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This is Old Crow Medicine Show playing “Motel in Memphis,” off of their 2008 album, Tennessee Pusher.  It is a haunting song about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., which took place 43 years ago today.

Tennessee Pusher is full of darker songs like this.  There are still a good number of Old Crow’s traditional lineup of barn burners, (“Alabama High Test,” “Humdinger,”  and “Mary’s Kitchen,” for example), but the album feels more about the hardship of the rural poor, rather than about the fun.  “Methamphetamine” is another powerful and creepy song about the tragic side of American life.

Sincerely,

Reverend Harris

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