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Okie From Muskogee
Composer: Merle Haggard / Roy Burris

Performed only once by the Grateful Dead, with members of the Beach Boys, on 27th April 1971.

A song that started as a joke after Haggard and his band the Strangers saw a sign for Muskogee whilst on tour. One of the Strangers said that the people of Muskogee probably didn't smoke marijuana, and Haggard and the Strangers drummer, Roy Burris, started messing with the line. According to Haggard "It started as a joke but it only took three seconds before we realized the importance of it." It then took about 20 minute to finish. Haggard's version was number one in the country charts in November 1969.



Merle Haggard recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive

no info Single (Okie from Muskogee / If I Had Left It Up To You), Merle Haggard, 1969
info Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard, 1969
no info Best of Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, 1969
no info Country Cavalcade, Various Artists, 1969
no info The Fightin' Side Of Me, Merle Haggard, 1970
info The Best Of The Best, Merle Haggard, 1972
no info I Love Dixie Blues...So I Recorded Live in New Orleans, Merle Haggard, 1973
info Songs I'll Always Sing, Merle Haggard, 1976
no info 20 Greatest Hits, Merle Haggard, 1978
no info Music From The Motion Picture Convoy, Various Artists, 1978
no info A Tribute to Merle Haggard & George Jones, Merle Haggard / George Jones, 1984
no info Amber Waves Of Grain, Merle Haggard, 1985
no info Platoon, & Songs from the Era) Soundtrack, Various Artists, 1986
no info The Very Best Of, Merle Haggard, 1987
no info Country USA 1969, Various Artists, 1989
info Capitol Collectors Series, Merle Haggard, 1990
no info Great Records of the Decade: 60's Hits Country, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1990
no info 200 Years - American Heritage in Song, Various Artists, 1991
info Country Pride, Merle Haggard, 1992
no info Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard, 1992
no info Single (Okie From Muskogee / Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)), Merle Haggard, 1993
no info Hits, Merle Haggard, 1994
no info Super Hits, Vol. 2, Merle Haggard, 1994
no info Merle Haggard: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Merle Haggard, 1994
no info Greatest Hits, Merle Haggard, 1995
info 20 Hits Special Collection, Vol. 1, Merle Haggard, 1995
no info Legendary Country Singers, Merle Haggard, 1995
no info Only Country 1965:1969, Various Artists, 1995
info The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology (1963-1977), Merle Haggard, 1995
no info 24 Greatest Hits, Merle Haggard, 1995
no info One and Only, Merle Haggard, 1996
no info Country Classics, Various Artists, 1996
no info Country Classics, Vol. 2, Merle Haggard, 1996
no info Vintage Collection Series, Merle Haggard, 1996
no info Best of the Best of Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, 1996
info Down Every Road, Merle Haggard, 1996
no info My Best, Merle Haggard, 1997
no info Academy of Country Musics, Vol. 10: Country Roads, Various Artists, 1997
no info Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard, 1997
no info 16 Biggest Hits, Merle Haggard, 1998
no info This Is Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, 1998
info For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits, Merle Haggard, 1999
no info Branded Man/I Threw Away the Rose, Merle Haggard, 19??
no info 100 Country Greats, Various Artists, 2000
info 20 Greatest Hits, Merle Haggard, 2002
info 20 Country Number Ones, Merle Haggard, 2002
info 40 #1 Hits, Merle Haggard, 2004
info Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, 2006
info Definitive Collection, Merle Haggard, 2007
info Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969-1976, Merle Haggard, 2007
info Hag: The Capitol Recordings 1968-1976: Concepts, Live & the Strangers, Merle Haggard, 2008
no info Number One Songs, Merle Haggard, 2008
info...Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War on Record 1961-2008, Various Artists, 2010
no info Icon, Merle Haggard, 2013

Other recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive

no info Uptown Country Girl, Lynn Anderson, 1970
no info To See My Angel Cry / That's When She Started To Stop Loving You (LP), Conway Twitty, 1970
no info Buck Owens' Bakersfield Brass, Buck Owens' Bakersfield Brass, 1970
no info Your Love Is Heavenly Sunshine, Ferlin Husky, 1970
no info The Generation Gap, Jeannie C. Riley, 1970
no info The Country Side Of Roy Rogers, 1970
no info Jimmy: The Dean Of Country Music, Jimmy Dean, 1970
no info Country Hit Parade, Cal Smith, 1970
no info Green Green Valley, Tex Ritter, 1970
no info Wonders Of The Wine, David Houston, 1970
no info Listen To The Young Folks, Freddy Weller, 1970
no info Sings Country Gold, Ralph Raulerson, 1970
no info Sings Fire Shootin' Pony, Tex Roe, 1970
no info Modern Country Sounds Of Today, J. David Sloan, 1970
no info Okie From Muskogee, Don Hughes, 1970
no info Six White Horses, Tommy Cash, 1970
no info Husband Hunting, Liz Anderson, 1970
no info It's In The Stars, Various Artists (Jimmy Dean), 1970
info Jim Kweskin's America, Jim Kweskin, 1971
no info Play the Hits. The Buckaroos, 1971
no info 1971, The Whiffenpoofs, 1971
no info Single (Pure Imagination / Okie From Muskogee), Ray Anthony, 1971
no info The Songs Of Merle Haggard, The Buckaroos, 1971
no info Here's Lynn Anderson, 1972
no info Mr. Words And Music, Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1972
no info Callin', Tommy Collins, 1972
no info Country Capers, Buddy Merrill, 1972
no info Freddy Weller's Country Collection, Freddy Weller, 1972
no info Swinging Doors, Cal Smith, 1973
no info Flower Of Love, Lynn Anderson, 1973
no info Lynn Anderson, Lynn Anderson, 1973
info Moses Live, Moses, 1974
no info Gunfight at Carnegie Hall, Phil Ochs, 1974
no info The Best Of, Jeannie C. Riley, 1974
no info Live From The Silver Slipper, Tommy Overstreet, 1975
no info On The Road, Jeannie C. Riley, 1982
no info Live From The Lone Star Cafe, Kinky Friedman, 1983
no info Beach Boys - An American Band - Soundtrack, Beach Boys, 1985
no info Live at the Philharmonic, Kris Kristofferson, 1992
no info Tales from the Rhino 2: Various Artists (The Bakersfield Boogie Boys), 1995
no info Hank Wilson, Vol. 3: Legend in My Time, Leon Russell, 1998
no info Hats Off: A Tribute to Merle Haggard, Various Artists, 1998
no info I'm A One Woman Man, George Jones, 19??
no info The Crybaby, Melvins, 2000
info Garden Of Joy / Jim Kweskin's America, Jim Kweskin, 2005
no info Live in Scandinavia, Buck Owens, 2007
no info Sings Merle Haggard, Leona Williams, 2008
no info Rise And Shine / Six White Horses, Tommy Cash, 2009
info On The Road: Dec 29, 2013, Broomfield, CO, String Cheese Incident, 2013
no info Merles Just Want To Have Fun, Bryan and the Haggards, 2013
no info Ramblin' Man, Hank Williams III, 2014
no info The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection, Kris Kristofferson, 2016
no info Holding Things Together: The Merle Haggard Songbook, Various Artists (Roy Rogers), 2019

 
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