Introduction By Carlton Haney - Merle Haggard

The heart of the people of any great nation is its songs

Added to the list of songs written by the great Jimmie Rodgers and Hank

Williams are the songs of our next guest

Songs that he has written about life and love happiness and loneliness

and freedom.

Until a man loses his freedom can he really know what it means.

Such is the man that is going to sing for you

Here with his Strangers is the only Merle Haggard…