Twenty-five years ago, a bill like this one would have been inconceivable. Merle Haggard, the one-time king of country, supported by an all-black gospel vocal group and a Dylan/Woody protege from ...

I raised a glass of George Dickel in honor of Merle Haggard the other night. The country legend, who died last week on his 79th birthday, was an enthusiastic endorser of this brand of Kentucky bourbon ...

Although Marty Haggard picks up a guitar instead of a Bible when he heads to the stage where a single microphone stand and a black stool sit beside a pulpit, he'll be preaching the Gospel all the same ...