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Henry Yates

"I thought Free were from Alabama, because it sounded southern to me": The Cold Stares' seventh album is both a love letter to Kentucky and a call for unity in volatile times

The Cold Stares live on stage.

As far back as he can remember, whenever Chris Tapp opened a music magazine or was introduced by a DJ, the ‘S’ word preceded him.

“We were always getting tagged as ‘southern’ something,” The Cold Stares frontman says, smiling. “Y’know, ‘southern rock’, ‘southern gothic’… We just thought of ourselves as a blues-rock band.”

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