This is the story of a trip I took traveling through the Deep South in 2019. It was a great time and I really learned to love America. Here are some pictures... 2,000 miles in 8 days!
GROUND ZERO BLUES
From Clarksdale, Mississippi up to Memphis, Tennessee
The Cat Head men and Hambone's Street
In the sweltering heat
Spoken: Trying to find Elvis...
headed to Ground Zero
Pulled in Macon town where the Allmans' still around
Their Marshall stacks and great old tracks
Ghosts in bed
Spoken: It's the life they led...
headed to Ground Zero
Drove through Alabam' where the real folks live in shacks
On Easy Street, the poor souls say,
'He who makes a garden
Spoken: ...works with God'... going to Ground Zero
[BRIDGE]
I had nothing then-- got nothing now---
But I sang at Muscle Shoals
- living out my dream.
"Through these doors walk the finest in the
world..." Ooh--- yeah
It was a hot Alabama day, on my Mississippi way
And the mission man showed me the plan:
"The Delta's not for the weak
Spoken: ...or some poor sap on a losing
streak" Ooh---
The only soul in town, Loretta's still around
Her depot's lonely in an old ghost town
And the track's still there
Spoken: But the train is gone...
take me to Ground Zero
Clarksdale's still with me and Nashville, Tennessee
The black man there, he don't care
for no politics
Spoken: - just chops and licks.
Ooh---
Now the Deep South's in my soul
The Deep South is forever in my soul----
