Introduction : "Silver wings," Kansas City, Missouri, September 14, 2001
Toward the bad he kept on turnin'
He loves them so : a playlist of early influences
The Bakersfield sound and fury
Someone told his story in a song
"I started loving you again," 1968
The legend of Bonnie and him
"Sing me back home," 1967
He's living in the good old days
He likes living right and being free
"It's not love (but it's not bad)," 1972
He wishes he was Santa Claus
He takes a lot of pride in what he is (hint: he's a white boy)
"A working man can't get nowhere today," 1977
His country girl with hot pants on
He's always on a mountain when he falls
He wishes a buck was still silver (not really) and likes the taste of yesterday's wine (really)
He's going where the lonely go
"Me and crippled soldiers," 1990
The hag versus the man in black
If he could only fly : Merle Haggard in the twenty-first century
Cuba, Missouri, July 15, 2010