More from Merle: Sights and sounds
Merle Haggard started topping the country music charts since the mid-1960s. He’s been heard on many a soundtrack, from “Mad Men” to “Brokeback Mountain” and even in video games. Here’s but a sampling.
Classic Merle Haggard
- "Mama Tried" (1968)
- "Okie from Muskogee" (1969)
- "The Fightin' Side of Me" (1970)
- "Bar Room Buddies" (with Clint Eastwood) (1980)
- "I think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" (1980)
- "Pancho and Lefty" (with Willie Nelson) (1983)
- "It's All Going to Pot" (with Willie Nelson) (2015)
Playlists
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Movie and TV
- Centennial (1979 mini-series) Cisco Calendar
- The Waltons (1976) Red Turner, "The Comeback"
- Huckleberry Finn (1975 TV-movie) Duke
- American Masters (2010) Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself
Sources: Internet Movie Database, CMT, Amazon, Wikipedia
This story was originally published April 6, 2016 at 1:41 PM with the headline "More from Merle: Sights and sounds."