Tag: 1960

  • Versions: “Tobacco Road”

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    Here are a bunch of takes on the J.D. Loudermilk-penned song, “Tobacco Road.” Covering first-person songs is iffy business. Trickier still when the lyrics start… I was born in a trunk Mama died and my daddy got drunk Many have tried, not all have succeeded. (Always thought it was “born in a dump” but the…