Producer J.J. Blair and musician Mike Finnigan had been friends for decades when Blair began producing what became Finnigan's ...

Country legend Merle Haggard was a multifarious artist — play almost any of the many records he made in his long career, and you’ll note how he moves from the inspired to the banal and back again.

Released in June 1980, “Misery and Gin” was written by John Durrill and Snuff Garrett. The song was originally written for ...

Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame through his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame though his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such ...

Bissell will co-write and co-produce the biopic with Theresa Haggard, who is the late country star's widow. The as-yet-untitled project will be based off of Haggard's memoir, Sing Me Back Home, which ...