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Merle Haggard performs onstage during day one of 2015 Stagecoach, California's Country Music Festival, at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2015 in Indio, California.

On This Day in 1966 Merle Haggard Recorded “The Bottle Let Me Down” in Hollywood, California

Miranda Lambert And Wade Bowen Join Forces For Soaring Merle Haggard Cover

Miranda Lambert And Wade Bowen Join Forces For Soaring Merle Haggard Cover

Merle Haggard performs on stage at the Country Music Festival held at Wembley Arena, London in April 1988.

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