My dad was born in Greenwood Mississippi and went to school in Itta Bina. My granparents were sharecroppers. Taught my dad how to raise us without much and to love life. This song always reminds me of him. Love you dad
This song really pulls you in and then drops out from underneath you. It just leaves you hanging with questions. A well sung story designed to do just that.
I used to listen to this song in the late '60s and early '70s. Then Marvel's "Echo" brought me back here today because of "Choctaw". I still don't know why Choctaw Ridge is in Mississippi, while the Choctaw Nation is in Oklahoma? Perhaps I'll come across it someday, but if someone out there can explain it to me here, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you. 01-15-24
I heard it last night watching a movie on a plane headed back to Atlanta from Tampa and it took me back so I had to look it up this remember it back in the day
Really life was not for a lot of people back then . People starved whike others gad plenty . If you were a woman or poc you were automatically less . We need to stop romanticizing these times .
Now I'm a big grown-up guy, but this song reduces me to tears every time. It shows that incredible sadness can exist even in suburban America. With or without the connection to Emmet Till's murder, it's a very sad story. 😢
