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history of new music. Do it. Trust me. You'll love it. This is me talking to Nathan Folliwell,

the drummer for Kings of Leon. This is a good year, actually, for Southern Rock. I mean,

you know, my morning jacket comes along, critically acclaimed album. You guys come along with your fourth record, and again, everybody's just freaking over it.

What is it about Tennessee and Kentucky these days?

I don't know.

I think it's, everyone's starting to wake up and realize that there's some good music

that comes out of the South of America, I guess.

You know, anyone ever ask you,

where your bands from, whatever you say, Tennessee,

they automatically think, oh, Southern Rock,

or Leonard Skinnerd, or Almond Brothers,

but I think us in my morning jacket

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