‘One Mississippi’ officially becomes one of several state songs – SuperTalk Mississippi

On Thursday afternoon, Governor Tate Reeves signed a invoice into legislation that might change the controversial state tune of “Go Mississippi” with a number of state songs.

Home Invoice 453, a tourism restoration invoice, creates a Mississippi State Songs Committee for the aim of designating “quite a few state songs in order that Mississippians could take pleasure in state songs which can be applicable for all events, occasions, and day by day actions.”

The State Songs Committee, which can designate songs in numerous genres together with nation, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and gospel, will likely be made up of six members:

• Director of the Division of Tourism on the Mississippi Growth Authority
• Government Director of the Mississippi Tourism Affiliation
• Chair of the Home Tourism Committee
• Chair of the Senate Tourism Committee
• Government Director of the Mississippi Arts Fee
• Director of the Two Mississippi Museums

To get the method rolling, lawmakers went forward and selected Steve Azar’s “One Mississippi” because the state’s official tune for the style of latest music.

“‘One Mississippi’ is a unifying tune for all of our state, and Steve Azar is a superb ambassador for Mississippi,” Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann stated.

Azar, who serves because the state’s Music and Tradition Ambassador, has charted 9 instances on Billboard Sizzling Nation Songs in addition to gained a large number of awards all through his profession. Nonetheless, he says having one in every of his songs function a state banner is the most effective accolade he has ever acquired.

“Of all of the accolades I’ve acquired over my profession, being a chunk of Mississippi historical past — eternally encapsulated in a tune — is little question a very powerful and most significant achievement,” he stated.

As to how “One Mississippi” even got here to be, Azar defined that former Governor Phil Bryant referred to as him as much as the state capitol constructing in 2016 and requested if he might put collectively a tune to rejoice Mississippi’s upcoming bicentennial. By the point Azar had made the drive again from Jackson to his hometown of Greenville, he stated the tune already “wrote itself.”

“My objective was to color photos of Mississippi in lyric and contact on all that makes us who we’re,” he defined. “After I began excited about that, all of it got here so naturally.”

To hearken to “One Mississippi,” take a look at the video under.