Merle Haggard
Country, Composer
1937 –
Who is Merle Haggard?
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country and Western song writer, singer, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville Sound recordings of the same era.
By the 1970s, Haggard was aligned with the growing outlaw country movement, and has continued to release successful albums through the 1990s and into the 2000s. In 1994, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1997, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
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- Born
- Apr 6, 1937
Oildale - Also known as
- Merle Haggard and the Strangers
- Haggard, Merle
- Merle Ronald Haggard
- Haggard, Merle & Strangers, The
- The Hag
- Okie From Muskogee
- The Poet of the Common Man
- Mighty Merle
- Hag
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Theresa Ann Lane
(1993/09/11 - ) - Bonnie Owens
(1965 - 1978) - Leona Hobbs
(1956 - 1964) - Debbie Parret
(1985/06/01 - 1991) - Leona Williams
(1978/10/07 - 1983)
- Theresa Ann Lane
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Oklahoma
- Oildale
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on July 23, 2013
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