Merle Haggard

Yesterday evening The Randy Rogers Band surprised fans when they shared a YouTube link for a sneak peek of their new single, "Misery & Gin." The song is a cover of the Merle Haggard tune, and will be featured on Bruce Robison's web series The Next Waltz. T...

In preparation for the upcoming "Hag-Off" at MusicFest in Steamboat Springs Colo., Courtney Patton posted her version of "Driftwood" to Facebook last night. Patton also shared that she was breaking doctor's orders for us, "With two days of vocal rest remaining, I cheated and took a quick break for Merle Haggard (and to make sure I could)...

I didn’t grow up listening to country music.

Well, Kevin Fowler is certainly a man-about-town. Last week Dierks Bentley invited The Redneck Messiah, on stage; where he christened Dierks an honory Texan, before the two performed a stirring rendition of “100% Texan.” This past weekend, at the HEB Cedar Park Center, it was Brad Paisley's turn...

In case you missed it, the inaugural G Fest was held in Muskogee, Okla. last month, and the folks behind it went through great lengths to honor the late Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard. “Artists like Merle Haggard are important because they became legends and set trends not by worrying about money and fame but just by being themselves,” headliner, Kacey Musgraves said in a press release... Read

This week Prophets and Outlaws gave the late Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" the Texas soul treatment. Since his death two weeks ago Texas artists have been flooding the internet and their live shows with tributes to Merle Haggard, a trend we could easily get used to...

In early 2014 Randy Rogers, Josh Abbott, Stoney LaRue and Wade Bowen took off on their "Four on the Floor" Tour. Four of Texas and Red Dirt's best acts on tour together? You know there were going to be some epic covers. Two years after the show, and one week post-life without Merle Haggard, we came across this video captured on treemydog's YouTube channel of the four country crooners cov

We came across this video nearly a week after Dalton Domino initially shared it with his fans, shortly after the death of Merle Haggard. Merle Haggard passed away last Wednesday (April 6) on his 79th birthday. When Domino uploaded this cover of "Working Man Blues," he opted to let the music do most of the talking, the caption accompanying the video simply reads "Working Man Blues...

Sad news today as we say goodbye to one of Country Music's most iconic stars, and prolific songwriters. Rumors about his failing health have been circling for weeks - today on his 79th birthday, it has been confirmed that The Hag has died. Haggard was diagnosed with pneumonia last year, and spent 11 days at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Riverside this year...

At the age of 82, Willie Nelson is in a class of musician all his own. However, when the still touring musician postponed a few shows scheduled with Merle Haggard fans across the world were a little worried. In an interview with the Washington Post Nelson revealed the reason for the surgery and show cancellations...