Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard shared a picture of himself with an old friend Monday on his social media sites. Guess it doesn't seem that unique until you know how long it's been since they've seen each other and where they were together last. It's beyond intriguing.

Meeting George Jones was a career highlight for almost every country singer. Even legends like Randy Travis and Reba McEntire treasure the photos they have with the singer. Today, stars have been sharing their favorite moments with Jones, who died at the age of 81 years old this morning.

By now, y'all know that I'm pretty much obsessed with Twitter. I follow everyone from Blake Shelton to ESPN to The Bachelor, ha! One of my newest favorites to follow is none other than Merle Haggard. Yep, he's on Twitter! Yesterday, he tweeted a picture of himself that I literally almost cried from laughing so hard! You MUST check this out!

Country Music Hall of Fame member Merle Haggard will be the headliner at this years ROMP. The River of Music Party will be June 27-29 at Owensboro's Yellow Creek Park. The 10th annual event is officially known as ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival. ...

Why, you ask. Why? Well, I shall tell you why. But first ... Watch Taylor sing "Back to December". Or, for a radical change of pace, Merle Haggard's "If We Make it to December' You can also choose your own from a wide variety of sources. And, now why is December so WeIrD?  Er, weird?

When I was inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 2009 Merle Haggard was the guest performer. The folks that put the show together asked Merle several months beforehand to do the show. At first he wasn't well enough after having battled cancer. Then, he didn;t want to see a bunch of radio people, "Who don't play my music". Well, Merle, "These are the guys that DID play your

That's right "The Hag" Merle Haggard has a brand new CD coming out October 4th, "Working in Tennessee". You can pre-order your copy here . You can check out some cool new tracks like his classic "Working Man Blues" with Willie Nelson & Merle's son Ben Haggard. Merle was diagnosed with lung cancer back in 2008 and had part of his lung removed. At 74 years old Merle

This Labor Day Weekend the weather looks just right for Barbeque on the grill with friends & family, expecting a High of only 80 on Labor Day and this Labor Day Weekend WBKR is reaching into our vault of classic country and bringing back alot of memories on a "Blast from the past weekend" if you have loved ones too far to travel tell them they can listen to WBKR anywhere, anytime! Cl

Imagine Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson live on stage together and the ticket price.....free. Seriously. I have a friend who lives in Northern California who, like myself, is a classic country fanatic. So, I call to tell him about a free to the public David Frizzell concert and he fires back with a Haggard/Kristofferson one two punch. Not to reduce the value of the man who made hiring a wino

Alot of us work over 40 hours a week to provide for our families, everyone has their own special talent that they are good at, alot of us like myself really enjoy what I do for a living. And if it wasn't for alot of you that works hard everyday to keep our cars running smooth, keep our roads safe of drunk drivers & reckless drivers, those of you who fights for our country, put out fires to sav

Blake Shelton is hosting a special on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio in which he selects his all-time Top 10 country voices. Currently, the list can only be found in alphabetical order, and I keep missing the special. I find the list very interesting. There are obvious choices like George Jones and his lovely wife, Miranda Lambert. I mean, come on, she has to be there, right? I kind of think she'd be o

Leslie Morgan, morning show co-cost on our sister station WKDQ brings you today's Taste of Country minute.Leslie brings you news on Keith Urban, Merle Haggard and More!