Merle Haggard

Okie From Muskogee (Live)

1969 · Capitol ST-384 · Los Angeles, California

Okie From Muskogee (Live) – Merle Haggard (Picture sleeve)

Artist
Merle Haggard
Title
Okie From Muskogee (Live)
Release
Okie From Muskogee
Year
1969
Label
Capitol # ST-384
Format
LP · Live
Language
English
Country
Los Angeles, California, USA
Songwriter
Merle Haggard, Eddie Burris
Genre
Country · Bakersfield Sound
Primary theme
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs

Notes

Capitol 2626 (S45-72822), stereo, red-and-orange Capitol label, "Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc."; "Okie From Muskogee" (Merle Haggard-Eddie Burris), Blue Book Music, BMI, 2:42; Merle Haggard and The Strangers; produced by Ken Nelson. Picture sleeve with a portrait of Haggard holding a guitar, listing the flip side "If I Had Left It Up To You". [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born 6 April 1937, Oildale, California, USA. Country singer-songwriter and pioneer of the Bakersfield Sound (Okie from Muskogee, The Fightin' Side of Me). Died 6 April 2016 at his home in Palo Cedro, California, USA. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Patriotic · Draft · Answer to Muskogee

In collections

Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]