Merle Haggard wrote the title track of his fifth album for a former prison mate named Rabbit who invited him to escape San Quentin.

Country legend Merle Haggard was a multifarious artist — play almost any of the many records he made in his long career, and you’ll note how he moves from the inspired to the banal and back again.

Having spent a little over a decade in country music, Riley Green wasted no time making a name for himself. Working with stars like Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett, Green released three studio albums. He ...