Merle Haggard had one of his first big hits with the song “Okie From Muskogee,” with its memorable opening line, “We don’t smoke marijuana in Muskogee.” But in real life Haggard, who died Wednesday on ...

Merle Haggard’s feelings toward Dolly Parton were rather unextraordinary when one considers just how many people are enamored with the bubbly, vivacious, and witty country music star. But what made ...

Welcome to The Boot's News Roundup, a morning rundown of the news country music fans need to know. Read on to learn more about the latest goings-on in the country, Americana, bluegrass and folk genres ...

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — A San Antonio-area auction house will give fans of Merle Haggard a chance to hit the road in the country great's touring vehicle. Burley Auction Gallery in New Braunfels is ...

Oops: Original hed had a typo in the age. Country music great Merle Haggard died today of undisclosed causes at his home near Redding, about 450 miles north of ...

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (AP) — Want to hit the road like a country music icon? You’ll get a chance next month when Merle Haggard’s tour bus goes up for sale in Texas. Burley Auction Gallery in New ...

When word got out yesterday that irreverent, influential country singer Merle Haggard had died, we knew there was only one way for the Village Voice to remember him: Nat Hentoff’s on-the-bus profile ...

Come February 10, you could be hitting the road in style in Merle Haggard's old tour bus. Complete with a "HAGGARD" license plate, the country music legend's bus will be auctioned off next month at ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A legend here in Kern County and now the subject of a new book. Merle Haggard is the star in a new book written by his friend and formers bus driver, Raymond McDonald.

Some songwriters are able to write songs about those turns in life too painful to talk about. When I met Merle Haggard aboard his tour bus in the early summer of 2001, he no longer looked much like ...

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (AP) — Want to hit the road like a country music icon? You”ll get a chance next month when Merle Haggard”s tour bus goes up for sale in Texas. Burley Auction Gallery in New ...