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| | Southern rock - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Rock music's origins lie mostly in the music of southerners, and many stars from the first wave of 1950s rock and roll such as Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis hailed from the Deep South. |
 | | But the British Invasion, and the rise of folk rock and psychedelic rock in the middle 1960s, shifted the focus of new rock music away from the rural south and to large cities like Liverpool, London, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. |
 | | This branch of Southern rock's use of Southern imagery, in particular the Confederate Rebel Flag, and lyrics seemingly extolling redneck values drew considerable criticism and derision. |
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