Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried” is a certified country classic. Many fans of the genre know the words by heart and some have lived them. For the most part, Haggard lived the story that unfolds in the ...

“I would like to bring two of my very favorite best friends back out here. Merle Haggard has been a big influence on Toby Keith all of his life. And, like Merle, Toby sure has had a big influence on ...

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.” ...