it was the 3rd of June….
another sleepy dusty Delta day….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZt5Q-u4crc
I’ve been thinking a lot about Ode to Billie Joe lately. I can’t believe it was FORTY years ago this summer, this song burst forth. Our ”Summer of Love” with a sidetrip to Mississippi! What Bobbie Gentry wrote is nothing less than a gothic tale. We’ll always wonder what was thrown off the Tallahatchie Bridge, and why did Billie Joe end it all a short time later? Somebody made a movie in the 70s, but to a lot of people, the question wasn’t really answered.
Oddly enough, I found myself working alongside one of Bobbie’s cousins on the Gentry side a few years ago. So I asked, whatever became of her? She was a big star, with had a TV show even. Then she just dropped out of sight. Well, apparently she’s fine, lives quietly with her youngest child and doesn’t want to perform anymore. Okay. I hope she gets lots of residual checks.
She ought to write a book though, because she sure could write a spooky old song!
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