It felt great during this moment in time to travel someplace new in our country. Tulsa, Oklahoma, was new to me, anyway, and I left smitten. It felt friendly, vibrant, optimistic. A place with a rich history in American music – and a history marred …
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Seven things you may not know about the life and music of country legend Merle Haggard
With songs like “Tulare Dust” and “They’re Tearing the Labor Camps Down” Haggard – like Guthrie – captured in simple lyric and melody the same sentiments reflected in the prose of John Steinbeck about the struggles of migrant workers.
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Greg Lamm 