What is "tobacco road"

Tobacco Road is a 1932 novel by Erskine Caldwell about Georgia sharecroppers. It was dramatized for Broadway by Jack Kirkland in 1933, and ran for eight years, an astounding feat for a non-musical, and remains the second-longest running play in Broadway history. A 1941 film version, deliberately played mainly for laughs, was directed by John Ford, and the storyline was considerably altered. The novel itself was included in Life Magazine's list of the 100 outstanding books of 1924–1944.

Tobacco Road refers to an historic tobacco-producing area of central North Carolina and is often used when referring to sports (particularly basketball) played among rival Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) universities which are located close to each other in North Carolina. The phrase originated as the title of a novel set in Georgia, but it migrated to North Carolina because of the state's primacy in tobacco production. Three of the schools (Duke, UNC, and North Carolina State) are part of Research Triangle and are separated by no more than , and Wake Forest lies about west of the other three. It was formerly much closer to the other three, having originally been located in the town of Wake Forest, North Carolina, until 1956. All four are no more than from Interstate 40; the road has been called "Tobacco Road" in national sports media. (However, until the late 1980s—after tobacco had started to decline in North Carolina due to US federal anti-tobacco actions—I-40 did not reach Durham, Chapel Hill, or Raleigh. Rather, "Tobacco Road" would have been US Highway 70.) The proximity of these schools to one another and the membership of each school in the Atlantic Coast Conference have created a natural rivalry among students, fans, and alumni. North Carolina State University's " Red and White Song" mentions each of the four universities in its lyrics.

The usual universities referred to by the moniker "Tobacco Road" are the following:

• Duke University ( Blue Devils), located in Durham
• North Carolina State University ( Wolfpack), located in Raleigh
• University of North Carolina ( Tar Heels), located in Chapel Hill
• Wake Forest University ( Demon Deacons), located in Winston-Salem

"Tobacco Road" is a song written and first recorded by John D. Loudermilk in 1960 that was a hit for The Nashville Teens in 1964 and has since become a standard across several musical genres.

Tobacco Road is a 1941 film directed by John Ford starring Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy Dana Andrews and Ward Bond. It was based on the novel of the same name by Erskine Caldwell, but the plot was rewritten for the film.

Tobacco Road is the second album from Seattle-based hip-hop duo Common Market. It was released on September 9, 2008 via Massline Media. The album's title is a reference to the tobacco-producing region of North Carolina.

The album was close to completion in September 2007, but for reasons unrevealed, the album fell apart and the duo lost 15 weeks worth of work. However, a friend of the group pulled some strings and managed to get them some studio time at London Bridge Studios in Shoreline, WA. Five days later, a second cut of the album was complete.

In an October 2007 interview on Seattle radio station 107.7 The End, the duo joked that it is scheduled for release "on your mom's 50th birthday." They later confirmed that it was due in early 2008. However, the duo had problems securing distribution, despite interest from several of the labels they shopped it to. Instead, they took a similar approach to the release of their self-titled debut, opting to take out a $3,500 loan to manufacture the album and distribute it through locally-owned Massline Media.

In the interim, they released the Black Patch War EP. With little promotion, the EP caught many fans, friends of the band, and even RA Scion's mother by surprise. According to RA Scion, the EP was meant to represent "the essence of compromise," meaning they would continue shopping Tobacco Road around on the condition that they would release new material in May.

On June 27, 2008, music website Spin.com released an official track listing, release date, and free mp3 download of the title track.

Tobacco Road is a play by Jack Kirkland first performed in 1933, based on the novel of the same name by Erskine Caldwell. The play ran on Broadway for a total of 3,182 performances, becoming the longest-running play in history at the time. As of 2014, it is still the 18th longest-running Broadway show in history, as well as being the second longest-running non-musical ever on Broadway.

Tobacco Road is a 1966 album by organist Brother Jack McDuff which was his second release on the Atlantic label.

Tobacco Road is the tobacco-producing region of North Carolina.

Tobacco Road also may refer to:

• Tobacco Road (bar), in Miami, Florida
• Musical works:
  • "Tobacco Road" (song) (1960s), by John D. Loudermilk
  • Albums:
    • Tobacco Road (Common Market album)
    • Tobacco Road (Jack McDuff album)
• Prose works sharing framework originated by Erskine Caldwell:
  • Tobacco Road (novel) (1932), by Caldwell
  • Tobacco Road (play) (1933), by Jack Kirkland
  • Tobacco Road (film) (1941), directed by John Ford

The Tobacco Road was a bar in the Brickell area of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. It was popularly known as the oldest bar in the city. The liquor license it amended was first issued in November 1912 (though property records show the building as being built in 1915, as a bakery) and operated nearly continuously since its opening, having been shut down briefly at times for run-ins with the law, such as when the upstairs, now a live music venue, was used as a speakeasy during Prohibition. Tobacco Road was located at 626 South Miami Avenue, on the south side of the Miami River, putting it in Miami's Brickell district, where it was classified as a classic dive bar, being popular among locals. Tobacco Road celebrated its 100th anniversary in November 2012. In 2012, the land on which Tobacco Road lies was purchased for $12.5 million. On October 26, 2014, Tobacco Road, the oldest bar In Miami closed and demolished by Thunder Demolition Inc. An estimated 4,000 people came on its last night...