Coming later this year on Oct. 10, exactly 55 years to the day after Merle Haggard recorded his "live" album "Okie From Muskogee" at the Muskogee Civic Center, a bronze sculpture of the ...

CLEAR LAKE | The Surf Ballroom announces the return of Merle Haggard, with special guest Marty Stuart, to the Surf Ballroom stage on Friday, Feb. 27.

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Haggard’s 1969 performance in Muskogee was recorded and it became the source material for a live album. The “Okie From Muskogee” album won CMA and ACM album of the year honors.

This one-night show takes place April 6 at the Grand Ole Opry House, coinciding with the anniversary of Haggard's birth in 1937 and death in 2016. Tickets go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. via opry.com.