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A video of Tennessee history. The Tennessee Theme song Rocky Top. There is so much spirit in Tennessee. Atlanta artist Corey Barksdale video about state of Tennessee. Corey Barksdale has lived in Atlanta for about 15 years and has become one of Atlanta’s premier artist. Corey Barksdale has exhibited his artwork at the Atlanta Dogwood festival, Decatur Art Festival, Virginia-Highlands Art Festival, National Black Art Festival, Atlanta Jazz Festival, Artsplosure in Raleigh North Carolina, Art Festival in Paducah, Kentucky, One of a Kind Show in Chicago, etc. Decatur, GA artist Corey Barksdale has painted for audiences in the city of Atlanta,
This video was created by Atlanta & Decatur Fine Artist Corey Barksdale. Please visit Corey’s website. http://www.coreybarksdale.com/
The song was written by a married couple, songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. They wrote “Rocky Top” in only ten minutes in 1967. The Bryants were working in Gatlinburg on a collection of slow-tempo songs for a project for Archie Campbell and Chet Atkins. Writing the fast-paced “Rocky Top” served as a temporary diversion for them. Recorded by the Osborne Brothers in 1967, the song was a top 40 hit on the country music charts in early 1968.
Although a staple of their concerts, the song did not achieve mass popularity until Lynn Anderson had a hit with it in 1970, and when the “Pride of the Southland” University of Tennessee marching band used it for one of their drills in 1972. The song was very popular and was officially adopted as a state song in 1982. In the 1970s, the song achieved such popularity among bar crowds that the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, old-time band the Red Clay Ramblers [1] national tours included a crowd-pleasing satire informally titled “Play ‘Rocky Top’ (or I’ll Punch Your Lights Out.)”[2]
The original “Rocky Top” song describes a place called Rocky Top, Tennessee, which is one of the three peaks of Thunderhead Mountain in Tennessee (located in the Smoky Mountains) in the eastern part of the state. The peak is actually located along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina.[3][4]
Despite its fast and upbeat tempo, the song’s first verse is actually a lament over a failed love affair and a vanishing way of life. The song’s second verse is an ode to two apparent revenuers and the illegal production of alcoholic beverages by moonshining, with a reference to “looking for a moonshine still.” These are all common country music themes. With its good-natured regional references to a carefree lifestyle, the singing of “Rocky Top” by Tennessee college students and alumni at sports venues such as Neyland Stadium is well established. The University of Tennessee has been granted a perpetual license to play the song as much and as often as success on the field dictates by the copyright holders, House of Bryant.
Contrary to popular belief, “Rocky Top” is not UT’s official fight song, although it is so closely identified with the university that many believe this to be the case. UT’s official fight song is a radically different tune called “Here’s To Old Tennessee”, adapted from the Yale University fight song “Down the Field”.
“Operation Rocky Top” was the FBI’s code name for a public corruption investigation into the Tennessee state government in the late 1980s which resulted in the eventual suicide of the Tennessee Secretary of State, Gentry Crowell, and the incarceration of several other individuals, most notably state House Majority Leader Tommy Burnette. The focus of the investigation was the illegal sale of bingo licenses.
The jam band Phish played “Rocky Top” regularly from 1987 to 2003. There have been additional cover versions of the song by such country music artists as Dolly Parton, Conway Twitty, and Billie Jo Spears. It can also be known as the official fight song of David Webb, a noted band director in Central Virginia at Jefferson Forest High.
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February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
He got the photos …
He got the photos and art from Memphis,where most of the photos of old tenessee are stored…
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Someone please post …
Someone please post a longer version of that rousing college march version which is at the end.
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
See i <3 WV,but i …
See i <3 WV,but i like this song too,but yea why memphis;lol the best version of this is called: Morgantown Song lol!!
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Hell yeah!
yeah!
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Found it! Burgess …
Found it! Burgess Falls.
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
it may be the …
it may be the photographers hometown?? just a guess
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
why Memphis??? …
why Memphis??? nothing to do with rocky top??? cotton on rocky top??? terrible example???
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Dang,I’m home sick …
Dang,I’m home sick now.
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Watched this a …
Watched this a bazillion times…Keeps getting better !!!!!
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
very great song. i …
very great song. i love it. If you are down, listen to this song and you are high over the top. great version.
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
ROCKY TOP TENNESSEE!
ROCKY TOP TENNESSEE!
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Can I find the …
Can I find the full version of the fight song version at the end on YouTube?
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
What and where is …
What and where is that waterfall at 0:22? Amazing!
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
@SuperLauren1988 …
@SuperLauren1988 theres alot more that comes out of tennessee. no its definitely not like st. louis but its a shi* load better. and this song wasnt made in tennessee it was made in kentucky
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
hey from ky
hey from ky
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
hey ya all i am ky …
hey ya all i am ky gal here and seen more moon shine run then any lol daddy run it in these here woods …i love this song i wish i could find it on cd anyone knows where i can find it let me know ok thanks from the back hollor gal from ky dirt roads
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
hell yea. 2:31 …
yea. 2:31 that’s Popcorn Sutton. He made the best moonshine whiskey in the WORLD. So so smooth. Nothing that fine was in the stores. RIP Popcorn
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Woah, never heard …
Woah, never heard this verstion.
But i love it!
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
This is Hanna, on …
Due to cheerleading lol 
This is Hanna, on my brothers utubee, well anyway, I know a dance to this song
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
this is the only …
this is the only good thing to come out of tennessee
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
fantastic tribute …
fantastic tribute to a great song and beautiful, hard working people!! Thanks – from a northern gal
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
RIGHT ON!
RIGHT ON!
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Yes, you may be too …
Yes, you may be too ignorant to know this, but a Kentuckian wrote Rocky Top. A transplanted Kentuckian wrote The Tennessee Waltz . I love Tennessee too. But I’m a proud Kentuckian.
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
LMAO I guess you …
LMAO I guess you have’t been watching the Vols lately LMAO you idiot
February 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
What people don’t …
What people don’t realize…. we Tennesseean aren’t a bunch of
“Hee-Haw Hicks”……that’s Arkansas. Lol.
But seriously. I love my state.
God Bless America.
God Bless Tennessee.