Every five seconds, or the time it takes you to read this sentence, an Appalachian American has begun feuding with their in-laws. Every 45 seconds, or the time it takes an Appalachian American to read this sentence, the feud spreads into his or her immediate family. Kentucky math tells us that this equates to a whole bunch of trouble for everybody.

Now, I know a lot of “fancy people” want to “look the other way” and that these are just “hillbillies” that act crazy in their “hollers.” But, I, for one, say that NOW is the time to take a stand against these redneck-on-redneck crimes of passion.

This particular crime of passion scenario was brought to my attention by Adam Pope, a young man from the hills of North Carolina. He wrote this song and sang it at one of our weekly Tuesday night duo gigs at The Nashville Palace a few months ago. After he sang it, I looked at Adam through my tears and laughter and said, “Wow, I’ve never heard anything quite like that!”

In all honesty, these hillbilly crimes of passion are not localized to one specific region, not limited to one country, not prejudiced to one ethnicity - no, they’ve existed in one form or another EVERYWHERE throughout history!

Please share this song with your friends and family in all corners of the globe so that, together, we can make an example of these particular hillbillies’ bad behavior, learn our lesson, and strive for world peace!

I had an absolute blast recording this one with my buddies on reel-to-reel tape at The Bomb Shelter here in Nashville with Jack Tellman at the helm. There’s not much editing on this one, so you’re pretty much hearing a live recording.