A Second Helping of Southern Rock, Part 2 of 2

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The Black Crowes, 1990The New Breed

As the 1980s became the 1990s, the South started doing it again.

From out of Atlanta, in addition to the Georgia Satellites, Drivin n’ Cryin caused a buzz with their signing to Island Records on the strength of their debut, Scarred But Smarter. Mixing a hard rock edge with folk and country tendencies, Drivin n’ Cryin, led by Wisconsin transplant Kevn Kinney, could fit just as easily with the R.E.M. crowd as wit...