Okie From Muskogee - Cover by Batwoman & LBro

[LBro]

@Helen0609

What a great production! Cool song, amazing voices and guitar playing! Very professional. I really enjoyed listening!

Hi Helen!
Thanks on the production, vox, guitars and professional touch comments. It is nice to hear after so many hours of work and fun!

Hope to hear more from you soon!
LB

[think2100]

Fantastic job LB. Really enjoyed this, and Maggie, beautiful work on the harmony!

[adi_mrok]

Really great job guys nice country performance which I very much enjoyed

[Silvia80]

It’s very inspiring to me to listen how professional the songs you post always sound! I don’t know the song but loved the country groove

[brianlarsen]

The Good
I always know I’m in for a high-quality musical treat when the Brother shares a vid.
Even more so when he enrolls esteemed community members to assist
No exception here: Ace production: vox guitars, bass, drums, mix. You kept us waiting a while before bringing on the Diva, but worth every second
Bravo!

The ‘hesitation’:
Long-haired, sandal-wearing, peace-loving, joint-smoking hippies (“Guilty, your Honour”) pitched against manly leather-booted, flag-waving ‘squares’ whose greatest thrill is drinking moonshine
Hmmm… divisive at best
As John said, Merle had some tough breaks in life and wrote this song meaning it. I’m glad he no longer agrees with those sentiments, but suspect many still do.
I didn’t like the lyrics when I first heard them, and they still make me sad.

Top job on the production though

[LBro]

@sairfingers

Another top-drawer production and performance from WWM. I really enjoyed that, you totally nailed the late 60s anti Vietnam country sound of that classic song.
Great idea to get (@batwoman) Maggie involved too. The female backing vocal was the cherry on top of that country pie.
Terrific stuff. Well done you two!

Hi Gordon,
Good to see you mate! Thanks on the nailed it comment. That is a great way to put it!

I actually sang the backing vox falsetto and it made my wife laugh at me. So I begged Maggie to help! Sure glad she accepted and she did a great job IMHO.

Hope you are doing ok and working on your next bit of magic!

Be well,
LB

[LBro]

@DarrellW

Love it, I remember seeing a video with those pair doing this when Willie came on stage and Merle took his hat off to him and playing continued until Willie had got the Willie special into gear!
Your cover was really cool, the backing vocals certainly put the icing on the cake!
Great stuff LB, keep them coming, yeehaaaa

Hi Darrell,
Glad this one struck your fancy and you liked it. I was talking to someone and we both flashed as Merle sang about long haired hippies and Willie was standing there with his long flowing locks! Pretty funny stuff.

I will try to keep them coming, but sadly I can’t probably count on @batwoman too much. She is ultra busy, keeping busy. LOL

You take good care and be well!
LB

[LBro]

@roger_holland

Hello LBro and Maggie,
What a great song again and you`r an amazing man LBro . And I can say that the last part in particular surprised me very pleasantly, I was waiting to see/hear where SHE jumped in, but as befits a real Diva she came to the very last part and made my ears prick up full of fun and absolute delight,Thanks you both this morning and a special x for @batwoman
Greetings,Rogier

Thanks for the great comments Roger! Maggie stole the show, by the show of endorsing posts made on her efforts I think! Trust me, she was a lot better there than I singing falsetto! Sadly the song only had backing at the end. I too would have liked to hear more Maggie, but then if so, she might not have said “yes” to the part. Being short, it allowed her to help out!

All the best and take good care!
LB

[LBro]

@OpsRes

Really enjoyed listening this, it brought back many memories. You two did a fantastic job, keep it up!

Glen

Hi Glen,
Thanks for the nice comments and you have a great week!
LB

[LBro]

@jjw

Yes! Merle Haggard was a country music giant. I’m not really into country music, but Merle Haggard is a favorite. I actually don’t think this was one of his best songs, by any stretch (loved the performance above, though!). Check out “Sing Me Back Home” or “Workingman’s Blues” or “Mama Tried” (this last one made pretty famous by the Grateful Dead).

Hi JJ,
I don’t know a lot of Merle’s stuff. So thanks for mentioning some of the other tops songs he did. I will check them out. The Dead have done at least a couple of Haggard songs that I know of! He must have been doing something right when he is covered by such bands!

All the best to you!
LB

[Mari63]

@LBro @batwoman that was a fun song! And not a song I ever thought I’d call fun!!! Lol
Great job on the playing and the production LBro, and Maggie your voices blend together really nicely on this song! For the video I particularly enjoyed when Willie came into view with the lyric about long hair

[Mari63]

@jjw

Check out “Sing Me Back Home” or “Workingman’s Blues” or “Mama Tried” (this last one made pretty famous by the Grateful Dead).

I’ll have to check out the Dead’s version of Mama Tried. My favorite cover of that song is the Everly Brother’s. Sing Me Back Home was on that same 8-track too - yes quite a few years ago!

[LBro]

@pkboo3

Holdin’ hands and pitching’ “woo”, LOL!

I like the little change around 1:37. What was that? Was it change of key or just dropping so many tones?

@batwoman has lovely vocals. The soprano female voice really popped. Great job, Maggie!

Excellent, LBro. I loved it!

One has to look out for them “woo” pitchers I would think.

Yep, a big time key change for sure, right about where you said. The song is very simple in makeup and I almost abandoned it due to that. The song structure is basically D - 8 bars, A - 8 bars (KEY CHANGE) Eb -8 bars & Bb 8 bars. It repeats those areas a few times and has a couple of variations. But that is about it… Very good of you (your ear) to pick that up Pam.

Maggie saved the day on this one! Just needed more of her in there!

All the best,
LB

[LBro]

@jjw

And yet, Hag’s opinion of his most popular song changed later in life:

Good stuff you contributed there JJ. I did some reading prior and found this one out. Merle felt he was accused of a one way, my way approach and did change later in life, just as you say.

Thanks again for posting the other tunes. I still have not got to those yet!

All the best,
LB

[jjw]

@Mari63

My favorite cover of that song is the Everly Brother’s. Sing Me Back Home was on that same 8-track too

And I will have to check out the Everly Brothers’ versions. Thanks.

[LBro]

@Rossco01

Almost enjoy your videos as much as your songs LB! Great song and performance both.

HI Rossco,
Makes my day to hear you like the vids. I put a lot of time into those, so that is nice to hear. Thanks for the other nice comments as well.

You be well and take care,
LB

[LBro]

@think2100

Fantastic job LB. Really enjoyed this, and Maggie, beautiful work on the harmony!

Hey Think!
What you thinkin?

Glad this turn of the platter found its mark with your ears! Thanks and have a great day!
LB

[LBro]

@adi_mrok

Really great job guys nice country performance which I very much enjoyed

Hi Adi,
Good to see you stop by and glad to hear you were not disappointed! Thanks for the kind words!

All the best to you and be well,
LB

[LBro]

@Silvia80

It’s very inspiring to me to listen how professional the songs you post always sound! I don’t know the song but loved the country groove

Hi Sylvia,
Thanks so much for the nice words and thoughts. That means a lot and will keep me striving to produce more good covers & videos. I am glad you like the country groove. I have been on a country bent of late. Probably time to get back to rock or something!

All the best,
LB

[NicoleKKB]

@LBro @batwoman
Hello, and congratulations to this awesome production .
To be honest, I have absolutely no idea about all the big and smaller pieces it needs to produce a song. I’m more than busy with only playing easy songs and trying to sing along (more or less in tune ). Therefore, I have great respect for everbody who accomplishes a whole song production. Chapeau .