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Alabama Shakes: The Saga of Southern Rock

Barney Hoskyns, Guardian, The, 6 April 2012

IT WAS ONLY a matter of time before BBC4 green-lit a Friday night documentary about the sub-genre Southern Rock. The subject is irresistible to connoisseurs of once-unfashionable strains of '70s pop culture, and James Maycock's Sweet Home Alabama more than does it justice.

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