Birth Place: Bakersfield, California, U.S.A.

Birth Name: Merle Ronald Haggard

Associated Acts:
Strangers
Wynn Stewart
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Bonnie Owens
Willie Nelson 
George Jones
Albert E. Brumley, Jr.
Leona Williams

Genres:
Country
Honky Tonk

Instruments:
Guitar

Education:
Preston School of Industry

Debut Album: Strangers (1965)

Did You Know:
As a child he was arrested for truancy and petty larceny.