Merle Haggard

Country and/or Western 

Strangers When We Met: Merle Haggard’s Debut Album at 55

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Bakersfield Sound, Johnny Cash, Liz Anderson, Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard and the Strangers, Strangers, The Byrds. The Everly Brothers

Looking back at the opening salvo of the country great’s vast musical canon

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Country and/or Western Remembrance 

We Got Hooked on Mac Davis

October 1, 2020October 3, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bobby Goldsboro, Bruno Mars, Cheaper to Keep Her, Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton, Frank Sinatra, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, King of the Hill, Lou Rawls, Mac Davis, Merle Haggard, Murder She Wrote, North Dallas Forty, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Tammy Wynette, The Muppets, The Sting II, Webster

The iconic country singer, songwriter and actor dead at age 78

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Country and/or Western 

LISTEN: Willie Nelson @ 87 Mixtape

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Happy Birthday, Legacy Recordings, Lost Highway, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Spotify, Trigger, Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis

Wishing a Happy Birthday to the King of Texas by honoring his last 20 years in music

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Rock Rockabilly 

In California, Dave Alvin Is Still The King

August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Belinda Carlisle, Bill Bateman, Blue Blvd., Columbia Records, Country Dick Montana, Craft Recordings, Dave Alvin, Greg Leisz, Gun Club, Hightone Records, June Carter Cash, King of California, Memphis Slim, Merle Haggard, Mojo Nixon, Museum of Heart, National Steel, Romeo's Escape, Steve Berlin, The Beat Farmers, The Blasters, The Flesheaters, The Go-Gos, The Knitters, The Pleasure Barons

Americana punk pioneer revisits his best solo album for its 25th anniversary

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