InThe RiffbyTerry Barr·Apr 4, 2025When An Ode Is Not Just An OdeBobbie Gentry, Billie Joe McAllister, and SarahA response icon2A response icon2
Jeremy Roberts·Jul 27, 2024Spendin’ nights in the bright spotlights with Bobbie Gentry and Willie Nelson’s guitaristWaylon Payne, son of “Help Me Make It Through the Night” singer Sammi Smith and Nelson picker Jody Payne, salutes the Chickasaw County…
Louise Ballantyne·May 31, 2023What did Billie Joe throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?Disclaimer: This is an opinion piece. The song and its’ copyright belong to Bobbie Gentry who has never disclosed the actual answer.A response icon1A response icon1
InNo Wrong NotesbyChristopher Watkins/Preacher Boy·Oct 17, 2021365 Days of Song Recommendations: Oct 14Ode to Billie Joe—Bobbie Gentry
InSacred Heart Christian BlogbyRJ Carr·May 3, 2021Ode to Billy Joe and Matthew 25The powerful parable in 1967 ballad
Jeremy Roberts·Dec 15, 2020The last word on Bobbie Gentry, songwriterFor the first time Gentry’s 46 songwriter credits between 1967 and 1977 are listed chronologically with YouTube links and accompanying…
Cindy Marabito·Jul 20, 2020No good ever comes up on Choctaw RidgeSo, no good ever comes up on Choctaw Ridge. I wondered if maybe that bluff Roy and J.W. were looking for that night was indeed Choctaw…
Jeremy Roberts·Aug 23, 2018Bobbie Gentry's archivist explores colossal 'Girl from Chickasaw County' box setProducer Andrew Batt examines the first comprehensive collection surveying the song weaver behind Ode to Billie Joe, Fancy, and PatchworkA response icon2A response icon2
