How Much is Merle Haggard's Success owed to Johnny Cash?

Merle Haggard was one very talented guy but destiny could have been much different if not for Johnny Cash showing up and giving concerts at Quentin Prison. Here's how one article states it: READ MORE. 

As tributes to the late Merle Haggard continue to roll in, one anecdote keeps coming up: That time Haggard was an inmate at San Quentin and saw Johnny Cash perform one of his famous prison concerts.
Haggard devotees often point to that as a turning point for the hard-living country music star. Haggard’s teenage years were a blur of petty crime, vagabond travel and juvenile detention; arrested for robbery in 1957, he was doing hard-time and yes, really did turn 21 in prison — but he had serious music skills, and seeing Cash on stage inspired him to get his life on track.


Listen to Johnny's intro for Merle closely. Then watch a young Merle whose songs are as real for today and our country and they were then! 


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