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" You make a little noise, and you can sell out your local hometown club. But then you drive an hour down the road to the next town, and there might be eight people there. "
Sturgill Simpson
You
Down
Hometown
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" Fewer and fewer bars are doing live music. Instead it's more DJs and dance parties. "
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