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Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country and Western songwriter, singer, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist. 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 and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, 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 1994, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1997, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
Haggard's parents, Flossie Mae Harp and James Francis Haggard, moved to California from their home in Checotah, Oklahoma, during the Great Depression, after their barn burned in 1934. They settled with their children, Lowell and Lillian, in an apartment in Bakersfield, while James Francis Haggard started working for the Santa Fe Railroad. A woman who owned a boxcar, which was placed in Oildale, a nearby town north of Bakersfield, asked Haggard's father about the possibility of converting it into a house. He remodeled the boxcar, and soon after moved in, also purchasing the lot, where Merle Ronald Haggard was born on April 6, 1937. The property was eventually expanded by building a bathroom, a second bedroom, a kitchen and a breakfast nook in the adjacent lot.
Mama Tried may refer to:
"Mama Tried" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in July 1968 as the first single and title track from the album Mama Tried. The song became one of the cornerstone songs of his career. It won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
In Mama Tried, Haggard focuses on the pain and suffering he caused his own mother by being incarcerated in 1957 in San Quentin.
However, the song is not literally autobiographical, as many country music historians point out. While writer Bill Malone's assessment of the song is in agreement with Ace Collins' (referring to his own experiences that saw him sentenced to prison), Malone points out that Haggard never was sentenced to "life without parole," as the protagonist in the song was. Still the song's lyrics, and the protagonist's experiences, are heavily influenced by Haggard's early life.
Additionally, Allmusic writer Bill Janovitz notes Haggard's lyrics are sympathetic to his mother, who tried everything in her power to rehabilitate her rebel son. But, as the lyrics point out, "In spite of all my Sunday learning, towards the bad I kept on turning/'Til mama couldn't hold me anymore"; thus, the observation, "I turned 21 in prison doin' life without parole."
Mama Tried is an album by American country music singer and songwriter Merle Haggard, released on Capitol Records in 1968. It reached number 4 on Billboard's country albums chart. The title song was one of Haggard's biggest hit singles and won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
Haggard had scored four number one hits in the previous two years with prison songs or crime-related themes, including "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" (1966), "Branded Man" (1967), "Sing Me Back Home" (1967), and "The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde" (1968), and the singer continued his domination of the country charts with the self-penned "Mama Tried," a song in which the narrator laments the pain and suffering he caused his mother by going to prison "despite all my Sunday learnin'..." Along with "Sing Me Back Home" and "Okie from Muskogee," it is probably the song most closely identified with Haggard. The story was partly autobiographical, and the fact that Haggard had actually spent two years in San Quentin gives the song an authenticity that makes the lyric sound all the more heartfelt. "Mama Tried" hit #1 in August of 1968 and stayed there for a month. It would also be featured that fall in the Dick Clark production The Killers Three, a film in which Haggard ironically plays a lawman.
Merle Haggard performing "Sing Me Back Home" from the CD "Willie Merle & Ray Big Hits Live from the 'Last of the Breed' Tour" -- the official CD from the "Last of the Breed Live in Concert" PBS special starring Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, and with Asleep at the Wheel. "Last of the Breed Live In Concert" is back on PBS! Check your local listings and support your PBS station. The "Last of the Breed" DVD (almost 2 hours!) is available from PBS stations. NEW!! The "Last of the Breed Live in Concert" DVD is now also available on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/Willie-Nelson-Merle-Haggard-Price/dp/B0C24S5RVS CD available at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Willie-Merle-Ray-Hits-Breed/dp/B00ILZ45ZM). Also streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and more. ©2007 Ambassador ...
"Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" by Merle Haggard Listen to Merle Haggard: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to Merle Haggard on YouTube: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/subscribeYD Follow Merle Haggard: Facebook: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/followFI Twitter: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/followTI Instagram: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/followII Spotify: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/subscribeYD Lyrics: I wish a buck was still silver It was back when the country was strong Back before Elvis, before Vietnam war came along Before the Beatles and yesterday When a man could still work and still would Is the best of the free life behind us now And are the good times really over for good? And are we rolling do...
Music video by Merle Haggard performing Mama Tried (Live).
Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson performing "Okie from Muskogee" from the CD "Willie Merle & Ray Big Hits Live from the 'Last of the Breed' Tour" -- the official CD from "Last of the Breed Live in Concert" PBS special starring Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, and with Asleep at the Wheel. "Last of the Breed Live In Concert" is back on PBS! Check your local listings and support your PBS station. The "Last of the Breed" DVD (almost 2 hours!) is available from PBS stations. NEW!! The "Last of the Breed Live in Concert" DVD is now also available on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/Willie-Nelson-Merle-Haggard-Price/dp/B0C24S5RVS CD available at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Willie-Merle-Ray-Hits-Breed/dp/B00ILZ45ZM). Also streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and more. ©20...
Don't own the rights ,just sharing with the world....enjoy!
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Mama Tried · Merle Haggard Mama Tried/ Pride In What I Am ℗ 2006 Capitol Records Nashville Released on: 2006-01-01 Composer Lyricist: Merle Haggard Auto-generated by YouTube.
Merle Haggard with Willie Nelson, "Pancho And Lefty" Listen to Pancho & Lefty: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/pancho_leftyYD Listen to your favorite Willie Nelson songs: https://WillieNelson.lnk.to/_listenYD Subscribe to Merle Haggard on YouTube: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/subscribeYD Subscribe to Willie Nelson on YouTube: https://WillieNelson.lnk.to/subscribeYD Follow Merle Haggard: Facebook: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/followFI Twitter: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/followTI Instagram: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/followII Spotify: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://MerleHaggard.lnk.to/subscribeYD Follow Willie Nelson: Facebook: https://WillieNelson.lnk.to/followFI Twitter: https://WillieNelson.lnk.to/followTI Instagram: https://WillieNelson.lnk.to/followII Website: htt...
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Merle Haggard was a smooth singer, adept guitarist, insightful songwriter, and Country Music Hall of Fame member. His legacy includes "Okie From Muskogee," "Workin' Man Blues," "Big City," "Mama Tried" and "Today I Started Loving You Again" Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained conformist and jingoistic t...
Guitar /Vocal - Rick Lee (@ri9093 ) . Written By - Merle Haggard . Recorded here in a ballad style . On Playlist : Rick Lee - Acoustic And More
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard. Released October 1980 from the album Back to the Barrooms. It reached #1.
Merle Haggard performing Mama Tried Lyrics: The first thing I remember knowing, Was a lonesome whistle blowing, And a young un's dream of growing up to ride, On a freight train leaving town, Not knowing where I'm bound, And no one could change my mind but Mama tried One and only rebel child, From a family, meek and mild, My Mama seemed to know what lay in store Despite my Sunday learning, Towards the bad, I kept turning 'Til Mama couldn't hold me anymore I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole. No one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading, I denied That leaves only me to blame 'cause Mama tried Dear old Daddy, rest his soul, Left my Mom a heavy load, She tried so very hard to fill his shoes Working hours without res...
Music video by Merle Haggard performing Mama Tried (Live).
From the 1985 Merle Haggard album 'Live from Austin, TX' available now on CD, DVD, and exclusive 180g orange vinyl: https://www.livefromaustintx.com/ Also available at Amazon: CD: http://amzn.to/2soPdFp Digital: http://amzn.to/2tmWrae Vinyl: http://amzn.to/2sB9jN7 DVD: http://amzn.to/2t31Ioe
Willie Nelson Special , Los Angeles, 2004
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Mama Tried (Remastered 2001) · Merle Haggard & The Strangers Mama Tried ℗ 2001 Capitol Records Nashville Released on: 2001-01-01 Producer: Ken Nelson Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Mark Chalecki Composer Lyricist: Merle Haggard Auto-generated by YouTube.
Merle Haggard Tribute
FROM THE ARCHIVES: a series of previously unreleased videos of live performances from the past few years at WAMU's Bluegrass Country Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out perform Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" live in the Washington, DC studios of WAMU's Bluegrass Country. Listen live: http://BluegrassCountry.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluegrasscountry Twitter: https://twitter.com/wamubluegrass Instagram: https://instagram.com/wamubluegrass Host: Katy Daley Video: Peter Swinburne, Don Kim Audio: Jerad Walker
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Mama Tried · Merle Haggard Mama Tried/ Pride In What I Am ℗ 2006 Capitol Records Nashville Released on: 2006-01-01 Composer Lyricist: Merle Haggard Auto-generated by YouTube.
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Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country and Western songwriter, singer, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist. 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 and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, 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 1994, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1997, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
Haggard's parents, Flossie Mae Harp and James Francis Haggard, moved to California from their home in Checotah, Oklahoma, during the Great Depression, after their barn burned in 1934. They settled with their children, Lowell and Lillian, in an apartment in Bakersfield, while James Francis Haggard started working for the Santa Fe Railroad. A woman who owned a boxcar, which was placed in Oildale, a nearby town north of Bakersfield, asked Haggard's father about the possibility of converting it into a house. He remodeled the boxcar, and soon after moved in, also purchasing the lot, where Merle Ronald Haggard was born on April 6, 1937. The property was eventually expanded by building a bathroom, a second bedroom, a kitchen and a breakfast nook in the adjacent lot.
MY ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS
(Jimmie Rodgers)
« © '33 Peer International, BMI »
For years and years I've rambled I drank my wine and gambled
But one day I thought I would settle down
I have met a perfect lady she said she'd be my baby
We built a cottage in the old hometown
But somehow I can't give up my good old rambling ways
Lord the railroad trains are calling me away
I may be rough I may be wild I may be tough and that's just my style
I can't give up my good old rough and rowdy ways
But somehow I can't give up...