FILE - Merle Haggard, left, performs at the Crystal Palace, Oct. 9, 2006, in Bakersfield, Calif. Like Toby Keith, Haggard was politically enigmatic. Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee” is an anti-progressive song from 1969 in which he sings, “We don’t burn our draft cards down on Main Street." And while Haggard became a hero among conservatives, he later backed prominent Democrats. (Dan Ocampo/The Bakersfield Californian, via AP, File) FILE PHOTO. MANDATORY CREDIT; NO LICENSING EXCEPT BY AP COOPERATIVE MEMBERS
