Merle Haggard’s 1968 Mama Tried: Roy Nichols’ Guitar and an Outlaw Confession
In Mama Tried, Merle Haggard made rebellion sound like a debt he could never repay....
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Merle Haggard’s Mama Tried: The 1968 Capitol Records No. 1 Built From Regret
In Mama Tried, Merle Haggard made confession sound steady, not defeated. Released by Capitol Records...
Merle Haggard’s Hurt Found a New Voice on Thirteen: Emmylou Harris’s Grammy-Nominated Today I Started Loving You Again
On Thirteen, Emmylou Harris did not try to outdo Merle Haggard; she let his country...
A Barroom Classic Turned Newly Exposed: Emmylou Harris’s “The Bottle Let Me Down” on Pieces of the Sky
On Pieces of the Sky, Emmylou Harris did not simply cover Merle Haggard’s barroom sorrow;...
The Ryman Held Its Breath: Josh Turner’s “Silver Wings” Tribute to Merle Haggard on the 2007 Cracker Barrel Exclusive Live At The Ryman
On a historic Nashville stage, Josh Turner turned Merle Haggard’s “Silver Wings” into a quiet...
She Sings It Like Memory: Emmylou Harris’s “Kern River” on 2008’s All I Intended to Be Shows What Time Can Do to a Merle Haggard Classic
On All I Intended to Be, Emmylou Harris turns “Kern River” into a lesson in...
Merle Haggard – Mama Tried
Redemption’s Echo: The Soulful Lament of a Wayward Son In 1968, the mournful strains of...
Merle Haggard – The Fightin’ Side of Me
A Patriotic Anthem That Roars with Defiance and Pride Released in the early 1970s, a...
Merle Haggard – Okie from Muskogee
A Proud Anthem of Place and Principle in a Tumultuous Time When Merle Haggard released...