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Hooked on Twang: A New Generation Goes Honky-Tonkin'

Holly George-Warren, Rolling Stone, 17 April 1997

LEE'S LIQUOR lounge, in Minneapolis, is jumping. The beer signs, cattle skulls and assorted stuffed fish and small game adorning the wood-paneled walls are vibrating, and the joint is packed with old-timers, factory workers, college kids, alt-rock trendies and local celebrities such as Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy.

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