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Merle Haggard Had No Idea Who Don Henley Was When They Met, Asked Him If He Had A Band: “Yeah, It’s The Eagles”

Summary by Whiskey Riff
Only Merle Haggard could get away with this. Of course, he is a country icon and legend who produced so many classic country songs, coming from a rather troubled background to become one of the most successful country artists of all time. Merle was born the third child of Flossie Mai and James Haggard in 1937, and at the time, the family was living in a converted railroad boxcar, which his father purchased from the Santa Fe Railroad in Oildale, …
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Whiskey Riff broke the news in on Thursday, August 28, 2025.
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