Posts that showcase a song about the Mississippi River
I'm off to New Orleans for New Years Eve, so I thought I'd end the year with this fun tune from Gary US Bonds, originally released in 1960. Enjoy, and Happy New Year! Listen to more Songs here.
Bluegrass artists have, over the years, written many songs about the Mississippi River, an interest that continues to today. Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver are arguably among the best bluegrass artists out there today. You can find this song about letting the river take you home--Mississippi River, Let Your Flow--on their 2007 CD called More Behind
The Song of the Day Department is reaching back a few decades to sample this pop/rock number from New York-based Alive 'N Kickin'. Mississippi Mud was released in 1970 on the album Alive 'N Kickin' and, other than the part of Mississippi mud getting thick, I have no idea what this song is about, but it
Ross Shifflett (photo from Reverbnation) Texas-based Ross Shifflett wrote Mississippi as a tribute to legendary bluesman Robert Johnson, and it's one hell of a rockin' tribute. If you're like me, you'll get hooked by the raw emotion and energy in this performance. Shifflett released Mississippi in 2006 on Shiffy the Kid. He now plays with a group
It's been a busy weekend of shopping, fulfilling social obligations, and trying to figure out how to squeeze in a spoonful of Uncle Ted's scalloped potatoes with black truffles on your dish (if only!). Here's a song to help slow you down, a blues-based road trip about crossing that big river to ditch a lost
Today is my birthday. I'm 50. The BIG 5-0! I've been going back and forth about what song to choose, feeling like my choice should be deeply symbolic, what with the Song of the Day falling on such a big day (50! Did I mention that?). I was leaning toward Bessie Smith's Muddy Water (A
