15 minutes are up: Rich and north of Richmond

A hillbilly song, an elegy, and an observation

Song has a unique place in life. A song isn’t meant to be a cerebral exercise, its a mostly emotional experience that occasionally expresses coherent ideological deliberation. Which is why the “Rich Men North of Richmond” song is not as dismissible as other stories and one elegy. The latter are often found in the little libraries that litter progressive…