{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"SEASON 7: Drivin\u2019 N\u2019 Cryin\u2019s Kevn Kinney Returns With Crushing Flowers With "No Idea How to Be Famous"","description":" In the 1980s, popular music in Georgia started to once again find its footing. There was a burgeoning hip-hop scene, an exceptionally talented group of up-and-coming R&B artists, and a collection of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll bands that included the B-52s and R.E.M. out of Athens, as well as the Black Crowes and Drivin\u2019 N\u2019 Cryin\u2019 in Atlanta, among others.  While the success of the B-52s, R.E.M. and Black Crowes has been well documented\u2014Drivin\u2019 N\u2019 Cryin\u2019\u2019s track record of producing exceptional music has often fallen through the cracks. Perhaps that's why the band\u2019s founder and frontman, Kevn Kinney, told us he has "no idea how to be famous."  But the Kinney and his band forges on. Drivin\u2019 N\u2019 Cryin\u2019 just released its first new studio album in six years, Crushing Flowers\u2014and the critics are raving. One said it was, \u201cas sharp and concise a collection as they have recorded.\u201d Thus, we welcome Kinney to the Load Out Music Podcast to talk about the band's 40-year track record, the missing "i" in his name, and the new record. Enjoy!  ","author_name":"The Load Out Music Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/loadoutmusic.libsyn.com\/website","html":"