Merle Haggard

You know you're a legend when you get name-checked -- and Haggard's name comes up in quite a few country songs.

Country fans will soon have a new reason to travel down to Muskogee, Okla.

He pays tribute to his musical idol on his new album.

All 50-plus of 'em.

The Boot counts down country music's best songs about winter.

Drop a quarter in the jukebox and listen to this lineup.

"He had a wonderful life," noted his daughter of her father's extraordinary career.

The story of how this legend was cleared of a crime he was jailed for is much more interesting than the actual crime.

The Boot counts down country music's best songs about work.

Joe Nichols paid tribute to Haggard with a "Misery and Gin" cover at Stagecoach Festival in 2016, six months after the legend's passing.

See video of Dierks Bentley performing "If We Make It Through December" by Merle Haggard.

Kenny Chesney was among the many country stars who gathered in Nashville on Thursday night (April 6) to pay tribute to the life and legacy of Merle Haggard. Chesney joined co-host Willie Nelson onstage at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville to perform "Pancho & Lefty," which Nelson originally recorded with Haggard in 1983.