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Songs We Love: JD McPherson, 'Lucky Penny'

McPherson crossed several state lines before ending up in Nashville for his third album, Undivided Heart & Soul. The first single sounds like Link Wray and 1950s motorcycle movie soundtracks.
JD McPherson's new album, <em>Undivided Heart & Soul</em>, comes out Oct. 6.

What's more all-American than crossing state lines? From the immigrants who built its cities and railroads to the early rock 'n' rollers who hit every dance hall on the roads connecting New Orleans to Chicago to L.A., this nation has long dream-chased its speed limit breakers., supreme rock reinventor takes up that mantle of perpetual motion. Following up on the subtle perfection of 2015's , his new release benefits from this restlessness.

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