The Hag sells
The Hag performed this past weekend at Stagecoach festival in Indio, Cal. as his set was being broadcast live internationally via Sirius/XM Radio's Country Outlaw channel. The concert will be re-broadcast May 1 at 6 p.m. eastern and May 2 at 10 p.m. eastern.
Haggard is touring behind the new disc with the following dates:
April 28 Eugene, OR - Silva Concert Hall
April 29 Wenatchee, WA - Town Toyota Center
April 30 Tacoma, WA - Emerald Queen Casino
May 1 Pendleton, OR - Wild Horse Gaming Resort
May 6 Boise, ID - Idaho Botanical Gardens
May 7 Wendover, NV - Peppermill Casino
May 8 Las Vegas, NV - The Cannery Casino
May 9 Mesa, AZ - Mesa Performing Arts Center
June 3 San Juan Capistrano, CA - Private Event
June 11 Long Beach, CA - 2010 Ink N Iron Festival
June 12 Napa, CA - The Uptown Theater
June 13 Lemoore, CA - Tachi Palace Casino
June 16 Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery
June 17 Grants Pass, OR - Rogue Theatre
June 18-19 Lincoln City, OR - Chinook Winds Casino Resort
June 20 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheatre
July 13 Mescalero, NM - Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino
July 15 Grand Island, NE - Heartland Events Center
July 16 Cuba, MO - Crawford County Fair
July 18 Sault Ste Marie, MI - Kewadin Casino
July 20-21 Rama, ON - Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
July 22 Trumansburg, NY - Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival
July 23 Richmond, VA - The National
July 24 Renfro Valley, KY - Renfro Valley Entertainment Center
July 25 Meridian, MS - The Riley Center @ MSU
More news for Merle Haggard
- 11/13/20: Hag concert tribute release coming in December
- 03/17/17: Keith, Alabama join Hag tribute show
- 02/27/17: All-star concert set to pay homage to The Hag
- 06/22/16: Songwriter, producer Freddie Powers dies
- 05/11/16: The Hag releases final song
- 04/14/16: All for the Hall benefit raises $712K
- 04/06/16: The Hag dies at 79
- 04/06/16: Country performers pay homage to The Hag
CD reviews for Merle Haggard
Read Merle Haggard's Wikipedia entry. It talks, in the second sentence, of his having helped create the Bakersfield sound, with its "rough edge." Later, it discusses, at some length, his conservative touchstones, in particular Okie From Muskogee. While, in Wikipedia fashion, that may capture the popular perception of the recent Kennedy Center honoree, it doesn't hit at the core of what made him, along with Willie Nelson and George Jones, one of country music's three most ...
It seems that the legendary country artists who survive to their later years, often make some of their best music during that time. It certainly was true with Johnny Cash and apparently Merle Haggard is primed to follow suit. The evidence of that is spread all over his new 12-song outing.
Haggard has gone introspective, but he has done it in such a way that most of the songs are easy for the listeners to apply to their own experiences. The opener, I've Seen It Go Away, is about losing the ...
The Strangers are a talented and extremely flexible band, as Haggard's mood can vary from showing off his rich singing voice on ballads to playing the jazzy guitar hero via Western swing material. Thus, it takes a multi-faceted combo, like The Strangers, to keep up with Haggard's many moods.
This disc collects 15 Haggard TV clips, and the man is definitely not lip synching his way through these performances. For instance, viewers can clearly hear The Hag clear his throat right before ...
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