Tobacco Road is a 1941 film directed by John Ford and starring Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy, Dana Andrews and Ward Bond.It was based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Erskine Caldwell and the 1933 Broadway play that Jack Kirkland adapted from the novel. "Tobacco Road" is a blues song written and first recorded by John D. Loudermilk in 1960 that was a hit for The Nashville Teens in 1964 and has since become a standard across several musical genres.
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Growin' up rusty shack, all I had was hangin' on my back.
Their main claim to fame was providing the kamikaze backup behind Jerry Lee Lewis on his Live at the Star Club LP and recording the massive hit "Tobacco Road." "Tobacco Road" is a tough, nasty blues song that sounds as if it could have been written by a weathered Delta bluesman in the 1920s.
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Only you know how I loathe Tobacco Road. Both Nissan and Oldsmobile have used it in ads.Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" borrows a bit from Don McLean's "American Pie."
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The Nashville Teens were a truly kick-ass rock & roll band from London.
In the 1970s, songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman claimed to have been inspired by "Tobacco Road" while writing "Tobacco Road" has been performed by a great number of other artists, often with slightly altered lyrics.
Only you know how I loathe this place called Tobacco Road. Within a few years, they had added Charles Miller, B.B.
2) Playing Time: 14:24 Original Album Title: Eric … But it's home, the only life I ever known.
Within a few years, they had added Charles Miller, B.B.
Song Title: Tobacco Road (Track No.
Loudermilk was a prolific composer of many styles, and his songs ("Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," "Big Daddy," "Paper Tiger," "Break My Mind," "Indian Reservation") have been covered by many different artists.
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The plot was rewritten for the film by Nunnally Johnson, however. Watch the video for Tobacco Road from Eric Burdon's The Very Best Of War for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
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