Christmas has hundreds of songs. The Fourth of July has a few that can still shake a stadium. Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day, which lands on Monday, October 26 this year, has exactly one, and it came from a Dallas guy who figured the world might get along better over a plate of cream gravy.
The song is “Peace, Love & Chicken Fried Steak,” written by Jimmy Baldwin, a Dallas singer-songwriter who spends his days in advertising and his nights with a guitar. By the blessing of the State of Texas, it is the official song of the official holiday. Not many anthems can show paperwork.
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