Album Notes:

Drive-By Truckers are an alternative country/Southern rock band based in Athens, Georgia, though two out of five current members (Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley) are originally from The Shoals region of Northern Alabama, and the band strongly identifies with Alabama. Their music uses three guitars as well as bass, drums, and now keyboards. Like many alternative country acts, the Drive-By Truckers record in analog (using 2 inch, 16-track open reel tape recorders). However, unlike the majority of their contemporaries, the Drive-By Truckers have consistently pushed their labels to also release the band’s records in a vinyl format.

 

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.

 

Personnel:

Band

Mike Cooley: lyrics, vocals, guitar

Earl Hicks: bass

Patterson Hood: lyrics, vocals, guitar

Rob Malone: lyrics, vocals, guitar

Brad Morgan: drums

Guest Performers

Kelly Hogan: vocals

Anne Richmond Boston: vocals

Jyl Freed: vocals

Amy Pike: vocals

Crew

David Barbe, Dick Cooper, Drive-By Truckers: production

Rodney Mills: mastering

Dick Cooper, Earl Hicks: engineering

Wes Freed, Patrick Hood: artwork, photography, cover art

Patterson, Lilla Hood: art direction, design, adaptation, liner notes

 

Track List:

Disc one: Act one: Betamax Guillotine

1.         Days of Graduation (Hood)

2.         Ronnie and Neil (Hood)

3.         72 (This Highway's Mean) (Cooley)

4.         Dead, Drunk, and Naked (Hood)

5.         Guitar Man Upstairs (Cooley)

6.         Birmingham (Hood)

7.         The Southern Thing (Hood)

8.         The Three Great Alabama Icons (Hood)

9.         Wallace (Hood)

10.    Zip City (Cooley)

Disc two: Act two

11.    Let There Be Rock (Hood)

12.    Road Cases (Hood)

13.    Women Without Whiskey (Cooley)

14.    Plastic Flowers on the Highway (Hood)

15.    Cassie’s Brother (Malone)

16.    Life in the Factory (Hood)

17.    Shut Up and Get on the Plane (Cooley)

18.    Greenville to Baton Rouge (Hood)

19.    Angels and Fuselage (Hood)

 

The Southern Rock Opera 2xLP by Drive-By Truckers is factory-sealed new. It has never been played and has always been kept in its original packaging. The LP is not a promo or cutout. There are no marks or punches of any kind. All our CDs and vinyl are new! If you have any questions or want to see additional photos, just email us.

 

Same day shipping for payments received by 4:00 PM EST.

 

Payment must be received within 7 days. We accept and prefer PayPal.

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