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Merle Haggard

Around the Web: Closet country liberals? Plus: Billy Bragg and Britain's answer to the Grammys
Feb 16, 2006
Music 2000
Call it the year of the dogs: Woof-woof. Still, there were 25 records worth listening to again and again.
By Joe Heim Dec 21, 2000
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000
By Joyce Millman Nov 15, 2000
Merle Haggard
From prison and politics to rambling and romance, his journey has been, well, complicated. But austere lyrics and rich country jazz have made him one of music's masters.
By Alex Halberstadt Nov 14, 2000
Do not disturb
On a small Nicaraguan island, two strangers and I find paradise. Naked on a pristine beach, I wonder if there's anything wrong with cliché.
By Jason Wilson May 13, 2000
Sharps & Flats
Two Buck Owens reissues imagine Christmas as a mostly secular holiday.
By Gary Kaufman Dec 16, 1999
Letters to the Editor
Is it time for a female vice president? Plus: Get that spam out of my mailbox; "Millionaire" contestant gives Philbin the thumbs-up.
Letters to the Editor Nov 22, 1999
Merle Haggard
For 35 years the country music legend's been kickin' ass and making God laugh -- he don't need no stinkin' sound check.
By Elizabeth Bukowski Nov 15, 1999
"Boy, you sing like your granddaddy"
Hank Williams III pays a debt to Nashville -- and looks toward Texas for real country music.
By David Bowman Nov 3, 1999
Rogue advertisers
Who's to blame for trashy mags? Intestinal fatigue? Speak and others grapple with their demons. Plus: Embalming alternatives and Ikea obsession.
By Jenn Shreve Oct 15, 1999
The Baron of Bakersfield
With his unmistakable honky-tonk sound and 15 No. 1 hits in a row, Buck Owens owned country music.

By King Kaufman Feb 23, 1999

Paint it black
A prayer for his holy hipness, Johnny Cash
By David Bowman Dec 5, 1997
Wall-to-wallowing carpet
The songs on British folk singer Beth Orton's "Trailer Park" will brighten any Winnebago.
By Sarah Vowell Jun 27, 1997
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