Imagine for a moment ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and longtime guitarist for The Allman Brothers Warren Haynes reworking Merle Haggard's "Workin' Man Blues" into a truly bonafide blues tune in front of 18,000 Haggard fans and more than 20 of Haggard's closest musical compatriots.
An all-star lineup that includes Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves and more will take part in Sing Me Back Home: the Music Of Merle Haggard.
The American Country Music Awards will have a big opening with Martina McBride, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles and Cam joining forces to perform a rendition of McBride's 2003 hit "This One's For the Girls."
Lots of Country 102.5 artists are paying tribute to Merle Haggard, we lost him this week -- one of the tributes happened in Jake Owen's kitchen. It was live on Facebook, but check it out now. Right here...