Brent Cobb
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The American south isn't just Brent Cobb's home. It's his\\nmuse, too. A Georgia native, he fills his Grammy-nominated songwriting with the sounds and stories of an area that's been home to southern rockers, soul\\nsingers, country legends, and bluesmen. Cobb has a name for that rich tapestry of music \\u2014 \\u201csouthern eclectic" \\u2014 and he offers up his own version of it with his newest album, Southern Star.
\\n\\u201cDown here, there's a lot going on and there's nothing going on at the same time," he says. \\u201cYou've got all these different cultures in the south, and everything is mixed in together. Otis Redding and Little Richard were from the same town in Georgia. So were the Allman Brothers. James Brown and Ray Charles grew up right down the road. All these sounds reflect the South itself, and that music has influenced the whole world. It's definitely\\ninfluenced mine."
\\nFilled with country-soul songwriting, laid back\\ngrooves, and classic storytelling, Southern Star distills the best parts of southern culture into 10 of the strongest songs in Cobb's catalog.
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