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Cage The Elephant Was Inspired By Some Crazy Guy

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Singer Matthew Shultz recalled of the sketchy moment in Spin Magazine after a show in Knoxville, Tennesse. “We saw this guy with a shaved head and a long goatee yelling and screaming to himself.

He beelined towards us and everyone jumped into the car. I didn’t make it, but he came up to me a gave me a hug. The whole time he was saying ‘You have to cage the elephant.'”