'''Merle Ronald Haggard''' (nicknamed "The Hag"; born April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, California) is an American country music singer, guitarist and songwriter.

Emerging from prison in the 1960s, Haggard was one of the early innovators of the Bakersfield Sound. With his hard biting electric guitar, he almost single-handedly introduced country to the e...(continue reading)