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OA Book of Great Music Writing

Peter Guralnick, R. Crumb, Steve Martin, Roy Blount, Wendy Brenner, Jack Hitt, Elizabeth Wurtzel, and many other contributors reveal the lasting power of the many diverse musical traditions (blues, rock & roll, bluegrass, jazz, r&b, folk, etc.) that sprang from the South.

Dale Hawkins: from OA Music Issue 2005

From our 2005 Southern Music Issue, an article by Lauren Wilcox on larger-than-life musician Dale Hawkins, famous for the chart-busting tune "Susie Q" as well as a heap of other rockin songs.

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