While touring together in the early 1970s, Merle Haggard had already fallen in love with Dolly Parton. Haggard even wrote a ...

There’s a subplot, if that term can apply to a documentary – the road, and the role of fathers in shaping a man. Merle ...

"I think Merle is a great singer and songwriter, and probably he was in as bad a shape as I was, but we’ve never been close since that night.” ...

Award-winning actor, director, and author Ethan Hawke was in Bakersfield on Monday while he works on a documentary on country ...

The history of country music and the Grateful Dead may be more intertwined than you think. This past week, Dead & Company ...

A visit to LuLu's in Redding brought out tales of its most famous diner, the late Merle Haggard, and some history on the ...

Stealing the show at that very first Farm Aid concert in April 1985 was Merle Haggard, singing his then-new song "Natural High." (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MERLE HAGGARD: (Singing ...

Twenty years ago, the country legend talked with Variety's chief music critic about what drove him to write the anti-Bush/anti-Iraq-war song, now being revived as the Republican VP candidate's ...

When country music legend Merle Haggard lived in Palo Cedro, one of his well-known local hangouts was LuLu’s Eating and Drinking Establishment in Redding. That’s where longtime LuLu’s ...

LuLu's Eating and Drinking Establishment in Redding was a favorite haunt of country music legend Merle Haggard. Owner Richard Paulson, whose family has a long history in the restaurant business ...