Drive-By Truckers Albums - Southern Rock Opera, Decoration Day, the Dirty South, Brighter Than Creation's Dark, a Blessing and a Curse (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: Southern Rock Opera, Decoration Day, the Dirty South, Brighter Than Creation's Dark, a Blessing and a Curse, Pizza Deliverance, the Big to Do, the Fine Print: a Collection of Oddities and Rarities, Gangstabilly, Live From Austin, Tx, Alabama Ass Whuppin'. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Southern Rock Opera is the third studio (fourth total) album by the alt country band Drive-By Truckers. It was a double album and released in 2001. Covering an ambitious range of subject matter from the politics of race to 70s stadium rock, Southern Rock Opera either imagines, or filters, every topic through the context of legendary Southern band, Lynyrd Skynyrd. The record was originally self-released on Soul Dump Records. It was re-released on July 16, 2002 by Lost Highway Records. The album was financed by issuing promissory notes in exchange for loans from fans, family and friends of the band. The album's artwork was done by Virginia artist, Wes Freed. The idea for Southern Rock Opera actually pre-dates the band's formation in 1996. Southern Rock Opera began in a long discussion between, Drive-By Truckers' frontman, Patterson Hood, and, former Truckers' bassist and producer, Earl Hicks, during a road trip. The pair discussed writing a semi-autobiographical screenplay about growing up in the South and about the plane crash that almost ended the career of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, taking singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and Gaines' back-up singer sister, Cassie Gaines, to their graves. Soon after this discussion, Patterson Hood formed Drive-By Truckers. The Truckers recorded two studio albums and one live album during the four years between their formation and the actual recording of Southern ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=1138017