Days after turning 75, country music legend Merle Haggard joined Twitter yesterday. With only a handful of tweets, the verified account @merlehaggard has already accumulated over 7,000 followers. Old Merle is feisty as ever and so far his tweets have taken on the same colorful character while eliciting interest from other Nashville stars.
https://twitter.com/#!/stevenhaddad/status/189879866282352640
https://twitter.com/#!/merlehaggard/status/189857576350007298
https://twitter.com/#!/merlehaggard/status/189867618524606465
https://twitter.com/#!/merlehaggard/status/189871143979712512
https://twitter.com/#!/merlehaggard/status/189871345360838656
https://twitter.com/#!/merlehaggard/status/189913833270292481
https://twitter.com/#!/stevenhaddad/status/189914877777817602
https://twitter.com/#!/oakridgeboys/status/189925227571068931
https://twitter.com/#!/NotJakeOwen/status/189814731417190401
https://twitter.com/#!/Miranda_Lambert/status/189949370093932546
https://twitter.com/#!/merlehaggard/status/189952468828962816
https://twitter.com/#!/merlehaggard/status/189935927907450880
https://twitter.com/#!/BenHaggardMusic/status/189967552812826624