In a heartwarming throwback video, Merle Haggard performs his classic hit "Mama Tried" for his mother during a concert.

Merle Haggard, the legendary country singer known for his rough-and-tumble vocals and outlaw country anthems, wasn't just a ...

In addition to his acting career, Clint Eastwood also toiled in the world of country music with both Ray Charles and Merle ...

Country music has included some of the most beloved artists of all time. Over the decades, those singer-songwriters have used ...

Merle Haggard could easily have been a career felon, says Jason Fine in Rolling Stone. Growing up in California, the country music superstar led a life of what he calls “illegal motion ...

The 30 Most Depressing Country Songs of All Time, Ranked Grief, regret and hopelessness are three major themes in this countdown of the most depressing country songs of all time.

Bakersfield artist Merle Haggard, a former prison inmate ... country – the Nashville Sound – emerges from the studios on Music Row. Learn how country music responds to a nation divided ...

Green and Worthington sound incredible, and I love that they pulled a deeper cut from Haggard’s catalog to perform. While everyone knows “Workin’ Man Blues” or “Mama Tried,” “The Way I Am” is a tune ...

Courtesy: Budd Butcher/U.S. Air Force From Merle Haggard’s “Fightin’ Side of Me” to Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue,” country music is often associated with ...