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  • 1) Yes, I found one here: "Copperhead Road Repair 20673 Copperhead Rd Ottumwa, IA 52501 641-938-2250" Source and further information: http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Copperhead.Road.Repair.641-938-2250 2) "The song "Copperhead Road" contains subtle references to "The Ballad of Thunder Road", another song about moonshine running. The second verse talks about the sheriff informing the boy's mother of his dad's (implied) death while "headin' down to Knoxville with the weekly load" (in "Thunder Road", the bootlegger ran off Kingston Pike outside Bearden, a community in Knoxville). The movie Thunder Road (1962) featured Robert Mitchum as a Tennessee moonshiner." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperhead_Road "Moonshiner - one who makes moonshine, illegal distilled alcohol" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshiner Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine 3) ""Copperhead Road is a totally mythical place," Earle explained. "The idea behind it is that people are going to find a way to get by, regardless of the law. The guy in the song is a Vietnam vet, and his father and his grandfather were in the moonshine business. He comes back from 'Nam and discovers that areas in Western Carolina and Arkansas work very well for growing marijuana. "Marijuana is one of the biggest cash crops in the United States, and the majority of what's being consumed in the U.S. is being grown domestically, rather than being smuggled in. They say a lot of jobs have been lost - but there are a lot of parts in the country where jobs never existed in the first place. "`Copperhead Road' is a song about people just getting by however they can."" Source and further information: http://steveearle.net/articles/advs.php?action=view_record&article_id=511; 4) Some real business with the name "Copperhead Road": - "Copperhead Road Logging and Lumber": http://www.joescarvingwood.com/ - "Copperhead Road Defensive Firearms Training": http://www.copperheadroaddft.com/ They just took the name, but there is not a real "Copperhead Road" there.

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