Merle Haggard performs onstage during 2015 Stagecoach, California's Country Music Festival, at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2015 in Indio, California. (Image source: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach)
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During an interview preceding his show in Moorhead, Minnesota, on Sunday, country music legend Merle Haggard was asked about the quality of today's country music.
Merle Haggard (Image source: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach)
The 78-year-old "outlaw" didn't hold back.
"I can't tell what they're doing," Haggard told Inforum. "They're talking about sc**wing on a pickup tailgate and things of that nature. I don't find no substance. I don't find anything you can whistle and nobody even attempts to write a melody. It's more of that kid's stuff. It's hot right now, but I'll tell you what — it's cooling off."
Here's a clip of Haggard in concert last month (not doing "kid's stuff"):
(H/T: Saving Country Music)
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