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Mr. Marc Eliot – Author of Merle Haggard Biography

Merle Haggard was one of the most influential country music musicians who ever lived. His astonishing musical career stretched across the second half of the 20th century and into the first two decades of the next, during which he released an extraordinary 63 albums, 38 that made it on to Billboard’s Country Top Ten, 13 that went to #1, and 37 #1 hit singles.

Merle changed country music as much as country music redeemed him. A childhood trauma-his father’s death when he was only 9-set him off on a life of petty thievery, running away, and other assorted acts of rebellion that

 
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