Kentucky & whether or not Florida is truly southern

[Fodderwing]

@CDGator - there are many redeeming qualities

Corvette museum (highly recommended)
Bourbon Trail
Horse country
Kentucky Derby
Patty Loveless
Dwight Yoakam
Louisville Slugger bats
The original Kentucky Fried Chicken

And the best part?
Natives: Bill Monroe, Ricky Skaggs, Sam Bush and the birthplace of Bluegrass music

Gary Stewart
Patty Loveless worth a double mention
Loretta Lynn
Tyler Childers
Chris Knight
Chris Stapleton

And a bunch more

 

[Fodderwing]

I'm late the this party - but when did Swamp Donkey return? lol

I'm from Jacksonville - I have a slight "north Florida" southern accent. When I lived in DC people would ask me "where are you from?" When I told them I was from Florida they'd respond, "FLORIDA?" And I'd tell them that Florida is the only state in the south that the farther north you are the further south you are. Lynyrd Skynyrd, the most iconic 'southern rock' band of all time is from Jacksonville. Florida IS a 'southern' state - up north.

I spent the entire fall of last year in the big bend area - that area is as redneck and southern as any state I've ever been to in the south. My dad's side of the family is from east Tennessee, Anderson County area, so I know what 'hay seeds' and hillbilly's look and act like. Go to Perry, Florida and you'll wake up in a time warp and think you're in 1960's Mississippi civil rights era.

I told folks in Wisconsin I was from southern Wisconsin.

 

[Gatordiddy]

Gary Stewart
Patty Loveless worth a double mention
Loretta Lynn
Tyler Childers
Chris Knight
Chris Stapleton

And a bunch more

wow.. great list.

Gary Stewart always struck me as one sad dude.

And Chris Stapleton (probably not a popular comment) ... but he always sounds like he's yelling at me when he sings. :)
I do love his voice in measured amounts...

 

[Fodderwing]

wow.. great list.

Gary Stewart always struck me as one sad dude.

And Chris Stapleton (probably not a popular comment) ... but he always sounds like he's yelling at me when he sings. :)
I do love his voice in measured amounts...

Tom T Hall was a KY boy, too.

 

[Fodderwing]

wow.. great list.

Gary Stewart always struck me as one sad dude.

And Chris Stapleton (probably not a popular comment) ... but he always sounds like he's yelling at me when he sings. :)
I do love his voice in measured amounts...

music artists from kentucky - Google Search

 

[Gatordiddy]

music artists from kentucky - Google Search

Some great names on that list... long time crush on Crystal Gayle.

 

[Fodderwing]

Some great names on that list... long time crush on Crystal Gayle.

Patty & Dwight were both from Pikeville.

 

[bradgator2]

Go to Perry, Florida and you'll wake up in a time warp and think you're in 1960's Mississippi civil rights era.

Funny. That's exactly how I describe it to people. "Like a lightening bolt hit the church clock in 1958... and it was never fixed". Goes for every big bend coastal town between Crystal River to Apalachicola: Lecanto/Hernando/Homosassa, Dunnelon, Cedar Key, Cheifland, Perry, Crawfordville, Panacea. Fine to drive through.... but holy shiit.

 

[Fodderwing]

Funny. That's exactly how I describe it to people. "Like a lightening bolt hit the church clock in 1958... and it was never fixed". Goes for every big bend coastal town between Crystal River to Apalachicola: Lecanto/Hernando/Homosassa, Dunnelon, Cedar Key, Cheifland, Perry, Crawfordville, Panacea. Fine to drive through.... but holy shiit.

Most them places don't cotton to any strangers.

 

[B52G8rAC]

Funny. That's exactly how I describe it to people. "Like a lightening bolt hit the church clock in 1958... and it was never fixed". Goes for every big bend coastal town between Crystal River to Apalachicola: Lecanto/Hernando/Homosassa, Dunnelon, Cedar Key, Cheifland, Perry, Crawfordville, Panacea. Fine to drive through.... but holy shiit.

That's the part of Florida that I really love. Cedar Key is spectacular.

 

[bradgator2]

That's the part of Florida that I really love. Cedar Key is spectacular.

This surprises nobody.

 

[g8r.tom]

That's the part of Florida that I really love. Cedar Key is spectacular.

Agreed - going fishing out of Horseshoe beach tomorrow.

 

[B52G8rAC]

This surprises nobody.

Very insulting. The Klan, in modern times, was a refuge for the incompetent. The term "trailer trash" is apropos. You have probably never met a Klansman of seen the obscenity of a rally. So keep your slander to yourself, if you please. On the other hand, I am unabashedly Southern. I believe in the federal system of our Founders and state sovereignty over the federal government. The south, before the War, was the bastion of civility and culture for the nation. Please limit your criticisms to facts and not innuendo. Thank you advance for your consideration in this matter.

 

[MJMGator]

The south, before the War, was the bastion of civility and culture for the nation.

 

[bradgator2]

Very insulting. The Klan, in modern times, was a refuge for the incompetent. The term "trailer trash" is apropos. You have probably never met a Klansman of seen the obscenity of a rally. So keep your slander to yourself, if you please. On the other hand, I am unabashedly Southern. I believe in the federal system of our Founders and state sovereignty over the federal government. The south, before the War, was the bastion of civility and culture for the nation. Please limit your criticisms to facts and not innuendo. Thank you advance for your consideration in this matter.

Here's a fact for you: The Klan is current and active in all those coastal communities between Crystal River and Apalachicola.

 

[B52G8rAC]

Here's a fact for you: The Klan is current and active in all those coastal communities between Crystal River and Apalachicola.

And in Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Arizona, New Jersey, Massachusetts, ad infinitum. I certainly don't judge an area by the least desirable of the populace. And if you really want to experience prejudice, talk to a New Mexican of Spanish descent about "indigenous peoples." Or "indigenous peoples" about Spanish colonizers. Or Mohanmmedans about Christians. Or Irish immigrants about "wops" or "kikes." Ignorance and prejudice aren't confined to the big bend area of Florida.

 

[soflagator]

And in Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Arizona, New Jersey, Massachusetts, ad infinitum. I certainly don't judge an area by the least desirable of the populace. And if you really want to experience prejudice, talk to a New Mexican of Spanish descent about "indigenous peoples." Or "indigenous peoples" about Spanish colonizers. Or Mohanmmedans about Christians. Or Irish immigrants about "wops" or "kikes." Ignorance and prejudice aren't confined to the big bend area of Florida.

You certainly make a good point. I think the worst thing someone can do is to lump an entire area, culture, or ethnicity into one category. Worse still would be to demonize such a group as if there could be no redeeming qualities that they could actually possess which might offset the stigma under which they fall. But all this is getting a little off topic here. Let’s get back to what we were discussing before—how all Yankees are terrible.

 

[B52G8rAC]

You certainly make a good point. I think the worst thing someone can do is to lump an entire area, culture, or ethnicity into one category. Worse still would be to demonize such a group as if there could be no redeeming qualities that they could actually possess which might offset the stigma under which they fall. But all this is getting a little off topic here. Let’s get back to what we were discussing before—how all Yankees are terrible.

But that assessment is fact based and historically accurate. And just for the record, its not all Yankees that are terrible. Just the ones who don't stand for Dixie.

 

[soflagator]

But that assessment is fact based and historically accurate. And just for the record, its not all Yankees that are terrible. Just the ones who don't stand for Dixie.

What about the true southerners who would stand for Dixie but can’t because they’re morbidly obese and are confined to a government provided scooter because of their self inflicted diabetes? Good people I presume.

 

[Nalt]

So to basically summarize what y'all are saying, not all racists are racist. AmIright?