“Mama Tried” is a 1968 Merle Haggard song that was covered by the Grateful Dead in 1971.
One of country music's defining singles, "Mama Tried"–more willful than full of regret and built w/ pop potential–topped the country charts for 4 weeks in Sept 1968. To commemorate the anniversary, here's an excerpt from my Hag book, The Running Kind https://t.co/bHdjICsEXc
— The Running Kind: Listening to Merle Haggard (@dlcantwell) September 21, 2022
Sad! 