January 01
QUESTION:
Name the man who was in the audience at the Johnny Cash concert in San Quentin prison on this day in 1959, and was inspired to go on and become a Country star in his own right. (scroll for answer)
ANSWER:
Merle Haggard. After his release from prison, he eventually secured a record deal and his first national Top Ten hit was “(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers”, written by Liz Anderson, the mother of Lynn Anderson.