On this day in 1981, outlaw country legend Merle Haggard was at No. 1 with "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink." ...

Today's cover story celebrates one of the stalwarts of country music: Merle Haggard. For his story on Page 16, Joel Selvin sat down with Haggard to talk about the star's long career, his recent health ...

Before the event, Gill took some time to share his thoughts about Haggard. “He was my number one inspiration in my life. The way he led a band, the way he played, the way he sang, the way he wrote ...

Before he became a musician, Merle Haggard lived the kind of life that's often mythologized in song: Hopping freights and doing prison time. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car.

With decades of hard living behind him, Merle Haggard has settled into the role of doting grandpa and country icon who still has the chops to perform. In a recent telephone interview, Haggard, who ...

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, ...

A few years ago, Focus on the Family, the Colorado-based evangelical radio ministry, distributed a booklet http://www2.focusonthefamily.com/docstudy/newsletters ...

Merle Haggard had a lifelong fascination with trains. After he became a star, he acquired his own railway observation car. And that railway car, on which you can book passage, is now part of the ...