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The song's narrator is named John Lee Pettimore III, whose father and grandfather were both active in moonshine making and bootlegging in rural Johnson County, Tennessee. Pettimore's grandfather visited town only rarely, in order to buy supplies for a still he had set up in a holler along Copperhead Road.
"Rockin' Down the Highway" was included on the Time-Life various artists compilations Sounds of the Seventies: FM Rock, Vol. 1 (1992) and Guitar Rock: The Early 70's: The Hard Stuff (1995). The melody in the instrumental break of the song was interpolated by Canadian music group Bran Van 3000 in their 2001 song "Astounded".
"Tennessee Whiskey" is an American country song written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove. It was originally recorded by country artist David Allan Coe for his album of the same name, peaking at number 77 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1981. [1]
"Tennessee" by Vivian Rorie is one of several official state songs of the U.S. state of Tennessee, adopted in 1992. [1] [2]
Lyrics: “The Tennessee heat had me feelin' colder/Thought a drink would get you off my mind/But this bottle tastes like 865 (409-1021), yeah/One last time, don't think twice/Girl, just pick it ...
"Take Me Home, Country Roads", or Country Roads, Take Me Home also known simply as "Country Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard ' s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971.
Taylor, a previously published poet and World War I nurse, was responsible for the text of the song. Smith, an instructor at the Cadek Conservatory of Music in Chattanooga, Tennessee , supplied the music, and the combined effort was entered into a contest soliciting a patriotic state song for Tennessee.
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