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Ben Jones sits atop the General Lee, an orange 1969 Dodge Charger, outside "Cooter's," his roadside store in Sperryville, Va. Jones, who served from 1989 to 1993 as a Democratic congressman from Georgia, returned to his "Dukes of Hazzard" roots after his time in office, living his role as Cooter, the show's greasy, good-natured mechanic. From Thursdays through Sundays, Jones presided at a garage converted to the "Hazzard General Store" beside a two-lane highway winding toward Shenandoah National Park. (Rick McKay/Cox Washington Bureau 1999)

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Canadian band The Guess Who perform at Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Atlanta. The band played past the normal 11 p.m. curfew until 11:44 p.m. because of lightning and thunder earlier in the night. (Courtesy of Rob Stearns)

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