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"We want to play music with a Southern connection," said David Norwood, entertainment chairman of the festival.
Blackland, a Southern rock band from the Shoals, and Subject to Change, from Decatur, will take the stage Saturday. Out-of-town entertainment includes Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks, a Nashville-based band that the San Francisco Chronicle described as "a kind of Tom Petty for the trailer set."
"It's a good kind of rockabilly, good-time sound," said Norwood, who's also general manager of the predominately Southern music station WALW 98.3 FM in Moulton. "The music is clever; (Wilder is) humorous. He puts on a good show."
When Norwood booked Pure Prairie League, a '70s act that recorded the hit "Amie," he had the 40-and-older crowd in mind. "That's what we hope draws the crowd," he said.
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