Alabama 3 almost missed out having their now-iconic track Woke Up This Morning played over the opening of The Sopranos.
The eight-strong London band – fronted by founding member Rob Spragg – built a global following after their 1997 alt-country song was featured in the introductory credits for the hit HBO show, which show mob boss Tony Soprano, played by the late James Gandolfini, driving through the New Jersey Turnpike with a cigar clasped between his teeth and the city skyline in his rear view mirror.
