Biografía de Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard nació el 6 de abril de 1937 en Oildale, California. Su infancia transcurrió en un entorno humilde y difícil, donde su familia vivía en una caravana. A los siete años, comenzó a tocar la armónica, instrumento que aprendió de su padre, James Francis Haggard.
En 1958, fue condenado por robo y cumplió una pena de seis años en el Centro Correccional de San Quintín. Allí, se unió a la banda musical del centro y aprendió a tocar la guitarra. Tras su liberación, fundó su propia banda, Los Strangers, con la que comenzó a actuar en clubes nocturnos de Bakersfield, California.
En 1965, firmó un contrato discográfico con Capitol Records y grabó su primer álbum, *Strangers in the Night*. El éxito llegó con el sencillo "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive", que se convirtió en uno de los mayores éxitos de la música country. A lo largo de su carrera, Haggard grabó más de 70 álbumes y publicó más de 40 sencillos que llegaron al número uno de las listas de popularidad.
Su estilo musical se caracterizó por una mezcla de country tradicional con elementos de blues y rock and roll. Su voz, profunda y melódica, se convirtió en un referente para muchos artistas de la música country. Entre sus álbumes más importantes se encuentran *Okie from Muskogee* (1969), *A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World* (1970) y *If We Make It Through December* (1982).
Haggard fue uno de los artistas más influyentes en la música country. Sus letras, que trataban temas como el trabajo, la pobreza y la desesperación, reflejaron la realidad de muchos estadounidenses. Su canción "The Fightin' Side of Me" se convirtió en un himno para los soldados de Vietnam.
En 1987, fue introducido en el Salón de la Fama del Country Music y en 2010 recibió el Premio Kennedy Center Honors. En 2016, falleció a los 79 años, dejando un legado musical que sigue siendo muy admirado y respetado en la actualidad.
Canciones más reproducidas
Todas las canciones
A
- A Picture From Two Sides Of Life (Remastered 2005)
- A Place to Fall Apart (with Janie Fricke)
- All My Friends Are Strangers
- All Of Me Belongs To You
- Always Wanting You
- Always Wanting You (2001 Remaster)
- Amber Waves of Grain (Live)
- America First
- Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
B
C
D
E
G
H
- Heartaches By The Number (Album Version)
- High On A Hilltop (Remastered)
- Holding Things Together
- Home Is Where A Kid Grows Up (24-Bit Digitally Remastered)
- Honky Tonk Man
- Honky Tonk Night Time Man (Remastered)
- House Of Memories (2001 Remaster; 2001 Digital Remaster)
- Hungry Eyes (Remastered)
- Huntsville (2005 Remaster)
I
- I Always Get Lucky With You
- I Came So Close To Living Alone (Remastered)
- I Can't Be Myself (2005 Remaster)
- I Can't Hold Myself In Line (2005 Remaster)
- I Can't Hold Myself In Line (Remastered)
- I Can't Stand Me
- I Could Have Gone Right
- I Gotta Have My Baby Back (Album Version)
- I Had a Beautiful Time
- I Just Want To Look At You One More Time (2005 Remaster)
- I Knew the Moment I Lost You (Live)
- I Love You A Thousand Ways (Album Version)
- I Love You Because (Album Version)
- I Love You So Much It Hurts (Album Version)
- I Made The Prison Band
- I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am (2005 Remaster)
- I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am (Remastered)
- I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink (Live)
- I Threw Away The Rose
- I Threw Away The Rose (Remastered)
- I Wish Things Were Simple Again (Live)
- I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me
- I Wonder Where to Find You
- I'd Rather Be Gone (2005 Remaster)
- I'd Trade All Of My Tomorrows (Remastered)
- I'll Always Know
- I'll Always Know (Remastered)
- I'll Be A Hero (When I Strike)
- I'll Keep On Loving You (Album Version)
- I'll Leave The Bottle On The Bar (24-Bit Digitally Remastered)
- I'll Look Over You (Remastered)
- I'm A Good Loser (2005 Remaster)
- I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
- I'm A Lonesome Fugitive (Alternate Take)
- I'm Bringin' Home Good News (2005 Remaster)
- I'm Bringin' Home Good News (Remastered)
- I'm Free (2005 Remaster)
- I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can (Remastered)
- I'm Looking For My Mind
- I've Done It All (2005 Remaster)
- I've Seen It Go Away
- Ida Red (Live)
- If I Could Be Him
- If I Ever Get Lucky (Album Version)
- If I Had Left It Up To You (Remastered)
- If We Make It Through December (Remastered)
- If You See My Baby (24-Bit Digitally Remastered)
- If You Want To Be My Woman
- If You've Got Time (To Say Goodbye) (2005 Remaster)
- In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
- Is This The Beginning Of The End? (2005 Remaster)
- It Always Will Be
- It Meant Goodbye To Me When You Said Hello To Him (2005 Remaster)
- It Meant Goodbye To Me When You Said Hello To Him (Remastered)
- It's All In The Movies
- It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
- It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) (2001 Remaster)
L
- Learning to Live With Myself
- Leavin's Not The Only Way To Go
- Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room
- Life In Prison
- Life In Prison (Alternate Take)
- Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
- Little Ole Wine Drinker Me (Remastered)
- Live And Love Always
- Living With The Shades Pulled Down (Remastered)
- Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive
- Lonesome Fugitive (Live)
- Long Black Limousine
- Long Black Limousine (Live)
- Look Over Me (24-Bit Digitally Remastered)
- Lost Highway (Album Version)
- Love And Honor (Remastered)
- Love Has A Mind Of Its Own (2005 Remaster)
M
- Making Believe (Remastered)
- Mama Tried (Remastered 2001)
- Mama Tried (Remastered)
- Mama's Hungry Eyes
- Mary's Mine
- Mexican Bands
- Misery and Gin (Live)
- Mixed Up Mess Of A Heart
- Mom And Dad's Waltz (24-Bit Digitally Remastered)
- Mom And Dad's Waltz (Album Version)
- Momma's Prayers
- Money Tree (2005 Remaster)
- My Favorite Memory
- My Life's Been A Pleasure (Album Version)
- My Mary (Album Version)
- My Past Is Present (24-Bit Digitally Remastered)
- My Ramona (2005 Remaster)
- My Ramona (Remastered)
- My Rough And Rowdy Ways
N
O
- Oil Tanker Train
- Okie From Muskogee
- Okie From Muskogee (Remastered)
- Okie From Muskogee's Comin' Home (Live)
- Old Man From The Mountain
- Old Man From The Mountain (Remastered)
- Old Time Religion/Pass Me Not/Sweet By And By (Medley)
- Old-Fashioned Love (Live)
- One Row At A Time (2005 Remaster)
- One Sweet Hello (2005 Remaster)
P
S
- Sam Hill (Remastered)
- Seeing Eye Dog (24-Bit Digitally Remastered)
- Shelly's Winter Love (2005 Remaster)
- Sick, Sober & Sorry
- Silver Wings (2001 Remaster; 2001 Digital Remaster)
- Silver Wings (Live)
- Silver Wings (Remastered)
- Sing A Sad Song (Remastered)
- Sing Me Back Home (24-Bit Digitally Remastered)
- Sing Me Back Home (Remastered 2001)
- Sing Me Back Home (Remastered)
- Soldier's Last Letter (2006 Remaster)
- Some Of Us Fly
- Some Of Us Never Learn
- Some Of Us Never Learn (Remastered)
- Some Other World (Album Version)
- Someday We'll Look Back (2005 Remaster)
- Someday We'll Look Back (Remastered)
- Someday When Things Are Good
- Someone Else You've Known
- Someone Told My Story
- Someone Told My Story (Alternate Take)
- Sometimes I Dream
- Somewhere On Skid Row (2005 Remaster)
- Spanish Two Step
- Still Water Runs The Deepest (Album Version)
- Stranger In The City
- Sweet Jesus (Album Version)
- Swinging Doors (Remastered)
T
- Take Me Back to Tulsa (Live)
- Teach Me To Forget
- Thank You for Keeping My House (Live)
- That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine (Album Version)
- That's the Way Love Goes
- The Bottle Let Me Down (2001 Digital Remaster)
- The Bottle Let Me Down (Remastered)
- The Day The Rains Came (2005 Remaster)
- The Farmer's Daughter (2005 Remaster)
- The Farmer's Daughter (Live)
- The Fightin' Side Of Me
- The Fightin' Side Of Me (Remastered)
- The Fugitive
- The Girl Turned Ripe
- The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde
- The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
- The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2005 Remaster)
- The Longer You Wait
- The Okie From Muskogee's Comin' Home
- The Only Trouble With Me (2005 Remaster)
- The Road To My Heart
- The Roots Of My Raising
- The Sidewalks Of Chicago (2005 Remaster)
- The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp (24-Bit Digitally Remastered)
- The Sunny Side Of My Life
- The Train Never Stops (2005 Remaster)
- The Worst Is Yet To Come (Remastered)
- Things Aren't Funny Anymore
- Things Aren't Funny Anymore (2001 Remaster)
- Things Aren't Funny Anymore (Remastered)
- Things Have Gone To Pieces
- This Town's Not Big Enough
- Today I Started Loving You Again (Remastered)
- Too Many Bridges To Cross Over
- Too Much Boogie Woogie
- Train Of Life (2005 Remaster)
- Tulare Dust (2005 Remaster)
- Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star
W
- Walking The Floor Over You (Remastered)
- We're Falling In Love Again
- What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life) [Live]
- What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana (Remastered 2001)
- What I Hate
- What I've Been Meaning To Say
- Whatever Happened To Me
- Where Does The Good Times Go (24-Bit Digitally Remastered)
- Where's All The Freedom
- White Man Singin' The Blues
- Who'll Buy The Wine (2005 Remaster)
- Who'll Buy The Wine (Remastered)
- Why Me (Album Version)
- Will You Visit Me On Sundays? (2005 Remaster)
- Will You Visit Me On Sundays? (Remastered 2001)
- Wine Takes Me Away (24-Bit Digitally Remastered)
- Wine Takes Me Away (Remastered)
- Workin' Man Blues
- Workin' Man Blues (Remastered)
- Working In Tennessee
- Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today (Live)

