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Long before he was an outlaw country crooner, Merle Haggard was a real outlaw—albeit a bad one. At the rebellious age of 20, Haggard and a few friends planned to rob a restaurant. They got drunk and waited until 3 o'clock in the morning, when they knew it would be empty. But when they broke in, they were surprised to find the restaurant full of people. Turns out, in their drunken haze, they accidentally wandered in at 10:30 pm. The attempted burglary landed Haggard in notorious San Quentin State Prison, where he saw Johnny Cash perform three times, inspiring him to pick "¨guitars instead of locks.
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