country music on Instagram: "Merle Haggard was never just a name in country music — he was a whole era, a whole feeling, a whole truth. His voice carried the weight of a hard life, the grit of mistakes made, lessons learned, and roads traveled the long way. When Merle sang, you didn’t just hear a song… you heard a story that felt like it belonged to everybody who ever struggled, hoped, or tried to do better. He gave country music a backbone built on honesty, not perfection. Haggard stood at the