The Haggard Brothers - Ben & Noel Haggard

"The sons of Merle Haggard"

“I live the kinda life most men only dream of/I make my livin’ writin’ songs and singin’ them,”Merle Haggard, “Footlights”

Benjamin Haggard........

Ben is no Stranger – in fact, he’s been the lead guitarist in Hag’s longtime band of the same name for the past eight years, since he was 15 years old, fitting in easily with veterans like musical director Norm Hamlet and Scott Joss.

Taking the torch from the Haggard paterfamilias, Haggard recalls a conversation he had with Merle, who sported what his son described as “a look of great depth in his eyes… He was always right about something he said because he had thought about it for so long. He overanalyzed everything to the finest degree in the most artistic way possible.”

Ben recalls Merle telling him, “You’d be an idiot not to take my guitar and my bus, not to sing my songs for as long as you can… Go out there and play until there’s nobody to play to.” And that is precisely what Ben Haggard has done.

For anyone who’s heard young Haggard play guitar with his father, that talent is undeniable, but he’s only recently discovered a singing voice that, while borrowing genetically from dad’s well worn gravitas, adds its own fresh take on songs like “Sing Me Back Home” (a performance of which is featured on Ben’s Facebook page), “Heaven Was a Drink Of Wine,” “Workin’ Man Blues” and “What Am I Gonna Do With the Rest of My Life?,” all of them taking on new meanings in the wake of Hag’s passing.

Growing up the son of a man who has defined country music's possibilities, Noel Haggard has enough life experiences to more than completely inhabit the things he sings about...and does it with the same natural phrasing and richly sonorous baritone that one would expect from someone with such a loaded last name.

Noel Lee Haggard:..........

Noel is the son of country music legend Merle Haggard.^[1] He was signed to a recording deal with Atlantic Records and released his debut album, One Lifetime, in 1997. The album produced two singles, both of which peaked at No. 75 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[2]

His first single, "Once You Learn," also peaked at No. 72 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. His second single, "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa," was covered by George Strait on his 2003 album Honkytonkville. Strait's version of the song peaked at No. 11 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Haggard was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1994 film Maverick as a member of the "Maverick Choir.".^[3] Noel was a member of the Strangers and opened up shows for Merle his whole professional life. He continues to perform with the remaining Strangers and his brother Ben, since the passing of Merle.

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