#The girl from Chickasaw County

[bea-lele-carmen]

Good mornin', mornin' glory Good mornin', what's your story? Good mornin', where'd you spend the night? Where did your night dreams take you? Sorry, but I had to wake you Oh, I just had to make you Shed your precious mornin' light on me, yeah

Oh, good mornin', sleepy baby You know, I'm thinkin' maybe I love you even more today Every time you go to sleep I'm jealous of the dreams That keep you away from me

Good mornin', mornin' glory I have to thank the sandman For he's let you wake up In my arms again

Doo-doo, da-doo-doo, doo-doo

Oh-oh-oh, come on, darlin', time to get up I have your breakfast table set up It's such a lovely mornin' to see And I have my mornin' glory with me

[musiconspotify]

Bobbie Gentry

The Girl From Chickasaw County (2018) … complete Capitol Masters …

#BobbieGentry

[leonardcohenofficial]

i was tagged by the lovely mia @raksheshi the amazing lucie @laurenbacallgf and the fantastic gia @calicoskiesacoustic to share my favorite first listens of the year; thank you all!! 🌟 here they are in no particular order:

anjimile / giver taker various artists / john cassavetes' faces (music from the sound track, plus music inspired by the film) buffy sainte-marie / many a mile rufus wainwright / northern stars st. vincent / daddy’s home (my fave album of the year) loudon wainwright III / years in the making bobby darin and johnny mercer / two of a kind bobbie gentry / the girl from chickasaw county: the complete capitol masters the bee gees / here at last... bee gees... live

i’ll tag @billypotts / @bobbysoxer-bugsbunny / @curiouslycreative / @herrlichersonnigertag / @tallsinspace / @fieryphrazes / @hunterbiden​ / @goatmilkoatmilk​ / @houliwife​ / @jerrylandis and anyone else who’d like to do this!! 💫

[jewish-privilege]

On Wednesday morning, residents of Norman, Okla., woke up to discover that their city had been littered with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti.

In front of a local arts center, a prominently placed sculpture of a young girl had been spray-painted to make it look like blood was pouring from the child’s head, the Oklahoman reported. The word “JEWESS” was scrawled across her forehead, and swastikas covered both her eyes. Two blocks away at an elementary school, someone had written that black boys “rape white girls,” using a racial slur. Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Cleveland County Democratic Party, messages like “Gas the Jews” and “Hang n----- kids” were painted on windows and doors, next to swastikas and the words “Trump 2020.” A note tied to the door handle said, “White men have built this civilization. White men have been and still are the backbone.”

The collective damage horrified the community and brought one city councilwoman to tears. It also seemed to closely resemble a scene that had unfolded in Oklahoma City, about 20 miles to the north, just the week before. On the morning of March 28, Oklahoma Democratic Party and Chickasaw Nation employees showed up for work and discovered that the entrances to their respective offices were covered with Nazi symbols, homophobic slurs and messages like “White planet only,” as The Washington Post’s Reis Thebault reported.

Police now say that the vandalism spree in both cities was the work of one woman: Allison Christine Johnson, 45, who, during an interview with detectives, went on a lengthy rant about her racist beliefs and her efforts to “wake people up,” according to a police affidavit released Monday.

On Thursday, the day after the vandalism in Norman was discovered, Johnson showed up at the police department there and asked to turn herself in, according to court records obtained by KOKH. During an interview with investigators, she “described in detail committing all of the acts that had occurred in Norman and Oklahoma City,” police wrote. Detectives determined that her car, clothing and overall physical appearance all matched up with the suspect whom they had identified in surveillance footage.

Johnson “said that her intention was to scare Jewish people” and anyone who wasn’t white, the affidavit says.

In the newly released records, authorities in Norman also revealed for the first time that they had been fielding reports of “racial, religious, and ethnic threats” for four weeks. Written and spray-painted messages had been found at two churches, two public schools and two private homes, in addition to the arts center and the Democratic Party office, they wrote. Prosecutors have also said that the Junior League of Norman, a branch of the nonprofit service organization for women, was targeted.

“Every race but white will die . . . This WILL happen,” said one of the messages that police discovered, according to the affidavit.

Johnson was arrested on Thursday and booked into jail on $25,000 bond. On Monday, she was charged with felony and misdemeanor counts of malicious injury to property and misdemeanor malicious intimidation or harassment, court records show. Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn told local media outlets that prosecutors had weighed charging Johnson with making terroristic threats but ultimately decided not to because the law wouldn’t apply in her case.

“We started there when looking at the charges. We went to the statute, but the statute says ‘committing acts of violence to intimidate a civilian population,’ and she did not really commit an act of violence to intimidate the population,” Mashburn told the Norman Transcript.

“Absolutely hate speech, absolutely a crime, but not necessarily a terroristic threat.”

...Local media outlets reported that Johnson seemed confused during a court hearing on Monday and had to be warned not to incriminate herself. After asking the judge to explain all the charges against her, she was told that she was being charged with one count of malicious intimidation after allegedly defacing the driveway of a home that belonged to two Native American men and targeting them based on their heritage. “That’s just crazy,” Johnson replied, according to the Oklahoman. “I just put a ... swastika ... ”...

[Read Antonia Noori Farzan’s full piece in The Washington Post.]

[rolloroberson]

Bobbie Gentry’s classic Deep South Gothic short story in the form of a best selling song. Everything you need is right there-especially the undying mystery. Gentry was from Chickasaw County, Mississippi and as a young girl learned to play piano(on a piano her grandmother acquired through trade of a milk cow)and guitar and was writing songs by age 7. She later attended UCLA as a philosophy major only to later transfer to the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. Bobbie performed at nightclubs and toured with Rockabilly singer Jody Reynolds before doing the demo for Ode to Billie Joe. Gentry has never revealed what was thrown off the bridge that day.

“It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day

I was out choppin' cotton, and my brother was balin' hay

And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat

And mama hollered out the back door, y'all, remember to wipe your feet

And then she said, I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge

Today, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

And papa said to mama, as he passed around the blackeyed peas

Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please

There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow

And mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow

Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge

And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

And brother said he recollected when he, and Tom, and Billie Joe

Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show

And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?

I'll have another piece-a apple pie; you know, it don't seem right

I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge

And now ya tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

And mama said to me, child, what's happened to your appetite?

I've been cookin' all morning, and you haven't touched a single bite

That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today

Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way

He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge

And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge

A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe

And brother married Becky Thompson; they bought a store in Tupelo

There was a virus going 'round; papa caught it, and he died last spring

And now mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything

And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge

And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Writer/s: Bobbie Gentry

Publisher: Spirit Music Group

[anotheruserwithnoname]

“It was the third of June...”

To mark Bobbie Gentry Day, here’s a great performance of “Ode to Billie Joe” that she did on the BBC back in the late 1960s when she hosted her own musical show for the network. I never got into Gentry’s music until a few years ago, when I actually paid attention to the lyrics and imagery of Billie Joe and realized it was very much a Twin Peaks episode set to music - 20 years before the TV series came along. It was actually another TV performance that caught my attention - this one from the Smothers Brothers Show - but the video quality is very poor as the only version that appears to be online is a 12-year-old DIVX-format copy.

Gentry recorded many great songs, including more modern folk tunes like “Fancy” (as well as a few unexpected hits like a popular cover of, of all things, “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”). For some reason I got it into my head that she was a country-western singer, when in fact her style tended to be more along the lines of folk, soul and blues. The mystery of Bobbie Gentry was created when she abruptly retired from music and the public eye in the early 1980s. But she left behind a great legacy of music (most of which was collected in the CD box set The Girl from Chickasaw County, which was released last fall and which I highly recommend).

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Rally Hill Manor

Rally Hill Manor is a Historic Building situated in downtown Columbia TN. It is perched on 1.5 sections of land of land and incorporates nearby stopping. The property has 14'+ roofs, 15 rooms, 4 full and 1/2 washroom. The property was worked by the Brother-In-Law of President James K. Polk and is planned in Federal and Greek Revival. President Polk remained in the house for quite a while as noted in President Polk's Diary. The property has been redesigned throughout the years and is fit as a fiddle. This property can be utilized for Multi-Purpose Commercial uses including: Weddings and other Event Center, Restaurant, Office, Bed and Breakfast Inn and Retail to give some examples. Situated in Downtown Columbia.

Some Property History:

Rally Hill was worked by James Walker around 1848. He called it Rally Hill since troops had marshaled here before they walked to Louisiana amid the War of 1812. Walker started the principal paper in Columbia in 1810, the Western Chronicle. Afterward, James wedded Jane Maria Polk, little girl of Samuel and Jane Knox Polk, she being just 15 and he 21 years old. There were not many relational unions enlisted in Maury County in 1813, and his marriage was not among them, by and by they were hitched. Their association delivered 11 youngsters, six young men and five young ladies. Walker's business advantages included land, contracting for the War Department to outfit arrangements for the Chickasaws, co-owning of the main bank, an association in a steamboat, a chief of a phase mentor line and mail bearer, proprietor of a general store which got committals of tobacco and cotton to be delivered to New Orleans, and part proprietor of Marion Iron Furnace in Hardin County. He was additionally dynamic politically as verified by his being administrator of the quarterly court from 1824 to 1829; civic chairman of Columbia, 1830 to 1831; on the Board of Trustees of The Female Institute and a functioning supporter of James K. Polk.

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[maximumbob-universe]

Bobbie Gentry is one of pop music's greatest mysteries. Her sudden rise to stardom, her inability to sustain the momentum of her first recording, her success on television and Las Vegas floor shows, her focus on covering others songs rather than focusing on her singular gifts as a writer. Her disappearance from public view at the age of 40 just adding to the enigmatic quality of her career. The 2018 release of the box set "Girl from Chickasaw County" is a brilliantly assembled homage to her music, spread over eight cd's, it has to be one of the most thorough investigations of any career that yielded such limited chart action. "Ode To Billie Joe" is one of the greatest songs, and performances ever laid down in a recording studio. The haunting, back woods story of alienation and tragedy stood out against the summer of love backdrop of 1967. The song, and the attendant LP, both made number one on the chart. Bobbie wrote all the songs on the album save one, each insightful views into small town life. Even more ambitious in scope, the follow up "The Delta Sweete" takes this concept further, with Gentry mixing her own quirky and tender compositions, such as "Refractions" and "Reunion" into covers of life in the south, like "Tobacco Road" and "Parchman Farm." The unreleased songs presented in the demos shows how more Bobbie and less covers might have been even better. 

While the record found critical acclaim, it died in the marketplace. Bobbie landed a contract for television series on the BBC, a medium she seemed most comfortable with. Coming less than a year after "Delta Swete" and the TV show, "Local Gentry" turned out to be an album of mostly covers, making it a bit uneven. Her own songs on the LP are outstanding, from the opening track "Sweet Peony" and the riotous send up of the funeral business with "Casket Vignette." There were three Beatles covers, which seemed out of place with Bobbie's  own songs, making it the weakest long player she had yet issued. Although she enjoyed exposure on both sided of Atlantic on the small screen, her recording career seemed stalled. The powers that be at Capitol Records paired her with superstar label mate Glen Campbell for an album of duets that scored chart success, but did little for Bobbie other than make a few bucks. She recorded some demos for a potential album of torch songs, revealing what might have been an interesting approach had it been followed.

What did come was "Touch 'Em With Love"  another record full of covers, though generally well chosen. Bobbie seems at home with Michael Murphy's "Greyhound Goin' Somewhere" and John Hartford's "Natural to Be Gone", which fit nicely along side strong originals like "Glory Hallelujah How They'll Sing" and "Seasons Come, Seasons Go." Unfortunately a slight cover of "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" became a hit for Gentry in the U.K., making her into more of an MOR queen than multi-talented chanteuse. It was this songwriting that came to the fore on "Fancy", Bobbie's rags to riches tale about a girl from the wrong side of the tracks. It was a hit, but a minor one, falling outside the top 20. The album surrounded the standout title track with crap like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", making a potential break out into a missed opportunity.

Her last album for Capitol, "Patchwork" returned Bobbie to her roots as a writer, but by 1971 no one cared much, her songwriting prowess had been overcome by her show biz image and history of covers. The record died on the charts.....it would be Bobbie's last LP.  She made her last public appearance in 1982, leaving future generations to wonder what became of her. The box set opens new windows on her career ups and downs, including a collection of performances from her BBC shows, as well as a large selection of revealing demos. Ultimately it shows an incredibly talented woman ahead of her time, and often at odds with what was then possible for women in pop music. By the time we caught up with Bobbie Gentry, she had walked away from it all, in the end becoming as mysterious as the dark tale of life in the delta that brought her fame.  

[mrberre]

The Girl From Chickasaw County is a new career spanning eight-CD deluxe set that brings together all of American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry’s studio albums and adds a massive amount of previously unreleased recordings. “Sensitively remastered” from the original tapes, this collection features Gentry’s six studio albums (recorded between 1967 and 1971), her long-player with Glen Campbell and adds over 75 unreleased recordings outtakes, demos and rarities.

[bea-lele-carmen]

Jeremiah, maybe I have seen eternity Right out loud the distant clouds have talked to me Jeremiah, tell me how you came to prophesy? Can you seen the second coming in the sky?

'Cause I've been here and you've been there and glory's all around Have you heard the story that is goin' down? Fame and fortune, fun and folly, friend and family Is a still life real or is it fantasy?

Jeremiah, I think you're a favorite man Take me on a journey through your sanctified land There's so many people who just won't understand Jeremiah, won't you tell me all that you can?

Don't wanna bear the burden of Lucifr's curse He just wants to keep us from our sweet Lord's mercy Jeremiah, tell us where do we stand?

Tell all the people that blessed story Amazing grace, oh precious glory Jeremiah, oh Jeremiah Jeremiah, tell us all that you can

'Cause I've been here and you've been there and glory's all around Have you heard the story that is goin' down? Fame and fortune, fun and folly, friend and family Is a still life real or is it fantasy?

Oh, Jeremiah, I think you're my favorite man Take me on a journey through your sanctified land There's so many people who just don't understand Jeremiah, won't you tell me all that you can?

Everybody's got the Lord to love and cherish The good's gonna live and the bad's gonna perish Jeremiah, tell us where do we stand?

Carry good tidin's from the gospel pages Stand up, stand up on the rock of ages Jeremiah, oh Jeremiah Jeremiah, tell us all that you can

Not for blessings or worldly pleasure Nor for fame my prayer shall be There's a better life I'm sure of Oh, just show my Lord to me And I can see

Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

Tell me can you se that blessed fountain Flowin' on down from Calvary's mountain? Jeremiah, tell us where do we stand?

Send the word to the fallen nation Light the way to the people's salvation Let us have a closer walk 'n' Let us hear the Spirit talkin'

Make the children understand Lead the people onward to the promised land And tell us all, all that we can

[whitejeweler]

Welcome to Music Monday when we bring you throwback songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Bobbie Gentry’s autobiographical “Chickasaw County Child” tells the story of the four-time Grammy winner’s unlikely rise to fame despite her hardscrabble upbringing in rural Mississippi.

In the song, Gentry’s mom assures the young girl that she’s gonna be somebody someday. There’s nothing in the world can hold her back because she’s got style. The pretty girl radiates confidence and proudly wears her favorite accessory, a faux ruby ring.

Gentry sings, “Sportin’ her checkered feedsack dress / A ruby ring from a Cracker Jack box / Shufflin’ on down that gravel road / Barefooted and chunkin’ rocks.”

Later in the song, we learn that her mom’s assessment was right on the mark, as the young woman — supplied with a tin can of blackstrap sorghum molasses and a Farmers’ Almanac — heads to California to pursue her dreams.

The song opens a window into the life of Gentry, who was actually raised — not by her mother — but by her paternal grandparents in a home without electricity or plumbing. Gentry’s parents were divorced shortly after she was born, and her mom had moved to California. Legend has it that her grandmother traded one of the family’s milk cows for a neighbor’s piano so the youngster could study music. Later, Gentry lived with her dad in Greenwood, MS, and learned to play the guitar and banjo.

At age 13, Gentry reunited with her mom in California. For a short time, they performed as a duo. Gentry attended UCLA as a philosophy major and supported herself by performing at nightclubs and country clubs. Later, she transferred to the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, where she took classes in composition, music theory and arranging. In 1967, at the age of 25, Gentry recorded a demo of “Ode to Billie Joe,” which she took to Capitol Records. The song would top the charts and become an international hit.

Released in 1967 as the third track of Gentry’s debut studio album, Ode to Billie Joe, “Chickasaw County Child” became the signature song for the artist who would continue to celebrate her Mississippi heritage.

Trivia: When the album Ode to Billie Joe peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Top LP’s chart, the album it displaced for the top position was the Beatles’ iconic Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Please check out the audio track of Gentry singing “Chickasaw County Child.” The lyrics are below if you’d like to sing along…

“Chickasaw County Child” Written and performed by Bobbie Gentry.

Just outside of Delta country Where the bitter weeds growin’ wild Born seven miles outside o’ Woodland Was a Chickasaw County child

An’ Poppa done brung us some peppermint candy Momma fixed a custard pie Bought her a store-bought doll from Jackson She’s an apple of everyone’s eye

Chickasaw County child Is gonna be okay Chickasaw County child You gonna be somebody someday

Sportin’ her checkered feedsack dress A ruby ring from a Cracker Jack box Shufflin’ on down that gravel road Barefooted and chunkin’ rocks

Momma said “Look-a here, Dumplin’ You’ll go far ’cause you got style” Ain’t nothin’ in this world gonna hold her back Her pretty Chickasaw County child

Chickasaw County child Is gonna be okay Chickasaw County child You gonna be somebody someday

Leavin’ the county a week from Monday Ain’t got much to pack A tin can of blackstrap sorghum molasses And a Farmers’ Almanac

Momma done made her a brand new dress Made of blue polka dotted silk Two postcards from California An’ a gallon of buttermilk

Chickasaw County child Is gonna be okay Chickasaw County child You gonna be somebody someday

You gonna be somebody someday You gonna be somebody someday You gonna be somebody someday

Credit: Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

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US Supreme Court rules half of Oklahoma is Native American land - BBC News

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Image caption The Five Tribes of Oklahoma – Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole and Muscogee Nation – proudly uphold their traditions

The US Supreme Court has ruled about half of Oklahoma belongs to Native Americans, in a landmark case that also quashed a child rape conviction.

The justices decided 5-4 that an eastern chunk of the state, including its second-biggest city, Tulsa, should be recognised as part of a reservation.

Jimcy McGirt, who was convicted in 1997 of raping a girl, brought the case.

He cited the historical claim of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to the land where the assault occurred.

What does the ruling mean?

Thursday’s decision in McGirt v Oklahoma is seen as one of the most far-reaching cases for Native Americans before the highest US court in decades.

The ruling means some tribe members found guilty in state courts for offences committed on the land at issue can now challenge their convictions.

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Only federal prosecutors will have the power to criminally prosecute Native Americans accused of crimes in the area.

Tribe members who live within the boundaries may also be exempt from state taxes, according to Reuters news agency.

Some 1.8 million people – of whom about 15% are Native American – live on the land, which spans three million acres.

What did the justices say?

Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative appointed by US President Donald Trump, sided with the court’s four liberals and also wrote the opinion.

He referred to the Trail of Tears, the forcible 19th Century relocation of Native Americans, including the Creek Nation, to Oklahoma.

The US government said at the time that the new land would belong to the tribes in perpetuity.

Justice Gorsuch wrote: “Today we are asked whether the land these treaties promised remains an Indian reservation for purposes of federal criminal law.

“Because Congress has not said otherwise, we hold the government to its word.”

What about the rape case?

The ruling overturned McGirt’s prison sentence. He could still, however, be tried in federal court.

McGirt, now 71, was convicted in 1997 in Wagoner County of raping a four-year-old girl.

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He did not dispute his guilt before the Supreme Court, but argued that only federal authorities should have been entitled to prosecute him.

McGirt is a member of the Seminole Nation.

His lawyer, Ian Heath Gershengorn, told CNBC: “The Supreme Court reaffirmed today that when the United States makes promises, the courts will keep those promises.”

How might Oklahoma’s criminal justice system be affected?

In a dissenting opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts said the decision would destabilise the state’s courts.

He wrote: “The State’s ability to prosecute serious crimes will be hobbled and decades of past convictions could well be thrown out.

“The decision today creates significant uncertainty for the State’s continuing authority over any area that touches Indian affairs, ranging from zoning and taxation to family and environmental law.”

An analysis by The Atlantic magazine of Oklahoma Department of Corrections records found that 1,887 Native Americans were in prison as of the end of last year for offences committed within the boundaries of the tribal territory.

But fewer than one in 10 of those cases would qualify for a new federal trial, according to the research.

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Jonodev Chaudhuri, a former chief justice of the Muscogee Nation’s Supreme Court, dismissed talk of legal mayhem.

He told the Tulsa World newspaper: “All the sky-is-falling narratives were dubious at best.

“This would only apply to a small subset of Native Americans committing crimes within the boundaries.”

How did other tribal leaders react?

In a joint statement, the Five Tribes of Oklahoma – Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole and Muscogee Nation – welcomed the ruling.

They pledged to work with federal and state authorities to agree shared jurisdiction over the land.

“The Nations and the state are committed to implementing a framework of shared jurisdiction that will preserve sovereign interests and rights to self-government while affirming jurisdictional understandings, procedures, laws and regulations that support public safety, our economy and private property rights,” the statement said.

[clayton-hutson]

Bobbie Gentry’s Albums Compiled for New Box Set

Eight-disc set 'The Girl From Chickasaw County' includes "Ode to Billie Joe" singer's studio albums, plus more than 75 unreleased recordings from Music – Rolling Stone https://ift.tt/2vivJ5j via IFTTT

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Bobbie Gentry's Box of Surprises

Bobbie Gentry’s Box of Surprises

writes re Bobbie Gentry’s Box of Surprises:

‘all the major label box sets issued last year, perhaps the one whose commercial and critical success most took the market by surprise was Universal’s The Girl From Chickasaw County, an eight-CD Bobbie Gentry package, rounding up everything the undervalued singe…’

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