MAMA TRIED

Created on 21/02/2006
Latest update on 02/03/2024

Artist: Merle Haggard
Author: Merle Haggard
Label: Capitol
Year: 1968

Covers:

1968:

Everly Brothers

1968:

Conway Twitty

1970:

Ace Cannon

1971:

Grateful Dead

1974:

Hank Snow

1983:

Boxcar Willie

1989:

Reba McEntire

1991:

Albert Lee

1992:

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1994:

David Allan Coe

1998:

Randy Travis

2004:

Willie Nelson [live with Merle Haggard and Toby Keith]

2007:

Seldom Scene

2013:

BR5-49

2016:

John Scofield

2022:

Eli Paperboy Reed

What mama tried was to keep young Merle on the right track, which of course she failed: between '56 and '59 he served time at San Quentin for armed robbery.

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