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- Date Released: August 24, 2004
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Alt-Country
- Label: New West Records
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We Say...
The Dirty South was practically the third double-album in four years the Drive-By Truckers, its 14 tracks and 70 minutes following 2003's 15-song Decoration Day and the band's 2001 epic Southern Rock Opera. Having three strong songwriters helped: Relative newcomer Jason Isbell contributed four cuts here, most notably the dramatic closer “Goddamn Lonely Love”; lead guitarist Mike Cooley wrote four others, with frontman Patterson Hood penning the other six. Each of them has a distinctive voice, both vocally and verbally, but it all meshes remarkably well, in part because all three share a penchant for storytelling via cultural reference-points, from Isbell's “Danko/Manuel” (a nod to the late greats of The Band) to Cooley's “Carl Perkins' Cadillac” (a run through Sun Records' glory days) to Hood's “Buford Stick” (one of two songs that reference Walking Tall film icon Buford Pusser). The high point is Hood's desperate falsetto in “Puttin' People On The Moon,” a tour de force of the down-and-out Southern working-class.
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They Say...
When you've named your band the Drive-By Truckers and your first three albums are called Pizza Deliverance, Gangstabilly, and Alabama Ass Whuppin', you might have a hard time at first convincing folks that you aren't joking. But the Drive-By Truckers proved that they were most definitely not kidding with 2001's brilliant double-disc Southern Rock Opera, and 2003's Decoration Day actually upped the ante on what might have been a fluke masterpiece with its dark and thoroughly absorbing chronicle of hard times in the American South. With The Dirty South, the DBTs have crafted an equally effective companion piece to Decoration Day that plays on the gangsta rap reference of its title with a set of vividly rendered portraits of life along the margins of respectability below the Mason-Dixon line, from laid-off factory rats dealing drugs to feed their kids to Alabama gangsters determined to shut down the cops who made their daughters cry. From the first low, metallic stomps from Brad Morgan's kick drum on "Where the Devil Don't Stay," it's clear that The Dirty South isn't going to be a good-time party most of the way, and while there are some brilliant anthemic rockers on this album (most notably "The Day John Henry Died," "Carl Perkins' Cadillac," and "Never Gonna Change"), and Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, and Jason Isbell have grown into a force to be reckoned with as both guitarists and songwriters, there's more than a little blood, fear, doubt, shame, and simple human tragedy at the heart of these stories. While much of America might be laughing at "You might be a redneck..." jokes, the Drive-By Truckers aren't about to let anyone forget the harsh truth behind growing up on the wrong side of the tracks in this country, and the tough, muscular force of their music only sharpens the bite of their stories. They can also turn down the amps and still hit you in the heart, especially on "Danko/Manuel" and "Daddy's Cup," and David Barbe's production gives this band the full-bodied clarity they've always deserved. Believe it -- the Drive-By Truckers are the best, smartest, and most soulful hard rock band to emerge in a very long time, and while The Dirty South isn't always good for laughs, it has too many great stories and too much fierce, passionate rock & roll for anyone who cares about such things to dare pass it up.
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Where the Devil Don't Stay |
5:19 |
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| 02. | |
Tornadoes |
4:15 |
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| 03. | |
The Day John Henry Died |
3:48 |
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Puttin' People on the Moon |
4:55 |
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Carl Perkins' Cadillac |
5:26 |
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Sands of Iwo Jima |
4:12 |
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Danko/Manuel |
5:47 |
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The Boys From Alabama |
4:27 |
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| 09. | |
Cottonseed |
6:23 |
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Buford Stick (The Legend of Sheriff Buford Pusser) |
4:43 |
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| 11. | |
Daddy's Cup |
5:53 |
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| 12. | |
Never Gonna Change |
5:25 |
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Lookout Mountain |
5:02 |
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Goddamn Lonely Love |
4:59 |
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14 Total Tracks, 70:34 Total Length
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Credits
- John Agnello - Mixing // David Barbe - Piano // David Barbe - Director // David Barbe - Organ (Hammond) // David Barbe - Vocals (Background) // David Barbe - Producer // David Barbe - Engineer // David Barbe - Fender Rhodes // David Barbe - Mixing // Greg Calbi - Mastering // Peter Jesperson - A&R // Mike Cooley - Banjo // Mike Cooley - Harmonica // Mike Cooley - Group Member // Drive-By Truckers - Main Performer // Marcus Thompson - Assistant // Adam Smith - Photography // Patterson Hood - Piano // Patterson Hood - Liner Notes // Patterson Hood - Group Member // Chuck Hermes - Art Direction // Patrick Hood - Photography // Ryan Dowd - Lighting // Wes Freed - Artwork // Wes Freed - Paintings // Jason Isbell - Piano // Jason Isbell - Piano // Jason Isbell - Mellophonium // Jason Isbell - Mellophonium // Jason Isbell - Organ (Hammond) // Jason Isbell - Organ (Hammond) // Jason Isbell - Vocals // Jason Isbell - Vocals // Jason Isbell - Vocals (Background) // Jason Isbell - Vocals (Background) // Jason Isbell - Fender Rhodes // Jason Isbell - Fender Rhodes // Jason Isbell - Wurlitzer // Jason Isbell - Wurlitzer // Jason Isbell - Guitar (12 String Electric) // Jason Isbell - Guitar (12 String Electric) // Jason Isbell - Group Member // Jason Isbell - Group Member // Brad Morgan - Group Member // Clay Leverett - Vocals (Background) // Lilla Hood - Art Direction // Lilla Hood - Collage // Daniel Rickard - Engineer // Matt DeFilippis - Live Sound Engineer // Shonna Tucker - Vocals // Shonna Tucker - Group Member
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