| Tony Joe White – Willie and Laura Mae Jones Lyrics | 1 month ago |
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As a Georgia native maybe three generations removed from a William Faulkner novel, this is the tale of a time when very little other than skin color separated poor sharecropping whites and blacks. In time, each saw the other as a barrier to economic advancement despite the personal connections between them. Though those emotional connections remained, societal pressures demanded that they be minimized, forgotten, and disavowed. After all, the ranks of the Klan were filled by poor whites who felt disenfranchised and looking for any reason to receive the fruits of a Lost Cause. Time period—1870s-1920s. |
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| Guster – Airport Song Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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Being the same age as most of the Guster members, the cults of the 1970s-1990s loom large in our minds. The disaffected were offered plenty of seemingly attractive alternatives. Why did the disaffected feel that way? Drugs—heroin or otherwise—might be one cause, but regardless of cause, once committed to a solution (cult), what did one sacrifice in the process? What kind of agency did you leave at the door? Some were “saved” from “something”, but many others willingly gave up “something” for “nothing.” |
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| Dwight Yoakam – Ain't That Lonely Yet Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| I think Yoakam is pretty clear about what’s on his mind here. For me, the song carries such a time and place feeling…college…spring break 1993 a dismal foggy morning driving back to campus on US 331 before my brethren so I could finish a key class project on time. The feelings of independence and loneliness colliding… | |
| Widespread Panic – Ain't Life Grand Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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As a GenX Georgian, THIS is local music for me. For those who approach this song from one direction, there is no irony, for those coming from the opposite side…there’s irony..but It’s something we either overcame, or we didn’t. RIP Mickey Houser |
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