Merle Haggard Background Information
Ñountry music singer, guitarist, and songwriter Merle Ronald Haggard was one of the early innovators of the Bakersfield Sound. With his hard biting electric guitar he introduced the electric sound. Through the ‘90s and into the 2000s, the musician has continued to release many successful albums. He works in familiar country themes, like betrayal, drinking, jail, and wandering – all of the themes reflect his own life experience.
In 2000, Merle Ronald Haggard made a comeback performing with the independent record label Anti and releasing If I Could Only Fly.
more The following year, he released Roots, Vol. 1. It is a collection of Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, and Hank Thompson covers, including three Merle’s originals. The release, recorded in the musician’s living room without overdubs, featured his longtime band mates The Strangers and Frizzell's original lead guitarist, Norman Stephens.
In late 2004, Merle Ronald Haggard spoke at length on Larry King Live about his incarceration and confessed it was “hell” and “the scariest experience” of his life. A year later, Merle Ronald released his newest record, entitled "Chicago Wind". It received mostly positive reviews. The release contained an anti-Iraq war composition titled "America First." In the song, he laments the country’s economy and infrastructure, applauds American soldiers, and says, "Let's get out of Iraq, and get back on track." In 2006, Merle Ronald Haggard was back on the radio, in a duet together with Gretchen Wilson ("Politically Uncorrect").
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