http://bigfrog104.com The Best And Most Country Sun, 19 May 2013 16:28:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://bigfrog104.com/merle-haggard-turns-74-today/ http://bigfrog104.com/merle-haggard-turns-74-today/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:28:34 +0000 Polly Wogg http://bigfrog104.com/?p=9748 Merle Haggard turns 74 today and he's still going strong.   Haggard and his band The Strangers helped created the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville Sound recordings of the same era.

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