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[Pilgrim]

Probably fake.

We can only hope!

[uwe]

The "coon fat gravy" must give it away! Too much of a good thing ...

[Dave W]

There is a record label in Oxford, Mississippi called "Fat Possum."

And is there any better location for this label than Oxford, MS? I rest my case.

If that's meant as a putdown, you couldn't be more wrong. Fat Possum is a famous label in the blues world, responsible for recording the last of the hill country bluesmen -- R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough and others.

Oxford was the home of William Faulkner and still is the home of John Grisham. Not exactly a backwater, although I'm sure it doesn't have the lofty intellectual ferment of College Station. 

[westen44]

I wouldn't put down Mississippi, possibly my favorite Southern state.  (I'm not from there.)  Just the Faulkner association gives Oxford prestige.  I only visited there once, but the Ole Miss campus is the prettiest I've ever seen.  I've lived and worked in Jackson, Gulfport, Port Gibson, and Clarksdale, but Oxford was the most picturesque, IMO.  I realize Clarksdale has great significance for the blues.  But I never got to check any of that out.  It was a time in which I was having to work day and night.  The only thing I saw of Clarksdale was my office, my hotel room and the restaurant where I ate.  It was just a temporary job.  If I ever get a chance to go back. I'd love to see some of the blues-related areas.

[Pilgrim]

I simply meant that as part of the deep south, MS is the perfect place for a record label name tied to the South and its fauna and culture. Not a putdown, as I have a number of friends from MS and they are great people.

However, one must also admit that there are southern stereotypes, and a record label with that name is consciously playing to them at LEAST a little.