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An Okie is a person identified with the state of Oklahoma, or their descendants.This connection may be residential, historical or cultural. For most Okies, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Oklahoman.
"Okie from Muskogee" is a song recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers, which Haggard co-wrote with drummer Roy Edward Burris. "Okie" is a slang name for someone from Oklahoma , and Muskogee (population 40,000) is the 13th largest city in the state.
The song "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother" written by Oklahoma native Ray Wylie Hubbard and famously recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker is a satire of small-town life playfully aimed at Okie from Muskogee, which is made evident in the last line of the song: "Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.A."
A person who lives in or comes from Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA is called an Okie from Muskogee (although many consider the term disparaging). This is a list of well-known people who were born or lived in the city of Muskogee.
Teri O'Rourke of Palm Desert, whose grandparents left Oklahoma in the 1930s, said my use of “Okie” brought back memories of “the people in the '50s and '60s who thought Okies were stupid and ...
He was an Okie, and Okies are friendly." More: Toby Keith's family announces private funeral service; public memorial to be announced soon Music superstar provided a local venue with Hollywood Corners
"California Cotton Fields" – Written by Dallas Frazier and Earl Montgomery, recorded by Frazier, then by Merle Haggard, 1969/71. [30]"California Okie" – Kevin "Blackie" Farrell, recorded by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, 1975.
Map of Tribal Jurisdictional Areas in Oklahoma. This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma . With its 38 federally recognized tribes, [ 1 ] Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes of any state, behind Alaska and California .