Bobbie Gentry's 'The Delta Sweete' Gets A Much-Belated Tribute
Scott Simon discusses a star-studded reimagining of Gentry's 1968 cult classic with two of its contributors, country artist Margo Price and Rolling Stone editor David Fricke.
by Scott Simon
Feb 09, 2019
2 minutes
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Back in 1967, sang a haunting ode to young love and sad endings in the deep South called "." That song, about a mysterious occurrence on the Tallahatchie Bridge, was the No. 1 song in America for several weeks. A year later, Gentry released a country-rock opera, It hardly sold at all
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