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Southern Music

Southern Music is American Music

By Tom Daniel

Why do Southerners continue to fall into that trap where we only talk about the years1861-1865?  There are almost 400 years of Southern culture to talk about, yet we keep limiting ourselves to just four… »

  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Music
  • Tom Daniel

The King and the Fool

By Paul H. Yarbrough

The King of Rock and Roll brought himself up by his bootstraps, served Uncle Sam as a soldier and before his early demise came he had made an honest fortune for himself and many others.… »

  • Elvis Presley
  • Paul Yarbrough
  • Political Correctness
  • Southern Music

What Country Legend Roy Clark’s Death Symbolizes for America in 2018

By Boyd Cathey

The news came Thursday, November 15, that country music legend, Virginia-born Roy Clark had passed away at age 85. For those either too young to know who Clark was, or who perhaps never cottoned to… »

  • Boyd Cathey
  • Roy Clark
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Humor
  • Southern Music

End of an Era

By Thomas Landess

I was saddened to hear that Phil Harris had died. I knew the man. You might say we were old friends. As a matter of fact, we first met in 1954 in Monterey, California. I… »

  • Phil Harris
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Music
  • Thomas Landess

The Sounds of the Mississippi Delta and Appalachia

By Michael Martin

Because we live in such a hurried time, we hear countless “noises” but have little time to appreciate actual “sounds.” Sound is a sensation that you can feel, not just something you can hear. To… »

  • Appalachia
  • Charlie Patton
  • Michael Martin
  • Mississippi Delta
  • Roscoe Holcomb
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Music

Anything Is Nice If It Come From Dixieland

By Brion McClanahan

In October 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to dine at the executive mansion. This was an unprecedented move. No African-American had ever been asked to dine with the president, and while neither… »

  • Billy Murray
  • Booker T. Washington
  • Brion McClanahan
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Phil Harris
  • Reconciliation
  • Reconstruction
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Music

The Southern Muse of Ronnie Van Zant

By Jeff Rogers

The 1970’s were an interesting time in the South. The 1970’s were the last time Southerners could be Southern without feeling the need to apologize for, or be ironic about, their Southern identity. In fact,… »

  • Jeff Rogers
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Ronnie Van Zant
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Music

Lead Belly’s Southern Roots

By Michael Martin

Sometime around 1939, Lead Belly sang the song Daddy I’m Coming Back to You, which features the interesting lyrics: “I’m dreaming tonight of an old Southern town, the best friend I ever had…I’ve had my… »

  • Blues
  • Leadbelly
  • Micheal Martin
  • New South
  • Southern Music

The Attack on “Dixie” in Sports and Music

By Michael Martin

Sound was the first victim of the attack on southern heritage. In October 1971, the University of Georgia’s “Dixie Redcoat Marching Band”  dropped the word “Dixie” from its name and discontinued playing the song “Dixie”… »

  • Dixie
  • Michael Martin
  • Political Correctness
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Sports

Rock and Roll Civil War

By Matthew Silber

When you think of America’s so-called “Civil War”, rock music may not be one of the first things that come to mind. However, as one of the most deadly wars in American history, with Missouri… »

  • Chris Edwards
  • Matthew Silber
  • Music Review
  • Southern Music

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