Okie from Muskogee is an album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers, released in 1969. The album won the Academy of Country Music award for Album of the Year in 1969. Haggard also won Single of the Year for "Okie from Muskogee" as well as Top Male Vocalist.
Haggard has stated that the title song on this album is somewhat of a satire. This album was recorded live in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Originally released in 1969 it was re-released in 1992, 1996, 1997, 2005, and 2006 on other labels.
In the song, Haggard states that Muskogee is a place "where even squares can have a ball."
The song was later parodied by The Youngbloods as "Hippie From Olema", by Patrick Sky, and by Chinga Chavin as "Asshole from El Paso". Kinky Friedman later covered "Asshole from El Paso", while the Melvins covered "Okie", on their album The Crybaby, with Hank Williams III providing vocals.
In 2010, the Muskogee Chamber of Commerce posted the song on YouTube in celebration of the song's 40th Anniversary.
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) is an American country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield Sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville Sound recordings of the same era.
By the 1970s, Haggard was aligned with the growing outlaw country movement, and has continued to release successful albums through the 1990s and into the 2000s. In 1997, Merle Haggard was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame for his song "Okie from Muskogee".
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