What happened to Bobby Gentry? Smouldering, southern drawl at its best. Surprised this hasn't been remade with more modern twists.

howayman 12 Apr 2015

A spectacular live version of this song because June 3rd is just around the corner.   1

melking 1 Jun 2015

Memphis. Tupelo. Jackson. To the people who live there, real places, where they live, love, work, go to school, have barbeques at the weekend. But to people who listen to rock’n’roll, blues & country, they are another place, a mythic slice of the Deep South. Here names resonate, made familiar by song and story. Out on Highway 61. Traveling Highway 49 with Jackie Brenston & Ike Turner in their Rocket 88. Going with Johnny and June to Jackson. The crossroads where Robert Johnson made that last fair deal, the same road where Emmett Till had his fateful meeting at Bryant’s Store. Stovall’s Plantation and Parchman Farm. Clarksdale, Greenwood and the Tallahatchie Bridge. Bobby Gentry, hair piled high framing her face, long false lashes, lips you know tasted so good. You couldn’t see her choppin’ cotton. But she drew you into that story and you believed every word. Decades later I still ponder what it all meant, questions unanswered & leading only to more questions. Another sacred text.   21

paulgdaly 19 Aug 2015

Happy 70th Birthday Bobby!   2

purlpower 27 Jul 2014