Bibliograph

The Hag, the life, times, and music of Merle Haggard, Marc Eliot

Type

Label

The Hag, the life, times, and music of Merle Haggard, Marc Eliot

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes discographies, bibliographical references (pages 395-396), and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Hag

Nature of contents

discographiesbibliography

Oclc number

1285689002

Responsibility statement

Marc Eliot

Sub title

the life, times, and music of Merle Haggard

Summary

Merle Haggard was one of the most important country music musicians who ever lived. His astonishing musical career stretched across the second half of the 20th Century and into the first two decades of the next, during which he released an extraordinary 63 albums, 38 that made it on to Billboard's Country Top Ten, 13 that went to #1, and 37 #1 hit singles. With his ample songbook, unique singing voice and brilliant phrasing that illuminated his uncompromising commitment to individual freedom, cut with the monkey of personal despair on his back and a chip the size of Monument Valley on his shoulder, Merle's music and his extraordinary charisma helped change the look, the sound, and the fury of American music. The Hag tells, without compromise, the extraordinary life of Merle Haggard, augmented by deep secondary research, sharp detail and ample anecdotal material that biographer Marc Eliot is known for, and enriched and deepened by over 100 new and far-ranging interviews. It explores the uniquely American life of an angry rebellious boy from the wrong side of the tracks bound for a life of crime and a permanent home in a penitentiary, who found redemption through the music of "the common man."

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Part I: Rebel child -- Part II: Ramblin' man -- Part III: White line fever -- Part IV: Before I die -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

Classification