Archive for March, 2009
Country star Merle Haggard stands tall
Posted on 31. Mar, 2009 by Rick.
Joel Selvin, Chronicle Senior Pop Music Critic – March 29, 2009
As long as people speak of country music, the music of Merle Haggard will live. As his career nears the half-century mark, Haggard’s imprint is as deeply etched on the music as those of the spiritual forebears he so admires – Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, [...]
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MERLE HAGGARD – HAGGARD & PARTON LAND MAJOR COUNTRY MUSIC HONOURS
Posted on 25. Mar, 2009 by Rick.
By Contactmusic.com, March 25, 2009
MERLE HAGGARD and DOLLY PARTON have been announced as the early winners at this year’s (09) Academy of Country Music Awards.
Haggard, who is recovering from cancer surgery, and the late Harlan Howard will receive the Poets Award for their songwriting contributions to country music, while Parton will be honoured with [...]
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Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Randy Travis, Hank Williams Jr. Among Early ACM Winners
Posted on 25. Mar, 2009 by Rick.
Written by Craig Shelburne, March 24, 2009
Other Honorees Include Kenny Rogers and the Late Harlan Howard and Jerry Reed
Merle Haggard and the late Harlan Howard will receive this year’s Academy of Country Music Poets Award for their songwriting contributions to the country music canon. The ACM announced the early winners of special awards, industry awards [...]
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How does Merle Haggard do it?
Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by Rick.
Story by: Country Musings by Robert Loy, March 2009
This column is being written during the first 100 days of Barack Obama’s presidency, in a weird national mixture of hope and fear, the likes of which haven’t been since the days of the great D-word back in the 1930’s. All of which makes me want to write [...]
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Haggard enduring and endearing
Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Rick.
By PRESTON JONES – Posted on Fri, Mar. 13, 2009 – Star-Telegram.com
DALLAS — Few would call any of Nashville’s legends — George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson — spry, but that doesn’t mean they lack fire.
One such icon, Merle Haggard, temporarily brought low by lung cancer late last year, moved deliberately Thursday night as he [...]
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Merle Haggard Zings Ex-Label Chief
Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by Rick.
- Award From Country Radio Broadcasters
Gerry House, Chuck Collier, Bob McKay, Moon Mullins Are Hall of Famers
March 4, 2009; Written by Edward Morris – CMT
Merle Haggard’s ongoing clash with lung cancer hasn’t made him any less sharp-tongued than he was in his glory days.
In Nashville Tuesday night (March 3) to accept a career achievement [...]
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Merle Haggard, Heidi Newfield Meet Radio
Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by Rick.
March 2, 2009 — Downtown Nashville will be crowded with country singers and influential broadcasters this week as the 40th annual Country Radio Seminar gets underway.
The centerpiece of the conference has radio programmers and decision makers from all over the U.S. descending on Music City to network, share information and get new ideas for their [...]
