Her literate, well-written and superbly performed record produced smiles and positive energy about our state around the world. This was an extra treat for us in Jackson since her song brought something about Mississippi to the national stage besides civil rights conflicts. Ode to Billie Joe had recently been released and she was the toast of Mississippi (and the rest of the country). In looking at it now, I realize that in addition to the Merle Travis-penned title song and Woody Guthrie’s Philadelphia Lawyer, several of the other songs were written by Ford, including my second favorite on that album, Shotgun Boogie.īobbie Gentry was Tennessee Ernie’s opening act. I still have our old Sixteen Tons “thirty-three,” (as my mom called LP vinyl records) which has a crack in it from all the times we played it in our house. This album played on this “hi-fi” many times.Īmong my fondest memories was the concert at the Mississippi Coliseum that featured one of my heroes, Tennessee Ernie Ford.
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