Merle Haggard was the surprise participant during a Wednesday April 11, 2012 discussion involving the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's new exhibit, The Bakersfield Sound: Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and California Country. Video HERE
It followed another surprise appearance the night before (April 10, 2012) at the We're All for the Hall fundraising concert in Nashville (video above) MORE HERE.
Haggard, who is in Nashville for a Wednesday night performance at the Ryman Auditorium (review HERE), was added to the interview, "My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers: A Conversation With Norm Hamlet, Don Markham, and Fuzzy Owen," conducted by museum editor Michael Gray. Steel guitarist Hamlet and saxophonist-trumpeter Markham are longtime members of Haggard's band, the Strangers. Owen produced and played steel on Haggard's early records and became a permanent member of the singer's business organization. Haggard was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994.
In related news, The Hag joined Twitter on Tuesday (April 10, 2012) and has already accrued more than 8,000 followers. MORE HERE
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