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Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskogee

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Okie from Muskogee Rachel Lee Rubin takes us inside Merle Haggard’s career, the controversy and innovation of Okie from Muskogee, and the mark Haggard left on country music. Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskogee is now available—grab your copy here. In this post I want to introduce my book about Merle Haggard’s most controversial album, Okie from Muskogee: Live from Muskogee, Oklahoma, an album noteworthy above all for the way its title cut energized numerous important national conversations. Almost exactly two years ago Haggard, a Bakersfield country music legend, died on April…

New 33 1/3 Title Coming Spring 2018: Okie from Muskogee

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Ladies and germs! May we present Rachel Rubin who will pen the 33 1/3 on Merle Haggard’s 1969 album Okie from Muskogee. This book is one of 16 new titles in the 33 1/3 series.  Give it a good long listen… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYY2FQHFwE] We caught up with Rachel to learn more about her listening and reading habits… 33 1/3: What was your favorite book or record store growing up? RR: New Era Bookstore, Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 33 1/3: What is your favorite book or record store in the world? RR: Skippy White’s, Boston, MA 33 1/3: What…