Jim White

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Born 10 March 1957.

U.S. Alt-Country artist

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Jim White - Alabama Chrome

Jim describes the 'pressure cooker' which is the southern small town community with the aid of an ice cream cone before singing 'Alabama Chrome' in the fore court of a shut down gas station.Taken from the 2004 BBC Arena film Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus.

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Biography

Michael Davis Pratt (born March 10, 1957) known professionally as Jim White, is a Southern American singer-songwriter and guitarist. White's music can be loosely described as alternative country, but veers off in different, sometimes experimental directions with occasional nods[citation needed] to Tom Waits and the literary narratives of Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, and Harry Crews.

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BBC Reviews

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    Woven behind the songs is a rich production replete with reverb-rinsed guitars,...

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