If songs like “I’m a Lonesome Fugitive” painted Merle Haggard as a troubled, steel-nerved poet for the Everyman, then songs like “Okie from Muskogee” and “Fightin’ Side of Me” were songs that added an ...

Fifty-six years ago, Merle Haggard started a seven-week run at the top of the chart with his second hit live album.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 12—Of course Ben Haggard sang "Okie from Muskogee" at the Thursday tribute to his father, Merle Haggard. And, of course, the ...

MUSKOGEE — Back in 1969, when country music star Merle Haggard recorded the “live” album called “Okie From Muskogee,” he could never have guessed that 55 years later, he would be honored with a statue ...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — The man who made Muskogee famous has been immortalized there. On Oct. 10, city of Muskogee officials unveiled a statue of singer-songwriter Merle Haggard. The statue of Haggard was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A date has officially been set for a special unveiling in Muskogee, Okla. And it's got Bakersfield written all over it. Coming ...

MUSKOGEE, OK -- Forty some years after country star Merle Haggard sang a tribute to the Oklahoma town of Muskogee, its Chamber of Commerce is looking for YouTube hits ...

Artist Benjamin Victor has been selected by the Merle Haggard Statue Committee to create a bronze statue of Haggard in Muskogee, a town that received an exposure boost from Haggard's song "Okie From ...

A statue of the late country music legend Merle Haggard will be unveiled on October 10 followed by a tribute concert to the "Okie from Muskogee" The Merle Haggard Statue Committee has been working on ...

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