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Americana string band Old Crow Medicine Show's 2012 album, Carry Me Back, derives its name from 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginny'. The song with "such a pleasurable melody and such discomfiting politics that it has fascinated bandleader Ketch Secor since he was a kid in Virginia" led him to write "Carry Me Back to Virginia," for the group's album ...
Sheet music cover for "James Bland's 3 Great Songs", 1879. James Alan Bland (October 22, 1854 – May 5, 1911) was an American musician, songwriter, and minstrel performer. [1] He is best known for the song "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" which was the official state song of Virginia from 1940 to 1997.
Virginia's previous state song, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", adopted in 1940, [1] was rescinded in 1997 due to language deemed racist by the Virginia General Assembly. [13] In 2015, " Our Great Virginia " was made the new state song of Virginia.
The band's theme song was "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny". Dwight Eisenhower was among the band's fans. Brigode himself played violin and clarinet, but mostly acted as master of ceremonies. The band toured widely around the United States.
"Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" by James A. Bland was Virginia's state song from 1940 until 1997; it now has emeritus status. "Oh Shenandoah" was the interim state song from January 2006, and its melody was used for "Our Great Virginia," with lyrics by Mike Greenly, which became the official state song in 2015.
Some of this decade's hits were songs still seen today, including "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" [1] [2] "Good-bye, Liza Jane", and "My Grandfather's Clock". These songs involved more philosophical and emotional content than hits before the war like "Camptown Races". For this reason, many American folk songs from the 1870s are remembered well ...
Gluck was born as Reba Feinsohn to a Jewish family in Iași, Romania, the daughter of Zara and Leon Feinsohn. [2] Gluck moved to the United States at a young age in 1889. . Although her initial success came at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Gluck later performed widely in America and became an early recording a
The song was representative of the commonwealth in many ways. "When Clifton A, Woodrum was in Congress, the House of Representatives couldn't adjourn until the honorable Democrat from Roanoke, Virginia with a rich and varied baritone voice led the body in a rendition of "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny".