In 2007, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Price launched their Last of the Breed Tour. The co-headlining outing saw three groundbreaking country legends on the road together. In just a few ...
To help him rerecord the track, Nelson pulled in his son Lukas and old friend Merle Haggard. “I asked Merle, ‘Come sing on this,’” said Nelson, “and he did.” Accompanying its rerelease ...
Nelson, age 91, is revered for writing gems like “Crazy,” popularized by Patsy Cline. Of course, he’s best known for his ...
“Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground” (1980) Willie Nelson’s songwriting resume ... A handful of these have been with fellow country legend Merle Haggard. Their first album together ...
It was 50 years ago this month that a 23-year-old Mickey Raphael felt his way through his first recording session with his ...
Country music has included some of the most beloved artists of all time. Over the decades, those singer-songwriters have used ...
And so, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash echoed through our cabin for the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Bill and I talked about this time the other day. We were broke but ...
Wynn was sufficiently impressed to hire him, and Merle played on Stewart’s version of “Sing A Sad Song.” When Haggard landed a deal of his own on Tally, run by cousins Lewis Tally and Fuzzy ...
ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN COUNTRY MUSIC IS COMING BACK TO THE METRO THIS SPRING. WILLIE NELSON AND FAMILY WILL TAKE THE STAGE AT THE BRANDON AMPHITHEATER ON APRIL 10TH AT 7 P-M. THIS IS NOT NELSON'S ...
Whatever happened to places like Molly Murphy's, Camelot Inn, the Williams Center Forum and more? Why didn't they make it?
She’s been covered by the likes of Glen Campbell, Riders in the Sky, Merle Haggard, Ricky Skaggs, and in 2006, Willie Nelson released You Don’t Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker, a collection ...