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The words Mama Tried—referring to the song—are shown on Miranda Lambert's shirt in several scenes of the music video Kerosene. In the 1997 documentary about the making of the film From Dusk till Dawn, known as Full Tilt Boogie, Quentin Tarantino can be seen singing the song with others whilst on the set.
Mama Tried continued Haggard's artistic and commercial hot streak, reaching number 4 on Billboard's country albums chart. In the original Rolling Stone review, Andy Wickham wrote, "His songs romanticize the hardships and tragedies of America's transient proletarian and his success is resultant of his inherent ability to relate to his audience a commonplace experience with precisely the right ...
Haggard and the Strangers' number-one hit single "Mama Tried" is featured in the 2003 film Radio with Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ed Harris, as well as in Bryan Bertino's The Strangers with Liv Tyler. In addition, his and the Strangers song "Swingin' Doors" can be heard in the film Crash (2004) , [ 70 ] and his 1981 hit " Big City ", where he is ...
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The title alludes to Haggard's 1968 song "Mama Tried", a song which became a cornerstone of his career. Haggard had recorded a live gospel album in 1971 called The Land of Many Churches , but this set is dedicated to his mother Flossie, who was seventy-nine years old when she posed with Haggard on the cover of the LP.
Ramblin' Fever is a studio album by American country music singer Merle Haggard, released in 1977.It was his first on the MCA label after recording for Capitol Records since 1965.
Mama Tried (Merle Haggard) 2:09; You Remind Me of the Blues 2:25; Please Be with Me (Scott Boyer) 3:24; Sad Old Train (Donna Hughes) 2:54; Tomorrow Is a Long Time 3:58; Too Bad You're No Good (Paul Craft, Cadillac Holmes) 2:47