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>> tim specifically, tim asked a question -- i wrote a book last year on periods of division that felt like this, mccarthy, reconstruction, george wallace. and tim asked a question last christmas, he said have you ever thought the role music played in these moments? and i hadn't. it's a terrific question because it's an ambient reality, the music we hear and music we sing. it has a wonderfully clear political effect from the ages through the revolution to -- if you understand the civil war -- >> before the revolution. >> before. if you understand the civil war, do you really need to go much fa...

This unusual relationship. >> we have so much in common. we actually do. i read jon's book and i thaug abo -- thought about how music impai impacts people. you can hear a song that can put you back into a place and time. i asked what do you think music played and he said he hasn't really thought of it. >> we're both married to overwhelming women from mississippi. we have a lot in common. i think that every tension, every era can be told through song as well as economics and politics. it was great question. i sat and thought about it. dixie versus battle hymn of the republic. we shall overcome.