98 Years Ago: Ray Price Is Born in Peach, Texas98 Years Ago: Ray Price Is Born in Peach, TexasNinety-seven years ago today, on Jan. 12, 1926, Ray Price was born in Peach, Texas. Gayle ThompsonGayle Thompson
Top 10 Country Christmas SongsTop 10 Country Christmas SongsYou can't have the holidays without music!The Boot StaffThe Boot Staff
Remember When Merle Haggard Received the Kennedy Center Honors?Remember When Merle Haggard Received the Kennedy Center Honors?It was a career highlight.Annie ReuterAnnie Reuter
Cody Johnson, William Michael Morgan, Mo Pitney Honoring Merle Haggard ‘Okie From Muskogee’Cody Johnson, William Michael Morgan, Mo Pitney Honoring Merle Haggard ‘Okie From Muskogee’To commemorate the 26-year anniversary of Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee going platinum, three of Country Music's brightest rising stars, and truest voices sat on stools, in a rodeo arena, and sang the hell out of it.Buddy LoganBuddy Logan
The Boot News Roundup: A Merle Haggard Museum Will Open in Nashville + MoreThe Boot News Roundup: A Merle Haggard Museum Will Open in Nashville + MoreA museum dedicated to the legacy of the late, great Merle Haggard is set to open in Nashville. Amy McCarthyAmy McCarthy
25 Memorable CMA Awards Acceptance Speeches25 Memorable CMA Awards Acceptance SpeechesCMA winners' acceptance speeches are often the highlights in a show that's full of them.Carrie HortonCarrie Horton
Top 10 Country Songs About WorkTop 10 Country Songs About WorkThe Boot counts down country music's best songs about work.Amy McCarthyAmy McCarthy
Merle Haggard Honored by U. S. House of RepresentativesMerle Haggard Honored by U. S. House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives voted on Tuesday (July 11) to recognize country legend Merle Haggard.Annie ReuterAnnie Reuter
Top 10 Country Songs About WeedTop 10 Country Songs About WeedNow more than ever there is a general acceptance of the use of the drug across the genre. Laura McClellanLaura McClellan
Watch Warren Haynes, Billy Gibbons Sing ‘Workin’ Man Blues’ at Haggard TributeWatch Warren Haynes, Billy Gibbons Sing ‘Workin’ Man Blues’ at Haggard TributeWarren Haynes and Billy Gibbons covered Merle Haggard's "Workin' Man Blues" at the 'Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard' tribute concert.Carrie HortonCarrie Horton
Watch Miranda Lambert Pay Tribute to Merle Haggard With ‘Misery and Gin’Watch Miranda Lambert Pay Tribute to Merle Haggard With ‘Misery and Gin’Miranda Lambert covered "Misery and Gin" by Merle Haggard at the tribute concert 'Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard'.Carrie HortonCarrie Horton
Avett Brothers ‘Mama Tried’ Avett Brothers ‘Mama Tried’ During 'Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard', the Avett Brothers covered Haggard's iconic "Mama Tried."Angela StefanoAngela Stefano