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‘Choctaw Ridge’, a new compilation inspired by Bobbie’s ‘Ode’

Jun 23, 2021

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Andrew Batt

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New compilation Choctaw Ridge – New Fables of The American South 1968-1973 explores a new country sound, one that emerged at the end of the 60s in the wake of Bobbie’s ‘Ode To Billie Joe’, a surprise number one hit in 1967. When singers like Bobbie, Jimmy Webb, Michael Nesmith and Lee Hazlewood moved from the…