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Show merge songwriting duties LLOWING MS HAVE -- E FLAWS H INK ORATION. FHE BEST IOT LABLE. JGH, LIGHT PRINT) Courtesy photo rfe Qty at Suede on Monday night. e of the full-o- n rock than the ier because several of the igs we ended up pulling at : last minute to make room new ones were probably a le less full-orock than the n w ones," Hood said, rhe finished version of "The rty South" suggests that the w songs strengthened the ). The band, whose sound xes plenty of bluesy South-t- i rock with a strong melodic (isibility, especially shines on tracks like i There The Devil Don't Stay," uttin' People on the Moon," he Buford Stick" and "Look-- t hard-hittin- g Mountain." South," however, the version of the CD the band members thought was largely finished in June 2003 ended up getting a took "The Dirty South" in a bit different direction, "It changed it up quite a bit, I think probably more for the Several other tunes, includ-- l .the. poppier "Carl Perkins' idillac" and the bittersweet oustic tune "DankoManuel" til back on voltage, but also' ovide strong moments on hat is the Drive-B- y Truckers' most consistent effort yet. "The Dirty South" alo continues the band's tradition of creating thematically linked . records. "Southern Rock Opera" examined what it meant to be from the South and the contradictions that come with being raised in the region, all funneled through a story line that touched on the rise and tragic end of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd and what that band meant to rock fans from the South. "Decoration Day" offered tales of personal upheaval that seemed to reflect the strains within the group, which included the wear and tear of nonstop touring and the breakup of two marriages that had preceded the making of the CD. "The Dirty South" doesn't seem as personal, but its songs, many of which depict desperate circumstances that lead people into lives of crime or other misadventure, are often just as evocative and disturbing. Ironically, Hood said he didn't realize "The Dirty South" was so thematically unified until after the CD was finished. If you go Drive-B- y Truckers When: Monday at 8 p.m. Where: Suede (1612 Ute Blvd. in Park City) Tickets: $15 advance, $17 day of show, available at Smith's Tix locations www.smithstix.com) Info: (435) 640-848- www.suedepc.com - "I think none of us really wanted to do a concept record or anything," Hood said. "I don't think we really wanted to when we did 'Decoration Day,' for that matter, having done 'Southern Rock Opera.' And yet to me, both of these two records since then have been probably a little tighter conceptually than the 'Rock Opera' itself,' which I guess is just one of those funny ironies." |
