Boys & Girls, meet the Alabama Shakes

How a band from smalltown Alabama made a big noise and attracted fans from Bon Iver to Russell Crowe along the wayIn Athens, Alabama, Tony the tiny taxi driver is showing me his gun. It says in the big book of cliche that a Guardian writer in the American south shouldn't lazily mention the fact that lots of people here carry firearms, but it seems worth noting because Tony the tiny taxi driver is threatening to shoot somebody. The book of cliche also bans hackneyed mentions of Alabama being a br...

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