Automotive
In his 1964 work titled “The Valley of Poverty”, Dominis brings attention to the fact that in the 1960s – a time when most of America had long recovered from the Great Depression, the people of the Appalachian region were still living through a great deal of poverty.
David Allan Coe – If That Ain't Country Lyrics
The old man was covered with tattoos and scars
He got some in prison and others in bars
The rest he got working' on old junk cars
in the daytime
They looked like tombstones in our yard
And I never seen him when he wasn't tired and mean
He sold used parts to make ends meet
Covered with grease from his head to his feet
Cussing' the sweat and the texas heat and skeeterz
And the neighbors said we lived like hicks
But they brung their cars for pa to fix anyhow
Now our place was a graveyard for automobiles
At the end of the porch there was four stacks of wheels
And tires for sale for a dollar or two cash
There was fifty holes in an old tin roof
Me and my family we was living' proof
The people who forgot about poor white trash
And if that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass
If that ain't country, it'll hair lip the pope
If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke
I've seen the grand ole opry,
And I've met johnny cash
If that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass
http://time.com/3878609/war-on-poverty-appalachia-portraits-1964/
