Tragic Tuesday -- Murder Songs
People who think threats of violence are something new in gangster rap don't know much about the blues, or even about Appalachian ballads like "Knoxville Girl," which I first heard as recorded by the Blue Sky Boys in 1937 but here done by the Wilburn Brothers:
I deplore any influence these songs have in encouraging violent behavior, but I suppose they can serve as warnings of how far out not
