Wagon Wheel

I frequently listen to the song "Rock me Mama (Wagon Wheel)" by Old Crow Medicine Show during my trips back to Raleigh, North Carolina (the city happens to be mentioned in the song). "Rock me Mama" depicts a drive through the South and aspects of the South one would come across. Much of the song also deals with the idea of "coming back" to the South after being elsewhere, an idea and action the band experienced. By introducing idea of wanting to mentally or literally return to the South in the lyrics, the song is a representation of southern identity and the lifelong tie southerners feel with the South in general.

Along with the lyrics, the classic string band sound of Old Crow Medicine Show represents a unique southern style of music that many southerners can identify with. While the Bluegrass genre is not popular throughout the entire South, the style often gives a representation of a small, tight-knit sector of the South that is rich in originality through music.