As radio host “Big Al” Weekley explores unusual hauls on his Friday show, he'll interview driver Al Cotter, who can name-drop one of country music’s biggest stars. “Al has worked in entertainment for ...

The late Merle Haggard sang about breakups, working, loving, fighting, American flags, getting drunk and working some more. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WORKIN' MAN BLUES") HAGGARD: (Singing) Well, hey, hey, ...

Merle Haggard had a lifelong fascination with trains. After he became a star, he acquired his own railway observation car. And that railway car, on which you can book passage, is now part of the ...

Outlaw, "Okie from Muskogee," poet of working-class values and a fixture in country music for 50 years, Merle Haggard died Wednesday, April 6, his... Country Legend Merle Haggard Dies At 79 Merle ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Haggard's biographer Marc Eliot about his book: The Hag. Haggard spent his early years going from family tragedy to... New biography, 'The Hag,' examines the life of ...