Merle Haggard first achieved the award in 1971. The "Pancho and Lefty" singer was also the first Entertainer of the Year winner at the ACMs in 1971. However, the ACMs did not begin presenting the ...

Rodriguez’s honky-tonk instincts owed to Merle Haggard and Lefty Frizzell (Rodriguez sent ... The supergroup the Highwaymen brought him in to sing on their version of Woody Guthrie’s ...

M.N. When first released in 1972 performed by its writer, the Lone Star State songwriting legend Townes Van Zandt, “Pancho and Lefty” went largely unnoticed. Then, thanks to Emmylou Harris’s ...

The encore at the Narrows Center was truly incredible. Crowell did his late friend Townes Van Zandt’s classic “Pancho and Lefty” and invited the audience to sing the well-known chorus.

“Pancho and Lefty”; or pondering the murder of George Floyd and its long-term impact. In these dispatches, we see Russo as family man, literary critic and everyday citizen. In the ...

Alfred Hair is played by grandson Kelvin Hair II. Other stars include Julian Horton, Daniel Augustin, Johnell Young and ...

Florida Highwaymen Alfred Hair and Harold Newton founded the group of Black artists in Fort Pierce and Gifford. They sold ...

In this historic interview, The Highwaymen shared a couple of laughs and threw a couple of outrageous comments toward the New Zealand talk show host, Paul Holmes. Matter of fact, Waylon Jennings ...

Frank Hamer, the former Texas Ranger who was brought out of retirement to stop gangsters Bonnie and Clyde, has found film redemption through Kevin Costner's laconic portrayal in "The Highwaymen." ...

There were 26 original artists in the Florida Highwaymen, begun by Alfred Hair. Al Black was born in 1947 near Jackson, Mississippi. He moved to Fort Pierce in the 1960s and sold Florida ...