The modern country song that turned Merle Haggard mad: “I fucking hate that song”

Merle Haggard expressed his disdain for modern country music and said that Martina McBride's 'Independence Day' is one he ...
Tennessean

Merle Haggard's life, legacy, 'battle for self-reconciliation' explored in new biography

New York Times best-selling author Marc Eliot knew the subject of his latest released biography, "The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard," for 25 years before his death in 2016. The ...
NPR

New biography, 'The Hag,' examines the life of country music icon Merle Haggard

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Haggard's biographer Marc Eliot about his book: The Hag. Haggard spent his early years going from family tragedy to odd jobs to broken marriages to petty crime to prison.