More Where That Came From">There's More Where That Came From</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Ann_Womack" title="Lee Ann Womack">Lee Ann Womack</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_Well_Wasted" title="Time Well Wasted">Time Well Wasted</a> – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_Just_Comes_Natural" title="It Just Comes Natural">It Just Comes Natural</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troubadour_(George_Strait_album)" title="Troubadour (George Strait album)">Troubadour</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fearless_(Taylor_Swift_album)" title="Fearless (Taylor Swift album)">Fearless</a> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolution_(Miranda_Lambert_album)" title="Revolution (Miranda Lambert album)">Revolution</a> – <a href="/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" title="Miranda Lambert">Miranda Lambert</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">2011−2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/My_Kinda_Party" title="My Kinda Party">My Kinda Party</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_(Eric_Church_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief (Eric Church album)">Chief</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Church" title="Eric Church">Eric Church</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Based_on_a_True_Story..." title="Based on a True Story...">Based on a True Story...</a> – <a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platinum_(Miranda_Lambert_album)" title="Platinum (Miranda Lambert album)">Platinum</a> – <a href="/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" title="Miranda Lambert">Miranda Lambert</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traveller_(Chris_Stapleton_album)" title="Traveller (Chris Stapleton album)">Traveller</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stapleton" title="Chris Stapleton">Chris Stapleton</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Misunderstood" title="Mr. Misunderstood">Mr. Misunderstood</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Church" title="Eric Church">Eric Church</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/From_A_Room:_Volume_1" title="From A Room: Volume 1">From A Room: Volume 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stapleton" title="Chris Stapleton">Chris Stapleton</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Hour_(Kacey_Musgraves_album)" title="Golden Hour (Kacey Musgraves album)">Golden Hour</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves" title="Kacey Musgraves">Kacey Musgraves</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girl_(Maren_Morris_album)" title="Girl (Maren Morris album)">Girl</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maren_Morris" title="Maren Morris">Maren Morris</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/What_You_See_Is_What_You_Get_(Luke_Combs_album)" title="What You See Is What You Get (Luke Combs album)">What You See Is What You Get</a> – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">2021−2030</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Starting_Over_(Chris_Stapleton_album)" title="Starting Over (Chris Stapleton album)">Starting Over</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stapleton" title="Chris Stapleton">Chris Stapleton</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growin%27_Up_(Luke_Combs_album)" title="Growin' Up (Luke Combs album)">Growin' Up</a> – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Bottom_Country" title="Bell Bottom Country">Bell Bottom Country</a> - <a href="/wiki/Lainey_Wilson" title="Lainey Wilson">Lainey Wilson</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leather_(album)" title="Leather (album)">Leather</a> - <a href="/wiki/Cody_Johnson" title="Cody Johnson">Cody Johnson</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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(1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Clark" title="Roy Clark">Roy Clark</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rich" title="Charlie Rich">Charlie Rich</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Denver" title="John Denver">John Denver</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Tillis" title="Mel Tillis">Mel Tillis</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Skaggs" title="Ricky Skaggs">Ricky Skaggs</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shania_Twain" title="Shania Twain">Shania Twain</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">Dixie Chicks</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Church" title="Eric Church">Eric Church</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lainey_Wilson" title="Lainey Wilson">Lainey Wilson</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wallen" title="Morgan Wallen">Morgan Wallen</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="CMA_Male_Vocalist_of_the_Year" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Award_for_Male_Vocalist_of_the_Year" title="Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year">CMA Male Vocalist of the Year</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Greene" title="Jack Greene">Jack Greene</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (1969)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Merle Haggard</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rich" title="Charlie Rich">Charlie Rich</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Williams" title="Don Williams">Don Williams</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Skaggs" title="Ricky Skaggs">Ricky Skaggs</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Greenwood" title="Lee Greenwood">Lee Greenwood</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Greenwood" title="Lee Greenwood">Lee Greenwood</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Van_Shelton" title="Ricky Van Shelton">Ricky Van Shelton</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clint_Black" title="Clint Black">Clint Black</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> 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href="/wiki/Porter_Wagoner" title="Porter Wagoner">Porter Wagoner</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Porter_Wagoner" title="Porter Wagoner">Porter Wagoner</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conway_Twitty" title="Conway Twitty">Conway Twitty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conway_Twitty" title="Conway Twitty">Conway Twitty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conway_Twitty" title="Conway Twitty">Conway Twitty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conway_Twitty" title="Conway Twitty">Conway Twitty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie 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title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> and <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Merle Haggard</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Julio_Iglesias" title="Julio Iglesias">Julio Iglesias</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Murray" title="Anne Murray">Anne Murray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Loggins" title="Dave Loggins">Dave Loggins</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Seals" title="Dan Seals">Dan Seals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marie_Osmond" title="Marie Osmond">Marie Osmond</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Skaggs" title="Ricky Skaggs">Ricky Skaggs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sharon_White_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharon White (singer)">Sharon White</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Judds" title="The Judds">The Judds</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Judds" title="The Judds">The Judds</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Judds" title="The Judds">The Judds</a> (1990)</li> <li><a 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title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugarland" title="Sugarland">Sugarland</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugarland" title="Sugarland">Sugarland</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugarland" title="Sugarland">Sugarland</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugarland" title="Sugarland">Sugarland</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugarland" title="Sugarland">Sugarland</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson_Square" title="Thompson Square">Thompson Square</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Georgia_Line" title="Florida Georgia Line">Florida Georgia Line</a> (2013)</li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Felice_and_Boudleaux_Bryant" title="Felice and Boudleaux Bryant">Felice and Boudleaux Bryant</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_W._Preston" title="Frances W. 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Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Cook" title="Barbara Cook">Barbara Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Diamond" title="Neil Diamond">Neil Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma" title="Yo-Yo Ma">Yo-Yo Ma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2012</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy" 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