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Salvation SouthAuthor: Georgia Public Broadcasting
Salvation South editor Chuck Reece comments on Southern culture and values in a weekly segment that airs Fridays on GPB Radio. Salvation South is an online magazine inspired by hope, healing and most importantly the desire to create a place on the web and a community of people where civil conversation can happen. We celebrate the culture of the South, and discuss issues of importance to our region. Language: en-us Genres: Education, History, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Georgia On Everyone's Mind
Tuesday, 6 January, 2026
The official song of the state of Georgia—Hoagy Carmichael’s “Georgia on My Mind”—came into the public domain on January first, ninety-five years after the song was written. Salvation South editor Chuck Reece is here with a little history of the song—and what happened forty-six years ago, when its official state song status became law.













