Cincinnati musicians to celebrate music icons Merle Haggard and Woody Guthrie in April

This April, Cincinnati musicians will pay tribute to a pair of American music icons - Merle Haggard and Woody Guthrie - with separate live events celebrating the spirit and legacy of each. a Last year, local musician Joe Macheret, fiddle player in popular Folk band The Tillers and leader of his own Country Blues group, Joe's Truck Stop, organized Hagfest , a tribute to legendary Country music singer/songwriter/guitarist/fiddler Merle Haggard, who'd died the previous year.

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