Our friend and fellow blogger Russ McBee in Knoxville has graciously agreed to produce the Tennessee progressive blog roundup for the rest of August. (Thanks, Russ!)

Here is Russ's installment for this week, with a look at what Tennessee's best bloggers are talking about.

The History Channel is showing the program "Hillbilly : The Real Story" tonight.
If you sometimes have some trouble understanding the old time local folk around here be sure to watch this program 8-10 pm.
It is excellent I hear.