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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Best Troubador The Stacks adding to the National's increasinglyWith Best Troubador, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy pays homage to a long time and forever hero, the late Merle Haggard. A singer who, some 25 years previously, first performed in public by playing a Merle Haggard song, Bonny has often cited Merle's work in performance, on records and in conversation with anyone who was around, even talking to Merle himself for Filter magazine in 2009. Merle's body of work was considered by Bonny for a record such as this for