KINGFISH

Created on 23/02/2023
Latest update on 15/02/2024

Artist: Randy Newman
Author: Randy Newman
Label: Reprise
Year: 1974

On Good Old Boys. Song about Huey P. Long who was governor of the state Louisiana between 1928 and '32. Lyricline Every Man A King was the title of his self-written campaign song, also of his autobiography and another track on Good Old Boys. The Huey P. Long bridge near New Orleans over the Mississippi was just one of the more than a hundred he ordered to be build (to fight the Depression). His legendary status was fixed when he was murdered in 1935.

Covers:

2009:

Levon Helm [on Electric Dirt]

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