Monday, March 7, 2011

Dixie: The Most Employed Tune In Movie History?

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"As we’ve already seen, Jeff Davis and Abe Lincoln both embraced Dan Emmett’s I Wish I Was In Dixie’s Land … the song most of us know as Dixie. Yet this musical treat of Americana is often vilified today. Dixie’s been yanked (yes, that’s a legitimate verb) from college marching bands and condemned as insensitive, politically incorrect, and even racist. Simply put, Dixie is rarely played anymore.

Or is it?"

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Dixie: The Most Employed Tune In Movie History?

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