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'My Old Kentucky Home' will play before Kentucky Derby as usual, despite criticism


Updated: 9:21 PM CDT Apr 30, 2021
WLKY Digital Team
An old Kentucky Derby tradition will continue this year despite pushback from activists. That tradition is the playing of the state song prior to the race.Normally, My Old Kentucky Home, written by Stephen Collins Foster, is performed by the University of Louisville Cardinal Marching Band. The words go up on the screen and those in attendance sing loud along with the music.According to the Kentucky Derby website, It’s unclear when it became the definitive song for the Kentucky Derby, but some report it was played as early as 1921 for the 47th running. But the song has a complicated history. It s said to be a song about a slave s lament and the original lyrics used controversial wording about Black people.Last year, as racial justice protests were steady in Louisville, and took aim at the Derby, Churchill Downs made some wording changes to the song the day before and added a moment of silence an ....

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'My Old Kentucky Home' will play before Kentucky Derby despite backlash


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The Kentucky Derby tradition of playing My Old Kentucky Home will continue despite activists claiming the tune uses controversial language about the black community.
The tune, written by 19th-century songwriter Stephen Foster, is typically performed by the University of Louisville marching band and is accompanied by audience members singing along the words before races commence.
My Old Kentucky Home is the State Song of Kentucky. As such, it will be performed prior to the running of this year’s Derby as it has for the past 100 years, Darren Rogers, Churchill Downs s senior communications director, told the
Washington Examiner in a statement. The way the song is represented at the Derby is not a social or political statement. We understand that there are complicated discussions surrounding the song that can’t be fully reconciled by this year’s Derby, but we will continue to remain engaged in these discussions as they progress. ....

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'My Old Kentucky Home' will play before Kentucky Derby as usual, despite criticism