Merle Haggard Is Cancer Free on Christmas

Merle Haggard:Given the country music icon Merle Haggard and clear after a two-year battle with cancer. "Okayed from Muskogee," the poet and the singer was part of his lung removed in surgery in 2008, admits he is a war of his health to return to.

Demolition Haggard (73 years), a series of presentations in September, which supporters to worry about the cancer returned - but it was a big boost before the Health gage’s was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in earlier this month.

Tells RollingStone.com, "It took a long time to get the most from surgery, and it took the better part of two years and I just feel now as if you may be able to access more of the dump in hail’s able with the right arm, which remove the lobe Upper right lung, and they must pass under my arm and very painful and disturbing to know .. How to Bid on your arm. "

"It's healed up, it takes the good years I think I'm OK now  ... I went to the bottom and check het'n just before returning to this small ceremony (Kennedy Center Honors), and I obviously I did not. Nothing, which is a good sign the terrible”.

Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard:Kennedy Center Honors picked singer-songwriter  Merle Haggard, composer Jerry Herman, choreographer Bill T. Jones, musician Paul McCartney and television host Oprah Winfrey as the 2010 inductees.

Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield Sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville Sound recordings of the same era.

Jerry Herman is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage aux Folles. In 2009, Herman received the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

Merle Haggard On Kennedy Center Honors

Merle Haggard:Tonight the Poet of the Common Man, Merle Haggard will be honored with a Kennedy Center Honors award for his contributions to American music. Well, actually he received the award on December 5th, but the ceremony itself from Washington DC will air tonight on CBS (as they say, check local listings for times).
He will be honored by musical performances from Kris Kristofferson, Vince Gill, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Jamey Johnson, Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, wait Kid Rock? (Which one of these things is not like the others?) And his long-time friend and fellow Kennedy Center Honoree, Willie Nelson.
In a recent interview with bakersfield.com, Merle came to the defense of Willie and his recent arrest for marijuana possession.