Bobbie Jo Gentry and I have one item in common. She wants to be left alone and not bothered. I don't want to bother her, nor do I have the time and desire to look for her. 'Sides, I still working on who was Jack the Ripper, where's Jimmy Hoffa, what happened to and where is J.B. Cooper and the hijacked money and if I've enough time, solve the Judge Crater mystery. I've already solved the JFK assassination to my satisfaction. So au revoir Bobbie Jo Gentry. 😊
Go ahead, make fun of me if you must but I consider myself a psychic. I kept getting a strong message throughout this video that Ms. Gentry had an illness that she did not want to disclose, I feel it was something gastrointestinal. She was a stunning woman. I still listen to the song Ode every once in a while, her voice is beautiful and unique. I hope she had/has a beautiful life.
Bobbie Gentry was certainly an odd duck. She was recently behind the re-issue of her expanded album "Delta Sweete". A multi-CD compilation of her recordings was released in the U.K. a couple of years ago. She seems to be catering to her fans in the E.U. rather than her U.S. fans. The "Delta Sweete" album included an mp3 download version but it was pulled from the LP's sent to North America. Besides the rerecorded version of, and it's "Ode To Billie Joe" , for the Max "Jethro" Baer, Jr. directed Warner Bros. movie, her last real single was "Apartment 21", which barely scratched the surface of popularity. A good excuse for fading from the scene. I would say that she was a bit temperamental with walking away from one of the richest men in the world and walking away from one of the most talented musicians. With her re-issue of "Delta Sweete", if someone said something she didn't like, she flew off the handle. She is not one who plays well with others.
Bobbie Gentry may be still writing songs under a pin name or she may have made enough money to where she didn’t have to work anymore or she may have married somebody that had a bunch of money happy new year
