2025 – SGA Mostly Mississippi 2026

Music to Drive By

MusicDecember 5, 20250Comments 0Likes

First things first. Music. You probably cannot hear it while you are driving your Ghost, but it is a good introduction to Mississippi. Heck, you might even like it. Perhaps play it in your hotel room. Or annoy your mother.

We will be traveling in the Delta during our first week on tour. We have been advised that one must go to hear the blues performed, live, at least twice to get it. Since we will not be listening to the blues live for two nights, you are hereby assigned to keep these Spotify playlists running as your background music until you get to Mississippi:

This snippet is in the Spotify “Preview” mode. That means it will only play a few seconds of each song before going on to the next. I implore you to get Spotify. If you don’t you will be missing out on future music suggestions that you may like better, or not. Just click on the handy box that says “Get Spotify”. Isn’t that convenient?

Here are some other playlists that are not so rigidly “classic”. May be easier on the ears to newbies. The first one is more tame than the second one.

And have a little listen to Elvis as you now have Spotify. You don’t? Geez, spring for the $12 a month. You will be ostracized if you do not know your music.

This is Elvis singing the blues. Two birds with one stone.

Yellowhammer

Now You KnowJuly 30, 20250Comments 0Likes

A yellowhammer is not a tool, even for a Ghost. A yellowhammer has been the State Bird of Alabama since 1927. Consider that some states have no birds at all, this is pretty good.

But we do not care too much about the state bird of Alabama. We care about the state bird of Mississippi, and wouldn’t ya know it, Mississippi is not original in its selection.

The state bird of Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas (and Mississippi) is the northern mockingbird. As far as I know, all those states were in the south. Whatever.

Anyhow, the Latin name of mockingbird is Mimus polyglottos meaning many-tongued mimic. We believe that is why many states mimic their official birds. It is said that they have over 200 songs, so there is plenty of room for more southern states to adopt the northern mockingbird.