Vernon Oxford

Born into a musical, church-going family, Vernon Oxford inherited his fiddle-playing talent from his father. He was given a guitar at age 13 and began singing country and country/gospel ever since. In 1964 he moved to Nashville and signed to RCA Records, releasing a single and an album titled WOMAN, LET ME SING YOU A SONG. In the '70s Oxford made the US country charts with "Shadows of My Mind,” his controversial "Redneck! (The Redneck National Anthem)," and two more in a similar vein, "Redneck Roots" and "A Good Old Fashioned Saturday Night Honky Tonk Barroom Brawl." He also recorded a humorous duet with Jim Ed Brown called "Mowing the Lawn."