Grammy-nominated soul vocalist Anderson East joins Biscuits & Jam.
Songs like"Devil In Me"from his album Delilah in 2015 have a timeless quality.
I think number one,Dub’s Burgersis probably one of my favorite restaurants in the world.
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Athens was a really great place to grow up.
Everybody knew each other.
And everybody lives no more than two miles from each other.
And I’m the only one that’s ever left."
“Both of my grandmothers on both sides.
Everybody’s over and just real Southern cooking.
My stepmother’s amazing.
My mom’s amazing.”
-Anderson East
“He was the epitome of ‘strong Southern man.’
He’s like 900 feet tall and just Jesus and fishing was like his world.
So we were in the boat from before the sun came up until it got too hot.
A very wise man.
He was in the Air Force and we look identical.
So he’s handsome as can be, I’ll tell you that.
Still full head of hair.
But yeah, definitely a great role model.
And he raised three pretty amazing women one of them being my mom and then us grandkids.
He was always the one to look up to within everybody’s faults that they have.
But he’s led a really tremendous life.”
What part of you is this person?
I know a lot of people have seen family members go through that thing.
I’m a fan of the idea of the soul and things that live on… ## About Biscuits & Jam
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