Tobacco Road (novel) Tobacco Road (novel) 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, as of 2014, it was still the 18th longest-running Broadway show in history as well as being the second-longest running non-musical ever on Broadway. The novel ultimately argues for the sterilization of Georgia's poor whites, as the author's father, Ira Caldwell, had argued in his 1930 article in "The Eugenics Review". A 1941 film version, deliberately played mainly for laughs, was directed by
Tobacco Road (song) during their concerts in late seventies, in Eric Burdon style. In 1992 they held concerts in Belgrade and recorded and released their 12-minutes version on cd "odLIVEno". Roy Clark included the song on his 1986 album "Rockin' in the Country". His version peaked at number 56 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart. "Tobacco Road" was recorded by David Lee Roth for his LP, Eat'm and Smile in 1986. "Tobacco Road" was also recorded by Hank Williams Jr. on his album "Hog Wild" (1995). Also Jimmy Johnson included it on his CD "Heap See". Paul Revere & The Raiders Featuring