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Southern Drawl Band
Southern Drawl Band is a Country and Southern Rock band from Knoxville, TN that was founded in early 20011 by Mike Nash on lead vocals/acoustic guitar, & Rich Killingworth on lead guitar/violin/harmonica/vocals. Other members include Will Carter on guitar/pedal steel/dobro/mandolin/organ, Melanie Howe on percussion/conga/piano/vocals, and Larry Dunsmore on drums/vocals. Southern Drawl's music provides a unique sound with influences from southern rock, country, blues, bluegrass, and trop rock.

The band's debut album, "Against The Grain", was recorded at Lakeside Studios (Knoxville, TN) in February of 2012. The album was produced by 6 time Dove Award winning and Grammy Award nominated producer Travis Wyrick. It featured Andy Wood on mandolin, Vince Illagan on bass, and Glen Hagerman on harmonica. Mike Nash wrote all of the lyrics and Mike, Rich & Larry arranged all of the songs on the album which is set to debut in March of 2012.

Background
Having only been together for less than a year, Southern Drawl Band quickly made an big impact on Knoxville's growing music scene. The band's highlights include a video written and recorded by the band for local CBS television affiliate WVLT Channel 8 for their Rivalry Thursday television program (with a viewing audience of over 500,000). In October of 2012, the band was the featured act at the 2011 Toy Run Rally at Smokey Mountain Harley Davidson in Maryville, TN. In November of 2011, Southern Drawl was the opening act for Southern Rock legend Michael Allman and again in February of 2012 for Country Music superstar Neal McCoy. Additionally, in December of 2011 Southern Drawl Band was featured in a full page article in Southern Biker Magazine; author Randy Gracy toast the band as "the new sound of Country music".

Currently
Southern Drawl Band is currently planning to tour in 2012 in support of the new album. You can find more on the band at www.southerndrawlband.com