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Mississippi (Why you got to be so mean​?​)

from Know Why by Tony Manard

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n his book Mississippi: An American Journey, Anthony Walton referred to Mississippi as "perhaps the most loaded proper noun in American English". It is a land of sharp contrasts, hacked from swamps, jungles and forests that are constantly trying to reclaim it. It is the land of some of the finest people I have ever known, yet it is defined by a history of unspeakable human cruelty. It is also the primordial soup that the evolution of American music rose up from. Mississippi constantly leads the nation in poverty, obesity, teenage pregnancy and lags in education. Despite all that, it will always be the place my heart calls home.

That tasty fiddle is provided by Alice Hasen, who came from Vermont to teach music in Clarksdale, a northerner but certainly not a carpet bagger! Stephen Chopek on drums, Vincent Manard on keys and bass, and Cecil Yancy on harmony.

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from Know Why, released June 14, 2017

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Tony Manard Memphis, Tennessee

I am an observer of the human condition. I am a teller of tales, and a singer of songs. I am a family sized bucket of deep fried contradictions and dirty jokes. I like most dogs, and some people. I have spent my entire life in the capitol of Mississippi, Memphis. I am married. I have two children and three dogs. I answer my own messages and write my own songs. I’m not young, attractive or cool. ... more

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