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‘Okie From Muskogee’: The Story Behind Merle Haggard’s Country Classic

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Merle Haggard poured his own life experience into the song that gave him a new signature at the end of the 60s. When he wrote “Okie From Muskogee,” as he told The Boot in 2010, the peerless and fearless country artist was protesting about protesters. Click to load video ‘I knew what it was like to have freedom taken away’ “When I was in prison, I knew what it was like to have freedom taken away,” he said. “Freedom is everything. During Vietnam, …
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uDiscover Music broke the news in on Monday, September 29, 2025.
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