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    Growing up the 11th of 12 kids in Dahlonega, Ga. , about an hour north of Atlanta, he played football and absorbed the music of his parents and older siblings. In his teens, "When everybody was listening to Nirvana, I was listening to James Taylor, Jim Croce, Dan Fogelberg, Gordon Lightfoot, Cat Stevens" he said. "James Taylor is the single biggest influence I have, period. Full Article at Columbus Dispatch
    When everybody was listening to Nirvana, I was listening to James Taylor, Jim Croce, Dan Fogelberg, Gordon Lightfoot, Cat Stevens
    SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch 1 month ago
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Rising star plays comfy country
  1. was my favorite show that we've done in a long time ... I love the challenge of being in front of people who haven't heard us before. Good music is good music, period.
    SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch 1 month ago
  2. We can put stuff in them ... and my family uses them for drinking out of at home.
    SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch 1 month ago
  3. I was the only one coming home with dreadlocks and tattoos and piercings ... Everyone else is pretty conservative. Most of them are in the business world -- khaki pants and polo shirts.
    SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch 1 month ago
  4. James Taylor is the single biggest influence I have, period. The James Taylor's Greatest Hits tape -- I stretched three of those till they just snapped.
    SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch 1 month ago
  5. My granny always said that you get the croup from cold wind blowing in your ears
    SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch 1 month ago
  6. It's about breaking down doors ... We have songs that go reggae, funk, bluegrass. The world is ready for that diversity, as long as the quality of it is there. There is so much exposure to so many things because of the Internet. I am Southern, and I am country, but I love great music of all kinds.
    SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch 1 month ago
  7. We wrote it about his ex-wife ... That word it is a substitute for a lot of emotions for things that you really can't put into words.
    SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch 1 month ago
  8. I got a phone call about 6 in the morning from Wyatt in Virginia Beach, and he said, 'I'm sitting here with my toes in the water and my ass in the sand, and we've got to write a song about it.'
    SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch 1 month ago

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