Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself

Haggard actually lived the rambling, gambling, love ‘em and leave ‘em, often brutal life that remains the bedrock of country music lyrics – he hopped his first freight train at the age of 10, became a chronic truant and drinker and was locked up some 17 times as a youngster. Serious criminal charges followed, including car theft. He was, literally, in the inmate audience in 1959, when Johnny Cash gave his New Year’s Day concert in San Quentin – and, as he’s said repeatedly, “my life changed forever.”

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Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard

as Self

Dave Alvin

Dave Alvin

as Self

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

as Self

Keith Richards

Keith Richards

as Self

John Fogerty

John Fogerty

as Self

Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss

as Self

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