The only problem with stories like this is that they make me hungry.
Archive for May, 2012
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »
“Saying ‘Southern Rock’ is like saying ‘Rock Rock’.”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Gregg Allman, Huntsville Times, rock 'n roll, rock rock, Southern music, southern rock on May 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »
So says Gregg Allman, so it must be true.
The Huntsville Times compiled a list of nine Southland venues “every music lover” should visit. I’ve been to four, and walked or driven past a couple of others, so maybe I’m just a music liker.
The article begins with Allman’s assertion (for the 1995 The History of Rock ‘N Roll documentary) that rock was born and raised in the South, so labeling some rock as ‘Southern’ is redundant. The writer points out that St. Louis-born Chuck Berry might take exception to that, but especially with the University of Missouri in the SEC now, is St. Louis really all that un-Southern?
And since we’re not just talking about rock, why not mention that jazz, blues, and country all come from the South, as well?
This music is the fruit of the South’s long history of widespread oppression, exploitative economies, enthusiastic religion, and social repression. You’re welcome, America.
Not all of us who holler, hate
Posted in The South of the Mind, tagged Amendment One, dumbass crackers, marriage amendment, North Carolina on May 9, 2012| 2 Comments »
Not all of us who holler, hate.
Not everyone who drawls or twangs
Speaks hatefully, nor everyone
Who prays in stiff-backed pews demands
That God incline to those like us.
Not all of us who ache for fall,
For fishing and football think in thick
And arid ruts. Not all of us.
Dixie Babble 