<P> The song talks about Southern pride and discusses how the South is "gonna do it again". The lyrics refer to several Southern rock bands and musicians: </P> <P> - Grinderswitch - The Marshall Tucker Band - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Dickey Betts (guitarist with The Allman Brothers) - Elvin Bishop - ZZ Top - Wet Willie - Barefoot Jerry - Charlie Daniels Band </P> <P> The first line in the song is also a play on Grinder's Switch, Tennessee, the fictional hometown of Grand Ole Opry star Minnie Pearl . </P> <P> The song uses a clever play on words to promote Southern rock music . The notion that "the South shall rise again" was a familiar sentiment and rallying cry for disaffected Southern whites after the American Civil War . The song co-opts that sentiment, but uses the statement to celebrate Southern rock acts contemporary to the song itself . The "it" that the South is going to do again, it is implied, is that the South would produce further popular Southern rock bands . </P>

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