Merle Haggard
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"Someone like Merle Haggard explicitly recognizes the problem and tries to resolve it by dropping out periodically or by creating situations—and sharp personal tensions—that stimulate his creativity."--Lost Highways (1979) by Peter Guralnick |
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Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band the Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville sound recordings of the same era.
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