Scott Haggard Didn’t Meet Merle Haggard Until the Early 2000s
According to Northern Express, Scott is the son of Lanorah Margaret Bowden and Merle Haggard. The two were never married and had a brief relationship in 1968. Scott said that he met up with Merle in 2004 and told him who he was, which may have been the first time Merle knew about him. Their relationship was off-and-on, but Scott has said that a DNA test confirmed his paternity. Some media sources list him as a seventh child, but other sources don’t mention him at all.
Country Rebel reported that Scott is keeping his father’s legacy alive. Scott was a truck driver before becoming a country singer. In 2006, he dedicated himself to music and has headlined with Mark Wills, Jeff Bates, and Charlie McCoy.