David Cantwell
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Merle Haggard has enjoyed artistic and professional triumphs few can match. He's charted more than a hundred country hits, including thirty-eight number ones. He's released dozens of studio albums and another half dozen or more live ones, performed upwards of ten thousand concerts, been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and seen his songs performed by artists as diverse as Lynryd Skynyrd, Elvis Costello, Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson,
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"Merle Haggard is described as a legend in almost everything written about him, and for good reason: some 75 albums, three dozen number one hits, multiple Grammy awards, membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame, along with a notorious youth that included time in San Quentin Prison (California). He, along with Buck Owens, is credited with creating the "Bakersfield sound," a style of guitar playing that has influenced countless country musicians...