Southern Barbecue Is The Closest

Country Music Historically Has Been Sort Of Middle-aged People's Music.

If You Care To Define The South As A Poor, Rural Region With Lousy Race Relations, That South Survives Only In Geographical Shreds And Patches And Most Southerners Don't Live There Any More.

The South Is Like My Favorite Pair Of Blue Jeans. It's Shrunk Some, Faded A Bit, Got A Few Holes In It. It Just Might Split At The Seams. It Doesn't Look Much Like It Used To, But It's More Comfortable, And There's Probably A Lot Of Wear Left In It.

No One Would Stand For It [being The Fool In The Media] In A Minute If You Took Any Other Group -native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, Women - But Somehow It's Okay To Do That With Hillbillies.

Why Can I Write 'south' With Some Assurance That You'll Know I Mean Richmond And Don't Mean Phoenix? What Is It That The South's Boundaries Enclose?