“We had fat back, sorghum molasses, and hot cakes for breakfast followed by blackeyed peas with fat back and corn bread and sorghum for dinner and supper.” – Mandolinist Bill Monroe, on growing up in a two-room cabin with Uncle Pen, from whom he learned music

The famous cover of traditional Mardi Gras Indian song “Iko Iko” by The Dixie Cups was recorded without the band’s knowledge — they were just jamming between takes in a studio, and someone recorded it.

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