I Crossed The Tracks
Album: I Crossed The Tracks
By: Christy Howard
By: Christy Howard
Duration
6:00
Genres
Description
When I was ten, my family moved to Shelby, MS. We had a black nanny who lived "across the tracks." I would sneak over to see her and local plantation workers would be sitting on the porch playing the Blues. They taught me how to sing: "Girl, just look out there at that road and pretend your dog just got run over by a car. Then you'll be singing the Blues."