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Bobbie Gentry - Mississippi Delta
By Fusion 45 | July 22, 2008
Bobbie Gentry was one of the first women singers in Nashville in the 1960’s to write her own music and lyrics. Though the “countrypolitan” sound was boss around Music Row in those days, Gentry favored a smokier sound, rooted in gospel and blues and infused with a touch of Southern Gothic.
Her most well-known song, Ode To Billie Joe, the story of Billie Joe McAllister, was a perfect example of the blues-based narrative style that made her popular (and the song actually spent a number of weeks on the black music charts).
On the flip-side of Billie Joe is this tune, which she also wrote. Based on the standard 16-bar blues form, with harmonica on the second verse and great saxophone rhythm track, this sounds like it could’ve just as well been in the Chamber Brothers repertoire.
Sister Bobbie could get it on.
Bobbie Gentry - Mississippi Delta
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