Southern Rock Opera

Rating

Album: Southern Rock Opera
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Days of Graduation	More Info...
2)	Ronnie and Neil	More Info...
3)	72 (This Highway's Mean)	More Info...
4)	Dead, Drunk, and Naked	More Info...
5)	Guitar Man Upstairs	More Info...
6)	Birmingham	More Info...
7)	The Southern Thing	More Info...
8)	The Three Great Alabama Icons	More Info...
9)	Wallace	More Info...
10)	Zip City	More Info...
11)	Moved	More Info...
	Disc 2
1)	Let There Be Rock	More Info...
2)	Road Cases	More Info...
3)	Women Without Whiskey	More Info...
4)	Plastic Flowers on the Highway	More Info...
5)	Cassie's Brother	More Info...
6)	Life in the Factory	More Info...
7)	Shut Up and Get on the Plane	More Info...
8)	Greenville to Baton Rouge	More Info...
9)	Angels and Fuselage	More Info...

Album: Southern Rock Opera
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Days of Graduation	More Info...
2)	Ronnie and Neil	More Info...
3)	72 (This Highway's Mean)	More Info...
4)	Dead, Drunk, and Naked	More Info...
5)	Guitar Man Upstairs	More Info...
6)	Birmingham	More Info...
7)	The Southern Thing	More Info...
8)	The Three Great Alabama Icons	More Info...
9)	Wallace	More Info...
10)	Zip City	More Info...
11)	Moved	More Info...
	Disc 2
1)	Let There Be Rock	More Info...
2)	Road Cases	More Info...
3)	Women Without Whiskey	More Info...
4)	Plastic Flowers on the Highway	More Info...
5)	Cassie's Brother	More Info...
6)	Life in the Factory	More Info...
7)	Shut Up and Get on the Plane	More Info...
8)	Greenville to Baton Rouge	More Info...
9)	Angels and Fuselage	More Info...

Performer Notes

Drive-By Truckers: Mike Cooley, Earl Hicks, Brad Morgan, Rob Malone, Patterson Hood.
Additional personnel includes: Kelly Hogan, Annie Richmond, Boston.
Producers: Drive-By Truckers, Dick Cooper, David Barbe.
Includes liner notes by Patterson Hood.
A sprawling two-disc set, the Drive-By Truckers' SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA is a cracked masterpiece that's enjoyable on several different levels. Hipsters might enjoy the giggly premise of a two-disc set devoted to a slightly altered retelling of the rise and fall of 1970s Southern rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd. Progressive rock fans lamenting the modern era's relative lack of story-driven albums divided into "Act I" and "Act II" will latch onto SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA with the same passion with which they embraced THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY. And most importantly, unreconstructed Southern rockers of the boogie-and-beer variety will appreciate the fact that this is an unapologetic, non-ironic valentine to the sound of not only Skynyrd, but the Allman Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band, and the modern-day jam bands that are their musical descendents. Funny and surprisingly sad, passionate but with obvious good humor, SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA must be experienced to be understood.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (1/31/02, p.54) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Explodes the yahoo baggage of 1970s Southern rock in a roaring memoir of gorwing up white, loud and desperate in the former Confederacy..."

Spin (1/03, p.72) - Ranked #23 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year" - "...Fictionalizing the bourbon-soaked saga of Lynyrd Skynyrd, SOUTHERN ROCK is a hard-rock history lesson for anyone who's ever yelled out for 'Freebird' and meant it."

Q (9/02, p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This is indeed a rock opera...and they are unafraid to rock. Bonkers of course, but it's also a treat."