71: Merle Haggard – Mama Tried (1968) Like all great country songs, Merle Haggard exaggerated a little bit on “Mama Tried.” He was inspired to write the song after being convicted of robbery and serving three years in San Quentin Prison. It’s a stirring ode to the women who “worke...
I Tried ▶ Chin Check ▶ Gas Pedal ▶ Drop ▶ Make You Feel That Way ▶ Still A G Thang ▶ Too West Coast ▶ Regulate ▶ How Long Will They Mourn Me? ▶ Bow Down ▶ Bitch Please ▶ My Summer Vacation ▶ Walk ▶ Westside Slaughterhouse ▶ FDT - Pt. 2 ▶...
“Tell Mama” was originally titled “Tell Daddy” and became a Billboard R&B Chart hit for one of its co-writers, Clarence Carter. However, it connected with a much wider audience when its gender was reversed and Etta James recorded it as the maternally-inclined “Tell Mama” for the a...
Love That ▶ Mama Don't Get Dressed Up For Nothing - with LANCO ▶ Alcohol You Later ▶ Die from a Broken Heart ▶ In Between ▶ Thought About You ▶ Unbreak You ▶ What Could've Been ▶ Album: Cream of Country 2017 Released on:2017-01-13 Number of Songs:22 Think of...
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Throughout, the song nods to songs including Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried’ and the spiritual “Swing Low Sweet Chariot,” making for a song that blends a preacher’s fervor with a rock n’ roller’s heart. — JESSICA NICHOLSON 36 Kehlani, "After Hours" Kehlani switches lanes from ...
"Mama Tried'" Merle Haggard Although Haggard really wasn't doing "life without parole," as the song suggests, Haggard was in for one 1-15 years, but he couldn't make that work within the 1968 song. Haggard wrote the song as a tribute to his mom, Flosse. He toldBillboard's Tom Ro...
Mama Tried Man In The Middle, The Man Of Constant Sorrow Man With The Blues Mansion On The Hill Mansions For Me Mansions For Me Maple On The Hill Maple Sugar Sweetheart March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away Martha White Theme Mary Ann Mary Anne Matterhorn Matty Gro...
Merle Haggard, ‘Mama Tried’ 1968 Writer(s):Merle Haggard Powered by Haggard started out imitating “Lefty” Frizzell and Jimmie Rodgers. But he found his own voice telling his own story; “Mama Tried” began by invoking his own fatherless childhood, eternally loving mother, and the actual ...
The genius of it was in a concept that hadn’t been tried much before — establishing that a couple might not just have “our song” but “our artist.” And in making Tim McGraw the guy, thank God she chose someone whose name and stature have aged well. We wouldn’t have quite the...