"I think Merle is a great singer and songwriter, and probably he was in as bad a shape as I was, but we’ve never been close since that night.” ...

Country music’s iconic stage has slowly revealed a list of 100 songs that encapsulate the best of the fans’ opinions of country music.

Held in Champaign, Illinois, this first gathering featured not only Willie Nelson, but such other supportive performers as Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Bonnie ... 1985 was Merle Haggard, singing his ...

As to the songwriters and musicians, I’ve loved all of what is today called “Classic Country,” Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens, George Jones, Loretta Lynn and so on. John Prine ...

Ask fans of the Bakersfield Sound to name their favorite Merle Haggard song, and they’re likely to call out masterpieces like “Workin' Man Blues,” “If We Make it Through December ...

who had been married to Buck Owens and also had been in a relationship with Fuzzy Owen, a Haggard pal and the first person to record Haggard. Bonnie was a key part of Merle’s songwriting efforts ...

“He writes them and I write them down” Bonnie Owens once told Bob Eubanks about her one-time husband, Merle Haggard. Married from 1965 to 1978, Haggard and Owens’ relationship was one of the ...

Merle Haggard has a vast catalog of songs to draw ... Haggard’s group includes duet partner and ex-wife, Bonnie Owens. “She’ll be there in all her beautiful glory,” Haggard said proudly.

"It's for Merle," McDonald said of the book ... he showed up after a morning of fishing on the Kern River. Haggard's wife, Bonnie Owens, Bonnie's mom, whom they all called Grandma, and McDonald ...