Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself

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• Genre(s): Musical, Documentary
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Gandulf Hennig
• Cast(s): Merle Haggard, Dave Alvin, Robert Duvall, Keith Richards, John Fogerty See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 22min
• Similar To: Better Man, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
• Story:
  Haggard actually lived the rambling, gambling, love ‘em and leave ‘em, often brutal life that remains the bedrock of country music lyrics – he hopped his first freight train at the age of 10, became a chronic truant and drinker and was locked up some 17 times as a youngster. Serious criminal charges followed, including car theft. He was, literally, in the inmate audience in 1959, when Johnny Cash gave his New Year’s Day concert in San Quentin – and, as he’s said repeatedly, “my life changed forever.”
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