Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 3—Muskogee celebrates Merle Haggard with a statue and songs Thursday — the 55th anniversary of Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee" ...

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 ...

On this day (August 16) in 1969, Merle Haggard topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with “Workin’ Man Blues.” The song was a tribute to blue-collar workers, who formed the core of his devoted ...

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 ...

Willie Nelson will interpret the songs of Merle Haggard on the country legend’s upcoming 78th solo studio album. Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, due out November 7, finds Nelson delivering 11 new ...

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 ...

Music from Merle Haggard returns next month to the Grand Ole Opry when the long-running Nashville radio program hosts a night in tribute to the late outlaw legend. Texas hitmaker Cody Johnson, ACM ...

California native Merle Haggard may not have actually been an "Okie from Muskogee," but that very city will soon award the influential singer-songwriter with a special honor. On Wednesday (March 29), ...

Given their druthers, a typical 9-year-old might want to go to the aquarium, or Disneyworld. It’s not every school kid who pleads with his parents to take him to the Grand Ole Opry. But that was Eli ...