“When I say country music, I mean Merle Haggard,” Keen told The State in 2009. Haggard, who was part of the country outlaw movement in the '60s and '70s, will perform at the Township Auditorium tonight. So what is country music to Haggard? Jay-Z refutes news reports claiming he's stopped using the “B” word; Bruno [...]
January 19th, 2012 | Posted in Merle Haggard | No Comments
We're wishing a speedy recovery to Merle Haggard, who was hospitalized in Macon, Ga. Tuesday night (Jan. 17), after being struck ill prior to a scheduled performance. A concert promoter says country music legend Merle Haggard was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness this week in central Georgia. Promoter Mike Blackwell tells The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (http://bit.ly/yPAGQW) [...]
January 19th, 2012 | Posted in Merle Haggard | No Comments
We're wishing a speedy recovery to Merle Haggard, who was hospitalized in Macon, Ga., Tuesday night (Jan. 17). According to Nashville's WSMV-TV, the 74-year-old country icon fell ill prior to a scheduled performance and Country music legend Merle Haggard plans to play Cheyenne Frontier Days this summer. Event organizers announced Tuesday that Haggard would play [...]
January 18th, 2012 | Posted in Merle Haggard | No Comments