Okie From Muskogee

Song composer(s)

Haggard, Merle / Burris, Roy

Grateful Dead Recordings

Not recorded by the Dead

Dead Related Recordings

No Dead related recordings entered

Other Recordings

Merle Haggard : Single (1969)
Best of Merle Haggard : Merle Haggard (1969)
Jim Kweskin's America : Jim Kweskin (1971)
Best of the Best of Merle Haggard : Merle Haggard (1972)
I Love Dixie Blues...So I Recorded Live in New Orleans : Merle Haggard (1973)
Songs I'll Always Sing : Merle Haggard (1976)
Country Music Classics, Vol. 3 (1965:70) : Various Artists (1984)
Beach Boys - An American Band - Soundtrack : Beach Boys (1985)
Platoon (& Songs from the Era) Soundtrack : Various Artists (1986)
Capitol Collectors Series : Merle Haggard (1990)
Great Records of the Decade: 60's Hits Country, Vol. 1 : Various Artists (Merle Haggard) (1990)
200 Years - American Heritage in Song : Various Artists (1991)
Country Pride : Merle Haggard (1992)
Okie from Muskogee : Merle Haggard (1992)
Live at the Philharmonic : Kris Kristofferson (1992)
Hits : Merle Haggard (1994)
Super Hits, Vol. 2 : Merle Haggard (1994)
Merle Haggard- Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 : Merle Haggard (1994)
Tales from the Rhino 2 - Various Artists (The Bakersfield Boogie Boys) (1995)
Greatest Hits : Merle Haggard (1995)
20 Hits Special Collection, Vol. 1 : Merle Haggard (1995)
Only Country 1965:1969 : Various Artists (1995)
Lonesome Fugitive - The Merle Haggard Anthology (1963-1977) : Merle Haggard (1995)
24 Greatest Hits : Merle Haggard (1995)
One & Only : Merle Haggard (1996)
Country Classics : Various Artists (1996)
Country Classics, Vol. 2 : Merle Haggard (1996)
Vintage Collection Series : Merle Haggard (1996)
Best of the Best of Merle Haggard : Merle Haggard (1996)
Down Every Road (Box Set) : Merle Haggard (1996)
My Best : Merle Haggard (1997)
Academy of Country Musics, Vol. 10: Country Roads : Various Artists (1997)
Okie from Muskogee : Merle Haggard (1997)
Hank Wilson, Vol. 3 - Legend in My Time : Leon Russell (1998)
Hats Off- A Tribute to Merle Haggard : Various Artists (1998)
16 Biggest Hits : Merle Haggard (1998)
This Is Merle Haggard : Merle Haggard (1998)
I'm A One Woman Man : george Jones (19??)
Branded Man/I Threw Away the Rose : Merle Haggard (19??)

Performance History

Perfomed only once, with members of the Beach Boys, on 27th April 1971.

Notes

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.

Number one in the country charts in November 1969.

The Youngbloods recorded an answer song in 1970 called Hippie From Olema.