Merle Haggard
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Merle Ronald Haggard was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in country music, he was a central pi
Haggard performing live in 1971
Haggard in a 1961 publicity photo for Tally Records
Haggard in a 1975 publicity photo for Capitol Records
Haggard performing in June 2009
Bonnie Owens
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Bonnie Owens was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later to Merle Haggard.
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…Casey Anderson, which became his first number-one single. When the Andersons presented the song to Haggard, they were unaware of his prison stretch. Bonnie Owens, Haggard's backup singer and then-wife, is quoted by music journalist Daniel Cooper in the liner notes to the 1994 retrospective Down Every Road: "I…
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