County music icon Merle Haggard died Wednesday, his 79th birthday. The Country Music Hall of Famer had hits such as "Okie From Muskogee" and "Sing Me Back Home." His passing prompted tributes from ...

Merle Haggard suffered a tragedy at a young age tat would inform virtually every part of his life, both personally and in his career.

Merle Haggard was an escape artist. The future country music legend broke out of juvenile hall and prison 17 times by his own count as a teenager and young man. But his greatest escape was getting out ...

Haggard, who died in 2016, spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about his love of trains. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car. Now that coach is part of the Virginia Scenic Railway.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. This week marks the 40th anniversary of Farm Aid, the country music concert founded by Willie Nelson as a fundraiser to benefit farmers. Held in Champaign, ...

When I think of Merle Haggard, I’m often transported back to the winter of 1970—riding the bus to school, 25 miles or so, across snowy Gila County to Payson. The driver played KNIX (a country radio ...

HAGGARD: No, I learned that probably - I think, probably the first time I ever jumped on that old oil tanker was probably - I was about about 5 years old. My mother would have died if she had known ...