The Hag Heads Home

A spokeswoman says Merle Haggard has left a North Texas hospital after not feeling well and canceling a show. Tresa Redburn said Monday that the 74-year-old entertainer is being driven, on his tour bus, to his home in the Redding, Calif., area. She says Haggard will be checked by his own doctors. Haggard canceled his appearance Saturday night at Billy Bob's Texas. He had surgery for lung cancer in 2008.

Merle Haggard has been my favorite in country music clear back to his “Branded Man” days. I was lucky enough to see him in Butte at the Civic Center on Valentines Day, 2009.