Why Merle Haggard's If I Could Only Fly is his masterpiece

After the country icon’s death, his big hits such as Okie From Muskogee are getting all the attention, but it was his little known album from 2000 – released on a punk label – that was his last great outlaw statementMerle Haggard obituary: ‘All he really wanted to do was fish and write songs’Merle Haggard, country music giant, dies aged 79Merle Haggard died today. I have more than 30 of his albums; if he’s not my favorite musician, he’s very close. I lov