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August 29, 2016

Chris Stapleton: Garden & Gun Showed Bad Manners by Putting Him on Cover Over Haggard

The Garden & Gun ‘New Outlaws’ issue seemed to illustrate the problem with many of today’s music periodicals that see the expanding interest in independent country music, but rely mostly on journalists and editors who only know country music from the outside looking in.

Chris Stapleton, Garden & Gun, Merle Haggard, Sturgill Simpson, The Band Perry

August 29, 2016

Sturgill Simpson Slams ACM’s, Garden & Gun for Disrespecting Merle Haggard

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Well, this is a side of Sturgill Simpson we haven’t seen for a while. Last week, the ACM created a new award called the ‘Merle Haggard Spirit Award’ that was said to honor the contributions of Haggard by acknowledging artists who exemplify his uncompromising integrity and “singular vision in carving an indelible path in country music.”

Chris Stapleton, Garden & Gun, Merle Haggard, Sturgill Simpson