Being a performer along with a songwriter, Merle Haggard was the main nation musician to emerge in the 1960s, and he became among the leading statistics from the Bakersfield nation picture. While his music continued to be hardcore nation, he pressed the boundaries from the music quite significantly. Like his …

b. 12 August 1938, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Elevated in rural Arkansas, Art listened to primarily nation music on radio and information, taught himself to try out harmonica, accordion, ukulele and acoustic guitar. Later, and today surviving in Richmond, Virginia, he dabbled with guitar and in addition added banjo to his …