On this day in 1981, a thief stole $175,000-worh of country legend Merle Haggard's gear from a parking lot in Houston Texas.

Nashville's iconic Grand Ole Opry. Country music's most beloved radio program is an unquestionable American pop cultural institution. To celebrate, the Opry is slowly revealing ...

Haggard's best-known songs include "Mama Tried," "Okie From Muskogee," "Today I Started Loving You Again" and "The Bottle Let Me Down." Merle Haggard had a lifelong fascination with trains.

Merle Haggard is a country music icon. He wrote, recorded, and released some of the most memorable songs in the genre’s history. Songs like “Mama Tried,” “If We Make It Through December ...

Marty Haggard pays tribute to the life and music of his father, Merle—but with his own twist.

“The Running Kind,” a revised and expanded Merle Haggard biography from David Cantwell, steers readers through the Hag’s life and career by way of his music.

Phil Neighbors, who co-wrote the book "Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens, & Me" with the late Fuzzy Owen, relates stories and anecdotes about country music legend Merle Haggard at a special program held ...

Heavily influenced by, though not entirely an accurate depiction of, Haggard's own time in prison -- and the toll it took on his mother -- "Mama Tried" became the now-icon's biggest hit to date ...