“I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It” – Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard Ran Through 52 Cases Of Beer Backstage At A 1980 California Country Music Festival
If there’s two country music singers who could put away 52 cases of beer with their bands and crews, it was Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. In a show review from the Los Angeles Times in 1980, columnist Robert Hilburn covered the six-hour Country Fall Festival at Anaheim Stadium, that featured Merle and Willie as headliners. It was held at the former Rams stadium, and in order to avoid damage […]