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The Best of Country & Western, Merle Haggard: Okie from Muskogee, Drink up and Be Somebody, The Fugitive, Silver Wings & More Classic Country Hits – Merle HaggardBiographyBorn: April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, CAGenre: Country Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s As a performer and a songwriter, Merle Haggard was the most important country artist to emerge in the 1960s, and he became one of the leading figures of the Bakersfield country scene in the '60s. While his music remained hardcore country, he pushed the boundaries of the music quite far. Like his idol, Bob Wills, his music was a melting pot that drew from all forms of traditional American music — country, jazz, blues, and folk — and in the process, developed a distinctive style of his...
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