Merle Haggard Artist Profile
Merle Haggard
- Real name: Merle Ronald Haggard
- Artist name(s): The Hag
- Label(s): Capitol, Columbia, Compendia, Curb, DCC, Desperado, EMI, Epic Records, Epitaph, Humphead, Koch Records, LCT, Legacy Records, Madacy, MCA, McCoury, New West, Prism Leisure, Razor & Tie, Salsoul, Smith Music Group
- Date of Birth: April 6, 1937
- Sign: Aries
- Place of birth: Bakersfield, CA, US
- Website: www.merlehaggard.com
Merle Haggard Biography
Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country music singer, guitarist and songwriter. Emerging from prison in the 1960s, Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band "The Strangers" helped create the Bakersfield Sound, characterized by twangy telecaster...