Country music legend Merle Haggard will launch the TJ's Corral Outdoor concert series May 1 at Minden's Carson Valley Inn, according to an announcement Wednesday on its website.
Ticket information will be made available soon. CVI urges fans to connect to its blog for updates.
In the announcement, CVI writes: The word "legend" usually makes an appearance at some point when discussing Merle Haggard. It's an acknowledgement of his artistry and his standing as "the poet of the common man." It's a tribute to his incredible commercial success and to the lasting mark he has made, not just on country music, but on American music as a whole.
Studying, analyzing and observing the details of life around him, Haggard relays what he sees, hears and feels through his songs. The lyrics are deceptively simple, the music exceptionally listenable.
In addition to 40 No. 1 hits, Merle Haggard charted scores of Top 10 songs. He won just about every music award imaginable, both as a performer and as a songwriter, and in 1994 he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. His body of work easily places him beside Hank Williams as one of the most influential artists in country music.
Among his many hits are Moma Tried, Okie From Muskogee, If We Make It Through December, Working Man Blues, Big City, I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink, Sing Me Back Home, Daddy Frank, My Favorite Memory, Branded Man, That's The Way Love Goes, and dozens more. Haggard also collaborated with other noted artists as in his Pancho and Lefty duet with Willie Nelson and Yesterday's Wine with George Jones.