The Dirty South

by Drive-By Truckers

The Dirty South cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 August 2004
  • Label: New West
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:33
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Drive-By Truckers explore the dark underbelly and complex mythology of the American South on this ambitious concept album. Lyrically, it tackles historical figures and the harsh realities of working-class life with literary precision. Musically, it is a three-guitar powerhouse that honors and deconstructs the southern rock tradition.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, crime, folklore, history, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Where the Devil Don't Stay (05:19)
  2. Tornadoes (04:15)
  3. The Day John Henry Died (03:48)
  4. Puttin' People on the Moon (04:55)
  5. Carl Perkins' Cadillac (05:26)
  6. The Sands of Iwo Jima (04:12)
  7. Danko/Manuel (05:47)
  8. The Boys from Alabama (04:27)
  9. Cottonseed (06:23)
  10. The Buford Stick (04:43)
  11. Daddy's Cup (05:53)
  12. Never Gonna Change (05:24)
  13. Lookout Mountain (05:02)
  14. Goddamn Lonely Love (04:59)

Credits

  • Wes Freed - artwork
  • Daniel Rickard - engineer [additional]
  • Greg Calbi - mastered by
  • David Barbe - mixed by, producer, recorded by
  • John Agnello - mixed by
  • Brad Morgan - performer [drive-by truckers]
  • Jason Isbell - performer [drive-by truckers], written-by
  • Mike Cooley - performer [drive-by truckers], written-by
  • Patterson Hood - performer [drive-by truckers], written-by
  • Shonna Tucker - performer [drive-by truckers]
  • Adam Smith - photography by
  • Jimmy Nutt - recorded by [assistant]
  • Marcus Thompson - recorded by [assistant]
  • Drive-By Truckers - written-by

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