bottlemania
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If anyone is interested in the War Of Northern Aggression, and also likes music, there's a double CD available at Amazon.com you should definitely check out. One cd is called, "White Mansions" the other is called, "The Legend Of Jesse James." They are historically accurate concept albums. You could also call them, "country rock operas." The music is country or, more accurately, Southern rock. Some pretty heavy hitters play on both. Johnny Cash plays Frank James, Levon Helm plays Jesse James. Eric Clapton plays guitar on White Mansions. Charlie Daniels plays Cole Younger of the James/Younger gang. Emmilou Harris and Rosanne Cash too. Both are from a decidedly Southern perspective. There is a nice "background" section for both cds that tells what was going on at the time. If you like history, They're AWESOME. BTW, what happened to the South after the war at the hands of the Union Army is sort of "glossed over" to this day in the North. At least it was where I went to school in the 'burbs of Chicago. Thats probably why someone described the North's victory as a "buttkicking" instead of as the dishonorable campaign of revenge and murder that it became after the surrender occurred. Like, seriously, if they havn't studied this topic outside the public schools, they don't know! Just my two cents worth. Paul
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