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Though Michael Stipe have been a fan of Vic Chesnutt because the past due ’80s, producing his 1st two full-lengths, it took the Nice Alleviation Two tribute album to produce a celebrity of him in mid-1996. The recording featured artists such as for example Madonna, Hootie & the Blowfish, Smashing …

Muscle tissue Shoals-inspired, Athens, Alabama-based quartet Alabama Shakes formed in ’09 2009 across the abilities of Brittany Howard, Zac Cockrell, Steve Johnson, and Heath Fogg. Originally basically known as the Shakes, the band’s mixture of fiery blues-rock and hard-hitting Southern spirit drew comparisons towards the Dark Tips, Drive-By Truckers, the …