Singer-songwriter Merle Haggard arrives on Day 3 of the 2015 Big Barrel Country Music Festival at The Woodlands on Sunday, June 28, 2015, in Dover, Del. (Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)
Merle Haggard performs at Riot Fest & Carnival in Douglas Park in Chicago on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. (Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP)