On the 1972 record, "Let Me Tell You About a Song," Merle Haggard cited his own Irma Jackson a personal favorite. He had written several years earlier and had hoped to release it as a follow up to his wildly successful "Okie From Muskogee," but his record label at the time, Capitol Records, felt that a song about interracial marriage was too controversial and didn't want their newly minted star marred in one of the more sensitive topics of the time. It's become one of our all time favorites to perform. 

Irma Jackson

Gerle Haggard Band