Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers

Saw these guys in concert a few years ago opening for Tedeschi Trucks Band... they did nothing for me then. Vanilla southern rock. After listening to this album in full... still nothing. In no way does release deserve to be 90+ minutes long, it's incredibly same-y throughout. DBT essentially dedicated an entire release to outlining the story of Lynyrd Skynyrd. I understand that Skynyrd == southern rock, but my god, the idea of a band writing, recording, and releasing a double-side album about a wholly separate band (no matter the genre) feels kind of sad. Skip this and go re-listen to '(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)'

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