Merle Haggard was an escape artist. The future country music legend broke out of juvenile hall and prison 17 times by his own count as a teenager and young man. But his greatest escape was getting out ...
Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard were nearly finished recording the album, but didn’t feel like they had a big hit single. According to Songfacts, Nelson’s daughter, Lana, came up with the answer. She ...