Pull up a chair and fill up your plate for a mix of Thanksgiving history and music on this episode of Southern Songs and Stories. We celebrate the holiday with some of the fascinating history of the events surrounding its beginnings and how it evolved, with a focus on all the great food on our tables, especially here in the South, and some music on the side.

Pumpkins have been a staple of Thanksgiving feasts since the time of the Pilgrims

Songs heard in this episode:

Red Stick Ramblers: excerpt of “That’s What I Like About The South” from Right Key, Wrong Keyhole

Pura Fe: excerpt of “My People My Land (part 2)” from Hold The Rain

Freight Hoppers: excerpt of “How Many Biscuits Can You Eat This Morning?” from Where’d You Come From, Where’d You Go?

Golden Smog: excerpt of “Pecan Pie” from Down By The Old Mainstream

Nora Jane Struthers & Korby Lenker: “Let’s Just Have Supper”

The Osborne Brothers: “Cut The Cornbread”

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