American Masters  Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself

American Masters pays tribute to a country music patriarch and legend Details

 
 

Program: American Masters

Episode: Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself

American Masters' documentary about the country music legend Merle Haggard, often called "the poet of the common man," features interviews with comrades and fellow musicians including Robert Duvall, John Fogerty, Kris Kristofferson, Keith Richards, Tanya Tucker, and Dwight Yoakam. The people with whom he was raised - his juvenile delinquency and incarcerations - still inform his creativity.

• Visit the Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself webpage

Duration: (1:23:09)
Premiere Date: 07/21/2010
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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