Merle Haggard - 1997-09-11 - Shreveport LA (FM)

Merle Haggard 
& The Strangers
1997-09-11
Governor Jimmie Davis' 98th Birthday Celebration
Strand Theatre
Shreveport, LA
FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included

CD 1
01. Red River Public Radio" Intro
02. Workingman's Blues
03. Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star
04. Big City
05. Merle Banter
06. Mama Tried
07. I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink
08. Valentine
09. Jambalaya
10 Big Mamou
11. Stage Jokes and Song Parodies
12. Jackson (with June Carter)
13. Love's Gonna Live Here
14. Don't Worry About Me
15. The Last Ride
16. Sing Me Back Home
17. The Way I Am
18. Blue Yodel #7
19. Today I Started Loving You Again
20. Band Intros
21. Okie From Muskogee
22. That's The Way Love Goes
23. Outro

CD 2
01. Award Presentation to Merle
02. Jimmie Davis Speech
03. I'll Fly Away
04. You Are My Sunshine (sung by Jimmie Davis)
05. Happy Birthday
06. You Are My Sunshine (Reprise) > Outro

Merle Haggard - 1997-09-11 - Shreveport LA (FM) 

Believe it or not, the Grateful Dead covered 3 different songs by the late great Merle Haggard during their 30 year long strange trip. The tune Mama Tried was a regular part of their live performances, being played over 300 times in concert. The Dead also played Haggard’s Sing Me Back Home on several occasions between 1971 and 1973. The third and final Haggard tune in their repertoire was Okie From Muskogee, which was played only once, at the Fillmore East on April 27, 1971. Incredibly, not only did the Dead also play both other Merle tunes at that show, but for Okie (and 4 other songs) they were joined on stage by the Beach Boys! This FM broadcast captures Merle on September 11, 1997, 2 decades ago this very day.