At the 10th Grammy Awards, Gentry won Best Vocal Performance—Female, and Best Contemporary Female Solo Performance for the song, as well as the Best New Artist trophy.
The song describes Billie Joe McAllister’s girlfriend and her family at the dinner table after her Mama blurts out the news of his suicide. But a closer look at the lyrics shows the clan nonchalantly passing around black-eyed peas, biscuits, and pie as Papa declares Billie Joe “never had a lick of sense.” There’s also a line about Billie Joe and his girlfriend “throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge” not long before his suicide.
The singer noted that people had many guesses about what was thrown off the bridge. “Flowers, a ring, even a baby,” she said, adding that people could "think what they want."
According to Rolling Stone, Gentry once explained that she left the story open “so the listener could draw his own conclusion.”
In addition to the tragic subject matter, Gentry’s own story was rather sad. While she received accolades for the song, she never received producers’ credit on it due to sexism in the industry at that time, Rolling Stone noted.
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