Merle Haggard and the IRS Agent
Former L.A. Times music critic Robert Hilburn points to 1994 feature.
In memory of the legendary country singer, Robert Hilburn, who served as pop music critic and pop music editor at the L.A. Times from 1970 to 2005, tweeted that of all the articles he wrote about Merle Haggard, his favorite was a June 20, 1994 feature. And certainly, it’s hard to beat the first four paragraphs of “Hard Times, Truth and Inspiration:”
Redding, Calif. – Merle Haggard, the country music star who really did turn 21 in prison, just like it says in one of his songs, figures it cost the IRS nearly $100,000 the day an agent came to his ranch near here to try to figure out what goes into writing a hit.
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