Merle Haggard was asked to join The Highwaymen as the fifth member, but there was one financial reason that dissuaded him from doing so.

The crowd cheered as Stapleton arrived on stage to accompany Strait through the remainder of the classic song that was made ...

Willie Nelson is a country music icon ... including collaborations with artists like Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings, and 1978’s Stardust, a collection of classic pop songs that sold four ...

Amarillo-born Mark Seliger was a lonely college freshman at what was then called East Texas State University when he first fell for Willie Nelson ... led me to Merle Haggard.

It's only appropriate that Beyoncé's love of her Texas roots would extend to a deep admiration for 90-year-old Country Music and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Willie Nelson. But having him prelude ...