Top 10 Songs About Southern Food
Considering that I was raised in Scranton, PA and New England, there's no denying that I'm a bona fide Yankee. Although I'm proud of my northern culinary heritage I love southern cooking. I was introduced to southern food in a big way shortly after I moved to Charleston, SC after college. It took some time to fully adjust to the southern way of life, but one thing I adopted with lightning speed was a love of southern food. Cooking in the south has a long and diverse history and never gives a second thought to coronary health.
For this playlist I looked only for songs where the central theme is a traditional southern dish and narrowed the list down to my top 10. You'll find some dinner ideas by greats like Ray Charles, Cannonball Adderley and Bud Powell, but you'll also find great songs about southern food by artists who are not yet household names. "Fatback" is by a local musician here in North Carolina named Scoot Pittman, and if you don't listen to the whole playlist you've got to at least hear this song.
What's your favorite southern food song?
Top 10 Songs About Southern Food
3. Grits Ain't Groceries - Little Milton
4. Beans And Cornbread - Louis Jordan
5. Sweet Potato Pie - Ray Charles
6. Hoppin' John - Cannonball Adderley
7. Collard Greens And Black Eyed Peas - Bud Powell
8. Brunswick Stew - Chris Stuart & Backcountry
9. Southern Culture On The Skids - Fried Chicken And Gasoline
10. Taters And Gravy And Chicken Fried Steak - Kenny Bill Stinson
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"Make It Funky, Part 1"-James Brown (the closing part where he starts calling out neckbones, turnips, grits and gravy, etc.)