"Okie From Muskogee" seems like the last song The Grateful Dead would cover, but maybe that's because they were in on the ...

MADISON - Merlin “Merl” Maiers, age 97, of Madison, passed away on April 26, 2026, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Merl was born on October 23, 1928, in Luxemburg, Iowa, the son of ...

Editor's note: This interview is part of our weekly 'Meet the Candidates' show, in which we are interviewing candidates for contested primary elections in Central Indiana. This is our first interview ...

Released in early 1975, "Always Wanting You" became the 20th No. 1 hit for Merle Haggard, spending two weeks atop the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and continuing his dominant run during the ...

Cody Johnson's new rendition of Merle Haggard's "Footlights" was timed to come out on the late legend's birthday — which also happens to be the day he died. But that's not even the most powerful part ...

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Before there was the outlaw country movement, there was Merle Haggard, a California transplant via Oklahoma who spent his teen years in and out of juvenile detention centers for forging checks, ...

Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle is a fitting farewell to the outlaw-country legend—and the bandmates Willie lost after recording it. Your opinion of Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle will depend on how ...

Two tributes to the late Merle Haggard -- one by his friend and occasional collaborator -- surface this week, leading new offerings from Mavis Staples, Portugal. the Man, Rosalia, Paramore’s Hayley ...

Rocker Sammy Hagar picked a Merle Haggard song to ponder life after the death of Charlie Kirk. The Red Rocker took to social media to sing a slightly adjusted version of the chorus of Haggard's "Are ...