Keepin' it Country Media & Radio » CMA award http://www.keepinitcountryblog.com an independent country music site on the rise Mon, 20 May 2013 23:25:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 “Okie From Muskogee” Writer Passes Away http://www.keepinitcountryblog.com/2011/04/%e2%80%9cokie-from-muskogee%e2%80%9d-writer-passes-away/ http://www.keepinitcountryblog.com/2011/04/%e2%80%9cokie-from-muskogee%e2%80%9d-writer-passes-away/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:52:58 +0000 Lydia Picknell http://www.keepinitcountryblog.com/?p=77 No related posts. ]]> Country Weekly is reporting that the famed writer of “Okie From Muskogee” passed away April 19th from complications of heart problems. Roy Burris co-wrote the classic Merle Haggard song in 1969 on their tour bus. In 1970, Okie From Muskogee won the Country Music Association’s Single Of the Year award and is seen as Merle’s anthem.

Our thoughts are with the Burris family at this tough time.

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