When Lynyrd Skynyrd arrived, the South was still being depicted as a bizarre, bloody land peopled by a race of hateful, backwoods cotton farmers. Bob Dylan sang “Oxford Town,” where everybody had “their heads bowed down” in shame. more »
Jun 6, 2013
by Cody Maxwell, Contributing Writer
in Music
But in 1967, the music men in Nashville were saying that the Man in Black was through. He stood six foot two, weighed 150 pounds and had long been strung out on cocaine, pills and booze. Johnny Cash was sick. more »
Apr 18, 2013
by Cody Maxwell, Contributing Writer
in 1,000 Words
Chattanooga’s boom is bypassing many of the city’s working poor. more »
Dec 1, 2011
by Janis Hashe |
Cody Maxwell, Contributing Writer
in On The Cover
Life's rich pageant on a bus ride from Brainerd. more »
Oct 6, 2011
by Cody Maxwell, Contributing Writer
in Features