stills from "Over and Over Again"
After Rachel Reynolds Luster's article "Hick Hop: What What?" there was a very lively discussion on our Facebook page about other songs that cross the rural-urban line. Today we'll feature a few of these--please feel free to share more suggestions on our Facebook page. We'll be returning to this list soon.
Hank Snow - "I've Been Everywhere." Thanks to Lisa Higgins from the Missouri Folk Arts Program for the suggestion:
Kenny Rogers - "The Gambler," remixed by Wyclef Jean and Pharoahe Monch:
Many thanks to Arkansas State Folklorist Mike Luster for a number of wonderful suggestions and for adding some historical context to our search (see his comments on our Facebook page). Here's the first of his: Al Green's cover of Hank Williams's "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry:"
