“The Fightin’ Side of Me”
One of his greatest!
That’s my birthplace. Really.
I liked his singing.
TO ALL get this FREEPATHON done. DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?
“The main message is about pride” meant something completely different back in ‘69. The bastard leftists stole the word and co-opted it for evil.
Fascinating!
1970 moved to Enterprise Oklahoma...
Should have stayed !
Fascinating!
1970 moved to Enterprise Oklahoma...
Should have stayed !
>> “My father was an Okie from Muskogee when ‘Okie’ was considered a four-letter word....”
“The roots of my raisin’ run deep”... one of my personal favorites.
In my opinion his “Today I started loving you again” was one of his best recordings - if not the best.
And Bonnie Owens never got the recognition she deserved; her vocals were a big part of his success.
The Marching Hippies--Guy Drake (1971)
So, who’s gonna fill their shoes?
Maybe that's why an altered spelling of the word (with five letters) was used in the title of this hit:
Oakie Boogie--Jack Guthrie & His Oklahomans (1947)
The tune also was a hit in England.
Oakie Boogie--Ted Heath (1953)
“Muskogee” was impossible for a Vietnamese associate super smart as he was to pronounce correctly even though I sang that phrase from the song to him several times.
Merle’s live version of “Okie From Muskogee” is the one most heard today. It is a much faster paced version of the original studio version.
Studio version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dM03dG3zv4&list=RD3dM03dG3zv4&start_radio=1
Live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn368oH7wBs&list=RDQn368oH7wBs&start_radio=1
Checotah has a population of only 3,335. It is also the hometown of country singers Carrie Underwood and Mel McDaniel.
Back when this song came out, CBS news made a trip to Muskogee, found a pot smoking hippie and interviewed him.
My Father-in-law and wife were driving from Plano TX to Tulsa when her water broke in Muskogee, so my brother-in-law always hid his head in shame when that song was played as he was born there.