Movie

Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself

2010 1h 22m Released

MusicDocumentary

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.”

Cast

Merle Haggard Self Dave Alvin Self Robert Duvall Self Keith Richards Self John Fogerty Self Alison Krauss Self