“Louisiana 1927” is a Randy Newman song from his Good Old Boys album released in 1974. It’s a concept album in which Newman takes on the persona of a “certain type” of Southern man and it paints a decidedly unflattering portrait of Southerners. Notwithstanding that, this song has been adopted in Louisiana as a sort of anthem. It speaks of the devastating floods that hit the state in 1927 and the federal government’s inadequate response to the disaster. The song had a resurgence of popularity after hurricane Katrina and, unfortunately, has become the theme song for too many similar events since then.