Genres: Traditional Country, Honky Tonk, Bakersfield Sound, Western Swing Revival Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, CA
Johnny Cash, Lefty Frizzell, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Emmett Miller, Tommy Collins, Jimmy Work, Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Elvis Presley, Woody Guthrie, Phosphorescent Harlan Howard, Hank Thompson, George Strait, Dwight Yoakam, Buck Owens, Willie Nelson, Faron Young, George Jones, Bonnie Owens, Wynn Stewart, Bobby Bare, Don Rich, Stoney Edwards, Johnny Paycheck, James Burton, Tom T. Hall, Tammy Wynette, Gene Watson, Scott Joss The Blasters, Rodney Crowell, Billy Don Burns, Radney Foster, Rank and File, The International Submarine Band, Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Nesmith, The Mekons, Grateful Dead, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Joe Ely, Eugene Chadbourne, Gram Parsons, George Bedard, Junior Brown, Dwight Yoakam, Bill Chambers, Clint Black |  |
As a performer and a songwriter, Merle Haggard was the most important country artist to emerge in the 1960s, and he became one of the leading figures of the Bakersfield country scene in the '60s. While his music remained hardcore country, he pushed the boundaries of the music quite far. Like his idol, Bob Wills, his music was a melting pot that drew from all forms of traditional American music -- country, jazz, blues, and folk -- and in the process, developed a distinctive style of his own. As a performer, singer, and musician, he was one of the best, influencing countless other artists. Not coincidentally, he was the best singer/songwriter in country music since Hank Williams, writing a body of songs that became classics.
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Release: June 15, 2010
Label: Beat Goes On
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Release: April 20, 2010
Label: Vanguard
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