Bobbie Gentry - Local Gentry flac album

Local Gentry is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry. In 2006, Australian label Raven Records released the album on CD for the first time, paired with 1968’s The Delta Sweete.

Local Gentry is an exquisitely wrought collection of character studies steeped in the myth and lore of Southern culture - from the funeral parlor director portrayed in "Casket Vignette" to the titular "Ace Insurance Man," Bobbie Gentry etches a series of revealing, well-observed narratives populated by folks both larger-than-life and small-time, adding up to something not unlike a.

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More albums from Bobbie Gentry: Fancy by Bobbie Gentry. Touch ‘Em With Love by Bobbie Gentry. The Delta Sweete by Bobbie Gentry. Ode To Billy Joe (Sound Track From Max Baer’s Film Of) by Bobbie Gentry. Patchwork by Bobbie Gentry. Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell by Bobbie Gentry. Ode To Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry. View all albums . Local Gentry. By: Bobbie Gentry (1968, Pop).

Papa’s Medicine Show Lyrics. It doesn't seem so long ago when papa had his medicine show All the family had a part, I still know them all by heart Everywhere we traveled we sang that little song Just sold enough linament to barely get along.

Casket Vignette’ (Local Gentry, 1968). Bobbie Gentry’s third album reeled back on the experimentation of The Delta Sweete, but it retained much of the black humour found in many of the best Bobbie Gentry songs. Casket Vignette’ is one of the most savage entries in her catalogue: it portrays an man ruthlessly scamming a newly deceased young woman. Bobbie claimed she wrote this song on an aeroplane. Maybe that was a rough flight, she deadpanned. Ace Insurance Man’ (Local Gentry, 1968). This funky track is an overlooked gem. Like ‘Casket Vignette’, it’s hardly flattering.