Merle Ronald Haggard (born
April 6,
1937) is an
American country music singer,
guitarist and
songwriter.Emerging from prison in the
1960s,having broken out 17 different times, Haggard was one of the early innovators of the
Bakersfield Sound. With his hard biting electric guitar, he almost singlehandedly introduced the electric sound to country music. By the
1970s, he was aligned with the growing
outlaw country movement, and has continued to release successful albums through the
1990s and into the
2000s. His work in familiar country themes – jail, betrayal, drinking and wandering – include a directness that reflects his own life experience. His deep, grumbling voice and his guitar work gives his country a blues-like quality in many cuts.
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