Merle Haggard performing in 1979 (Photo by Kent/Mediapunch/Shutterstock)
CIRCA 1964: Country musician Merle Haggard poses for a mid 1960's portrait. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard during Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard in concert at Rosemont Theater – March 25, 2007 at Rosemont Theater in Chicago, Il, United States. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage)
CIRCA LATE 1960s: Country musician Merle Haggard poses for a late 1960's portrait. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Merle Haggard performs at the Headliner Room at Harrah's in Reno. The back-up singer is Haggard's ex-wife Bonnie Owens. (Photo by © Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS/VCG via Getty Images)
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American Rock musician Tom Petty (1950 – 2017) plays guitar as he performs, with his band the Heartbreakers, onstage during the 'Long After Dark' tour at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 31, 1983. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
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1985: Elton John's songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, in London for the High Court hearing in which he and the singer are suing music publisher Dick James for a bigger share of the takings from Elton's early records. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
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