Fifty-four years ago today (March 14, 1970),Merle Haggardscored his ninth No. 1 hit with his single "The Fightin' Side of Me." The song comes from his live album of the same name. Haggard wrote "The Fightin' Side of Me" in response to the military action in Vietnam:"Runnin' down...
And I sometimes wonder what was going through Merle Haggard’s mind when the mayor of Muskogee made him an “Honorary Okie” in the middle of his concert there on October 10th, 1969. I mean, they made an album of the show, so you can hear the joke he cracks in the moment but I d...