You know that feeling you had on the first day of school? Things were fresh, and there was an excitement in the air. An innocence, too. Like, where will this brand-new day take me? Well, in some ways, ...

In the 1956 song “Dixie Fried,” Carl Perkins sings about a razor-toting rebel rouser named Dan who storms a honky-tonk on the edge of town. Flashing a quart of moonshine and slashing through the crowd ...