Tobacco Road (play) Tobacco Road (play) Tobacco Road is a play by Jack Kirkland first performed in 1933, based on the 1932 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 2018, it was still the 19th longest-running Broadway show in history, as well as being the second-longest running non-musical ever on Broadway. "Tobacco Road" opened on Broadway at the Theatre Masque (now the John Golden Theatre) on December 4, 1933, transferred to the 48th Street Theatre (demolished in 1955), where it
Tobacco Road (song) Mark Lindsay also made a "Remix" of this song in their compilation CD "The Legend of Paul Revere" released May 6, 1990. Also listed in Wikipedia under 'Mark Lindsay' who was the lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders it states under Production Credits: "Tobacco Road" (1977), United Artists - Ritchie Lecea, exec. producer, single. Tennessee rockers, Every Mother's Nightmare, included the song on their 1993 Arista Records release, "Wake Up Screaming". Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle included the song on their 2016 duo album "Colvin & Earle". David Bowie refers to 'Tobacco Road' in Dirty Boys on The