In a heartwarming throwback video, Merle Haggard performs his classic hit "Mama Tried" for his mother during a concert.

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Merle Haggard could easily have been a career felon, says Jason Fine in Rolling Stone. Growing up in California, the country music superstar led a life of what he calls “illegal motion ...

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Courtesy: Budd Butcher/U.S. Air Force From Merle Haggard’s “Fightin’ Side of Me” to Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue,” country music is often associated with ...

Green and Worthington sound incredible, and I love that they pulled a deeper cut from Haggard’s catalog to perform. While everyone knows “Workin’ Man Blues” or “Mama Tried,” “The Way I Am” is a tune ...