Answer:One of the primary themes of I Am Legend is alienation, and it is hard to imagine someone who is more literally alienated than Robert Neville. He is an absolutely normal American man, or at least he was until the world changed around him.
Appalachia is at the eastern part of United States know for its music and being the origin of country, old-time, bluegrass and folk music. It's characteristics dated back to (1) African (and African-American) music, (2) traditional music from Ireland and Scotland and (3) English ballads. The music today, is a hybrid of different influences from East to West.
I think the word you are looking for is colleagues?