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- ↑ Americana beauty, Linda Laban, Boston Herald , June 26, 2004, pg. 025
- 1 2 With band's help, Southern rock will rise again, Linda Laban, Boston Herald, Nov 12, 2003, pg. 057
- ↑ 'BCN Rumble broadens its reach, Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe , April 21, 1997, C7
- ↑ A sound career, Steve Morse, The Boston Globe, Dec 29, 2000, D16
- ↑ Southern fried Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , Carly Caroli, Boston Phoenix, July 11, 1996.
- ↑ Boston Beat, Tristram Lozaw, Boston Herald, Jun 12, 1998, pg. S22.
- ↑ Riffs replace yee-haw at Redneck Fest, Tristram Lozaw, Boston Herald, April 11, 1997, pg. S18.
- ↑ Rock notes, Steve Morse, Boston Globe, Nov 2, 2001, pg. C17.
