After a lifetime spent performing around the world - and living in Austria for a time - Johnny Maddox returned home to Tennessee in 1982. He lives in a museum-like home built between 1800 and 1810 and is happily surrounded by his extensive collection of 78rpm records, Edison wax cylinders, books, and sheet music that he has collected in his travels. This CD is a tribute to songs about Tennessee and the South with a few exotic tunes to spice things up.

This CD is part of a three CD set of Johnny's solo sessions: Back Home in Tennessee, Cowboys and Indians and Where the Southern Crosses the Yellow Dog. Each CD includes a 16-page booklet featuring full color reproductions of original artwork covers of the featured songs along with histories, backgrounds and stories on each song.

Johnny Maddox was already America's number one jukebox artist when in 1954 he recorded the first all-piano record in history, "The Crazy Otto Medley". It spent 14 weeks at the top of the charts, and became the first ragtime recor