American Masters Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself (Season 24, Episode 4)
TV-14
TV Episode | 82 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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American Masters

Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself (Season 24, Episode 4)

TV-14

TV Episode | 82 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A candid documentary about the country music legend, who is often called "the poet of the common man," that tells it like it is. The film features interviews with comrades and fellow musicians.

Director

Gandulf Hennig

Writer

Gandulf Hennig

Producers

Gandulf Hennig | Alfred Holighaus

Cinematographers

Matthew Dyer | Gandulf Hennig | Elia Lyssy | Roger Pistole

Editor

Dava Whisenant

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 4, 2010

Release date

Jul 21, 2010 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 27 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 81 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
18 cast members

Name	Known for
Dave Alvin Self Self See fewer	Cry-Baby (1990)
John Carter Cash Self Self See fewer	Walk the Line (2005)
Robert Duvall Self Self See fewer	The Apostle (1997)
Jason Fine Self Self See fewer	Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021)
John Fogerty Self Self See fewer	Battleship (2012)
Billy Gibbons Self Self See fewer	Battleship (2012)
Peter Guralnick Self Self See fewer	Untitled Sam Phillips Project
Merle Haggard Self Self See fewer	Wag the Dog (1997)
Gerald Haslam Self Self See fewer	California and the American Dream (2005)
Alison Krauss Self Self See fewer	O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Kris Kristofferson Self Self See fewer	Blade (1998)
Ray Price Self Self See fewer	The Guilt Trip (2012)
Keith Richards Self Self See fewer	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Marty Stuart Self Self See fewer	The Marty Stuart Show (2008)
Tanya Tucker Self Self See fewer	Tremors (1990)
Don Was Self Self See fewer	Mad About You (1992)
Gillian Welch Self Self See fewer	O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Dwight Yoakam Self Self See fewer	Sling Blade (1996)