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Workin’ Merle: The Okie from Muskogee headlines Coke Stage tonight

Merle Haggard performs on stage during the 2015 Stagecoach Festival at the EmpireClub in Indio, Calif., on April 24, 2015,
Merle Haggard performs on stage during the 2015 Stagecoach Festival at the EmpireClub in Indio, Calif., on April 24, 2015, Merle Haggard performs on stage during the 2015 Stagecoach Festival at the EmpireClub in Indio, Calif., on April 24, 2015,

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Riverbend 2015 online

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Select studio discography

1960s 1965: “Strangers” 1966: “Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down” 1967: “I’m a Lonesome Fugitive” 1968: “Mama Tried” 1969: “Same Train, A Different Time” 1970s 1980: “Back to the Barrooms” 1981: “Big City” 1982: “Going Where the Lonely Go” 1983: “Pancho & Lefty” 1987: “Chill Factor” 1990s 2000: “If I Could Only Fly” 2001: “Roots, Vol. 1” 2003: “Like Never Before” 2005: “Chicago Wind” 2010s 2010: “I Am What I Am” 2011: “Working in Tennessee” 2015: “Django and Jimmie”

No. 1 Country Singles

* “Branded Man” (1967) * “The Fugitive” (1967) * “Mama Tried” (1968) * “Sing Me Back Home” (1968) * “The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde” (1968) * “Hungry Eyes” (1969) * “Okie From Muskogee” (1969) * “Workin’ Man Blues” (1969) * “The Fightin’ Side of Me” (1970) * “Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)” (1971) * “Carolyn” (1972) * “Grandma Harp” (1972) * “It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad)” (1972) * “Turnin’ Off a Memory” (1972) * “Everybody’s Had The Blues” (1973) * “I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me” (1973) * “If We Make It Through December” (1973) * “Old Man From The Mountain” (1974) * “Things Aren’t Funny Anymore” (1974) * “Always Wanting You” (1975) * “It’s All in the Movies” (1975) * “Kentucky Gambler” (1975) * “Movin’ On” (1975) * “Cherokee Maiden” (1976) * “The Roots of My Raising” (1976) * “What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana?” (1976) * “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink” (1981) * “My Favorite Memory” (1981) * “Big City” (1982) * “Yesterday’s Wine” (1982) * “Going Where the Lonely Go” (1983) * “Pancho and Lefty” (1983) * “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1983) * “You Take Me For Granted” (1983) * “A Place to Fall Apart” (1984) * “Let’s Chase Each Other Around the Room” (1984) * “Someday When Things Are Good” (1984) * “Natural High” (1985) * “Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star” (1987)