Oxford American

ISSUE 91: 17TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN MUSIC ISSUE and CD – GEORGIA

I think we will need a copy of this each, John.

The Oxford American’s 17th-annual music issue features the state of Georgia! The magazine comes with a 25-song CD compilation that showcases music by Georgia artists such as James Brown, Sandy Gaye, Gram Parsons, Otis Redding, OutKast, Indigo Girls, Drive-By Truckers, the Allman Brothers Band, and many more. Browse the table of contents below.

GEORGIA ON MY MIND

Listening

The Music of Georgia

Editors’ Note

There’s nobody like Blind Willie McTell

by Peter Guralnick

The moony lyricism of Johnny Mercer

by John Lingan

Pondering the Indigo Girls, awaiting clarity

by Jamie Quatro

DA ART OF STORYTELLIN’ (A PREQUEL)

OutKast’s Southern Stank

by Kiese Laymon

FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION

Innovation

Gram Parsons’s prophetic Nudie suit

by Elyssa East

The Skillet Lickers’ pickin’ picnic

by Greg Reish

MC Shy D, an original ATLien

by Will Stephenson

Thomas A. Dorsey unites gospel and blues

by Dom Flemons

THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER

The Allman Brothers’ wild South

by Amanda Petrusich

THE DIRTY SOUTH

Scenes

Savannah, metal, and mourning

by Bill Dawers

Hip-hop and black history in Albany

by Regina N. Bradley

Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn soul

by Brian Poust

WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT

Life and Death in Cabbagetown

by Abigail Covington

ATHENS X ATHENS

Why Athens?

by David Barbe

Welcome Hinges

by Art Rosenbaum

The Cos-mo-pol-i-tan Sound

by Patterson Hood

Plus: anecdotes, images, and memories from around town

ENLIGHTENED ROGUES

Legends

Calling Little Richard

by David Ramsey

Beverly “Guitar” Watkins at seventy-six

by Rachael Maddux

Bessie Jones, vision and voice

by Nathan Salsburg

In defense of Dave Prater

by Jonathan Bernstein

Fiddlin’ John Carson’s darkest murder ballad

by Christopher C. King

Ray Stevens remembers a comedy song

by Jewly Hight

SUGARFOOT STOMP

The genius of Fletcher Henderson

by Cynthia Shearer

OH, MAKER

Visionaries

Rico Wade’s Dungeon Family reunion

by Rodney Carmichael

Sharon Jones comes home

by Maxwell George

In the cosmic mind of Col. Bruce Hampton

by Lance Ledbetter

Killer Mike turns forty

by Austin L. Ray

Janelle Monáe looks toward the future

by Brit Bennett

AN UNFINISHED STATE

Dust-to-Digital’s unheard magnum opus

by Wyatt Williams