BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – One and only one original member of Merle Haggard’s legendary backup band, the Strangers, is left today. Norm Hamlet is still with us and still playing – and as well as ...

Merle Haggard was about to take the stage in England one night in the late 1980s when a song came to him. He quickly dictated parts of it to four people standing in the wings before going out to play.

Merle Haggard, the country musician who had hits with classic songs such as "Mama Tried" and "Okie from Muskogee," will perform at the Dakota Magic Casino on Oct. 19. The casino, which is outside ...

Keith Niehenke recalls what is arguably the greatest concert in Post Falls history like it was yesterday. The vocalist-fiddler stood in rapt attention nearly three decades ago when Merle Haggard ...

[UPDATE 10:40 a.m. 5.2.13]: Presale is 10 a.m. Friday, password OKIE at ticketmaster.com. We lost George Jones last week, but thank goodness not all of the great, old-school, real country singers are ...

Tomorrow, country music legend and Texas icon Willie Nelson turns 90. At this stage, he’s outlived most of his friends and contemporaries including Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck, Ray Price, Buck ...

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, ...

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