Julien Baker and Torres turned 21 in prison doing life without parole. No one could steer them right, but mama tried. Mama tried, mama tried to raise them better, but her pleading they denied. That ...

Wesley sang the upbeat Merle Haggard classic “Mama Tried,” where he showcased his rich, baritone voice, which was nostalgic and his voice was smooth as silk. One thing is for sure, they don’t make ...

In his 1968 song Mama Tried, Merle Haggard sang of turning 21 in prison. Haggard, who died Wednesday in California on his 79th birthday, had done just that, though not, as he sang in the song, “doing ...

Bonnie “Prince” Billy (otherwise known as Will Oldham) was a serious fan of legendary, genre-defining country singer-songwriter Merle Haggard, who passed away last year. Oldham released a cover of ...

Bob Weir and the Wolf Bros played two nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York this weekend, bringing out an all-star list of guest performers that included Tyler Childers, John Mayer, Brittney ...

Ties with Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” as the best prison song ever. But this one offers a tenderness that the Cash classic can’t touch. And that has everything to do with “Mama.” Music video ...

Out on the road there’s plenty of downtime before the show. Throughout his Soul2Soul 2017 outing with wife Faith Hill, Tim McGraw has been using some of that time to jam on classic covers backstage ...

One of the faces on country music's Mount Rushmore climbed down to give a concert Wednesday for around 900 fans at the State Theatre. Merle Haggard, 71, doesn't have the fire that he used to, but didn ...

Eli "Paperboy" Reed grew up immersed in the country music of his father's extensive record collection, learning names like George Jones and Waylon Jennings. Among all the albums, one artist stood out: ...

Haggard's best-known songs include "Mama Tried," "Okie From Muskogee," "Today I Started Loving You Again" and "The Bottle Let Me Down." Merle Haggard had a lifelong fascination with trains.

Ask fans of the Bakersfield Sound to name their favorite Merle Haggard song, and they’re likely to call out masterpieces like “Workin' Man Blues,” “If We Make it Through December,” “Silver Wings” or ...