Editing Oxford, Mississippi (section)

=== Culture ===
* Oxford has had a diverse music scene for many years. Oxford's relatively close proximity to large music cities such as [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], and [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], influence its musical stylings. Musicians past and present living in Oxford include [[Beanland (band)|Beanland]], The Cooters, [[Bass Drum of Death]], Parliamentary Procedure, [[Kudzu Kings]], [[Blue Mountain (band)|Blue Mountain]], [[George McConnell]], [[Caroline Herring]], and blues [[harmonica|harp]] player [[Adam Gussow]]. 
* Oxford is also the home of the music label [[Fat Possum Records]], who released records by blues legends [[R. L. Burnside]] and [[Junior Kimbrough]], as well as [[The Black Keys]].  [[Johnny Marr]], former [[guitarist]] for [[The Smiths]] and current member of [[Modest Mouse]] bought a home in Oxford but no longer lives in it.  Former [[Derek and the Dominos]] member [[Bobby Whitlock]] lived in Oxford where he had a ranch and his own studio.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
* Musicians [[Modest Mouse]], [[Gavin Degraw]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[The Hives]], and [[Counting Crows]] have recorded albums at [[Sweet Tea Recording Studio]] in Oxford. Dennis Herring, the owner of Sweet Tea, has received Grammy awards for his work with artists such as [[Jars of Clay]] and blues great [[Buddy Guy]].
* [[Bob Dylan]] wrote a song called "[[Oxford Town]]", which was included on his 1963 album ''[[The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]''. The song was about the violent events surrounding the admission of [[James Meredith]] into the [[University of Mississippi]] in 1962. Dylan played a memorable concert at the Tad Smith Coliseum on the Ole Miss campus in November 1990, which opened with a performance of the song "Oxford Town".
* Oxford has been the setting for numerous movies, including ''[[Intruder in the Dust (1949 film)|Intruder in the Dust]]'' (1949, based on the [[Intruder in the Dust|Faulkner novel]]), ''[[Home from the Hill (film)|Home from the Hill]]'' (1960), ''Barn Burning'' (1980, based on the [[Barn Burning|Faulkner short story]]), ''Rush'' (1981 documentary), ''[[Heart of Dixie (film)|Heart of Dixie]]'' (1989), ''[[The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag]]'' (1992), ''Glorious Mail'' (2005), ''Sorry, We're Open'' (2008 documentary), ''The Night of the Loup Garou'' (2009), ''Where I Begin'' (2010), and parts of ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]'' (1997).
* American journalist and novelist [[Joan Didion]] mentions Oxford in her 1979 collection of essays ''[[The White Album (book)|The White Album]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Didion |first1=Joan |title=The white album |date=November 10, 2009 |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |isbn=978-0374532079 |edition=Paperback [reissue]ition }}</ref>