Okie from Muskogee

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We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse

"Okie from Muskogee" is a song recorded by country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers, which Haggard co-wrote with drummer Roy Edward Burris. "Okie" is a slang name for someone from Oklahoma, and Muskogee (population 40,000) is the 13th largest city in the state. The song was released in September 1969 as first single and title track from the album Okie from Muskogee, and was one of the most famous songs of Haggard's career. Haggard told The Boot that he wrote the song after he became disheartened watching Vietnam War protests and incorporated that… read more
"Okie from Muskogee" is a song recorded by country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers, which Haggard co-wrote with drummer Roy Ed… read more
"Okie from Muskogee" is a song recorded by country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers, which Haggard co-wrote with drummer Roy Edward Burris. "Okie" is a sl… read more

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Merle Haggard will forever be remembered as a true American treasure whose work often reflected his complicated life – his problems with the law, five marriages, six children and the complexities a life in the music business yielded. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994, they said about him: “Merle Haggard stands, with the arguable exception of Hank Williams, as the single most influential singer-songwriter in country music history.” Upon his death, The New York Times agreed: “In Mr. Haggard’s case the sound defined a body of work as indelibly as that of any country … read more
Merle Haggard will forever be remembered as a true American treasure whose work often reflected his complicated life – his problems with the law, five marriages, six children and the comple… read more
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