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Merle Haggard & Phil Vassar
On the Buffalo.com Grandstand at America's Fair, The Erie County Fair

• Thursday August 14 at 7:30pm
• Ticket Prices are $55 and $40
• Tickets go on sale Saturday, June 7 at all Tickets.com locations including the Agri-Center Box Office, online at www.tickets.com or charge by phone at 1-888-223-6000. When you purchase your grandstand ticket in advance, receive free admission to the Fair on the day of the show.
• The Virginia-born singer Phil Vassar, songwriter and musician took his seat as a country's leading piano man with the success of songs like Just Another Day in Paradise, Six Pack Summer and newly released Love Is a Beautiful Thing.
• Phil Vassar's self-titled artist debut bowed in 2000 on Arista/Nashville, and the hits continued to pile up: Carlene, Rose Bouquet, That's When I Love You, In a Real Love and many more. He was named ASCAP's songwriter or writer/artist of the year multiple times.
• Singer, songwriter, remarkable musician, bandleader and historian, Merle Haggard may be the most well-rounded country talent ever to take the stage in front of a microphone or an audience.
• To date Merle Haggard has written hundreds of songs, including the classics Sing Me Back Home, Okie from Muskogee, and Silver Wings among others.
• Over 40 of his singles have attained the Number One position in the major trade magazines.
• Merle has released over 65 albums, most of which have charted in the major trades, four of which have been certified gold.
• Merle has been nominated 42 times for CMA awards, more than any other male country entertainer.