This Merle Haggard Song Started as a Joke, Which Is Probably Why The Grateful Dead Covered It in 1971
Country musician Merle Haggard poses for a portrait circa 1966. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) "Okie From Muskogee" seems like the last song The Grateful Dead would cover, but maybe that's because they were in on the joke. The post This Merle Haggard Song Started as a Joke, Which Is Probably Why The Grateful…