Boondocks (song)

"Boondocks" is a song released by American country music group Little Big Town. It was the first single released from their 2005 album The Road to Here; in addition, it became their first Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.^[2]

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The song's main theme is of rural pride ("I feel no shame, I'm proud of where I came from / I was born and raised in the boondocks"). In the song, all four of the group's members trade off lead and harmony vocals. Jerry Douglas, a well-known country music Dobro player, plays Dobro on the song.

The song's original title "Waiting For the Sun to Go Down". According to Karen Fairchild, one of the group's members, "When we wrote it, it just wasn't there... We kind of set it aside for a few days and then Wayne [Kirkpatrick, one of the song's co-writers] came back."^[3] The group later decided on turning the song into a Southern anthem, at which point Kirkpatrick suggested "I'm born and raised in the boondocks". (The line "waiting for the sun to go down" was transferred to "Bones", another song on the band's album.)^[3]

References

1. ^ AngryCountry.com - Little Big Town Releasing New Single
2. ^ toledoblade.com - Better Days for Little Big Town
3. ^ Little Big Town follows 'the road to here', December 2005

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Released 2006
Format CD single
Recorded 2005
Genre country music
Label Equity Music Group
Writer(s) Greg Bieck, Tyler Hayes Bieck, Wayne Kirkpatrick
Producer(s) Wayne Kirkpatrick
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