Merle Haggard Signed Full-Size Cort Acoustic Guitar (Beckett COA)

Full-size acoustic Cort guitar measures 41" in length. Hand-signed on the pickguard on the guitar in black felt-tip pen by Merle Haggard. (D 2016)

Merle Haggard was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band the Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville sound recordings of the same era.

He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997).

The lot / autograph(s) includes an official Beckett Authentication Services serially numbered hologram and matching COA for authenticity purposes.

Authentication: Beckett COA

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