Mama Tried

Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses), Grateful Dead, 1971
Dick's Picks, Vol. 6, Grateful Dead, 1996
Dick's Picks, Vol. 10, Grateful Dead, 1998
Dick's Picks, Vol. 16, Grateful Dead, 2000
View From The Vault, Grateful Dead, 2000
Dick's Picks, Vol. 20, Grateful Dead, 2001
The Golden Road (1965-1973), Grateful Dead, 2001
View From The Vault III, Grateful Dead, 2002
Dick's Picks, Vol. 33, Grateful Dead, 2004
Dick's Picks, Vol. 34, Grateful Dead, 2005
Dick's Picks, Vol. 35, Grateful Dead, 2005
Live at the Cow Palace: New Year's Eve 1976, Grateful Dead, 2006

Live performances on official download releases
Grateful Dead Download Series Vol. 1: 4/30/77, Grateful Dead, 2005
Grateful Dead Download Series Vol. 4: 6/18/76, Grateful Dead, 2005

Live performances on video/DVD
View From The Vault, Grateful Dead, 2000
View From The Vault III, Grateful Dead, 2002

The Dead

Camden, NJ, June 28, 2003
Dead ’09: Buffalo, NY, April 21, 2009

Ratdog

Las Vegas NV, February 11, 2007
New York NY, March 8, 2007
Athens GA, March 22, 2007
Charlottesville VA, July 14, 2007
Burgettstown PA, August 15, 2007
Hampton Beach NH, October 27, 2007
Raleigh, NC, November 11, 2007
Bethel, NY, August 12, 2008
Westbury, NY, October 31, 2008
Greensboro, NC, November 16, 2008

Phil Lesh & Friends

Phil Lesh & Friends: Instant Live: July 9, 2006, Bethel, NY, Phil Lesh & Friends, 2006

Others

Branded Man/I Threw Away The Rose, Merle Haggard and The Strangers, 1967
Single ( Mama Tried / You'll Never Love Me Now), Merle Haggard, June 1968
Roots, The Everly Brothers, 1968
Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard, 1969
Single (I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am / Mama Tried), Merle Haggard, 1970
The Everly Brothers Show, Everly Brothers, 1970
Songs I'll Always Sing, Merle Haggard, 1976
Reba Live, Reba McEntire, 1989
Black Claw and Country Fever, Albert Lee, 1991
Country Pride, Merle Haggard, 1992
Rare, Live and Classic, Joan Baez, 1993
Acoustic Celebration, Reno Brothers, 1994
Mama's Hungry Eyes: Tribute To Merle Haggard, Various Artists (Alabama), 1994
Untamed Hawk (Box set), Merle Haggard, 1995
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology (1963-1977), Merle Haggard, 1995
20 Hits Special Collection, Vol. 1, Merle Haggard, 1995
The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead, Various Artists, 1995
Jailhouse Rock, Various Artists (Merle Haggard), 1995
Down Every Road, Merle Haggard, 1996
Undiscovered - The Early Years, Albert Lee, 1997
For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits, Merle Haggard, 1999
Prison, Merle Haggard, 2001
The Blues Tribute To The Grateful Dead, Various Artists, 2001
20 Greatest Hits, Merle Haggard, 2002
20 Country Number Ones, Merle Haggard, 2002
Sings Merle Haggard, David Allan Coe, 2002
That's All Right Mama, Albert Lee, 2003
40 #1 Hits, Merle Haggard, 2004
Drumless Americana, Hippies & Hillbillies, 2004
One Day At A Time, Joan Baez, 2005 (CD bonus track)
Springtime on the Mountain, Craig County Boys, 2005
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, 2006
Definitive Collection, Merle Haggard, 2007
Scenechronized, The Seldom Scene, 2007

Notes

A song based on Haggard's own experiences and the effect of his time in prison on his mother who for a long time had been his family's sole provider. Haggard has said;

She had a boy who was more than wild. I don't know what I'd have done with me if I had been the parent. I was a child that needed two parents and there was a period that came up that my mother just couldn't handle. My dad wasn't there and my older brother tried to step in and of course I resented that. It just got all confused and messed up. Mama certainly did try.