Author

Publication

2018-10-18 - Bloomsbury Academic

Language

English

Word Count

38,000 words, Guess

Page Count

152 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018039199
  • Amazon1501331787

Classifications

  • LCCML421.D72F47 2019
  • LCCML421.D72 F47 2019

Description

"The Drive-By Truckers' Southern Rock Opera takes listeners on a road trip through the American South, with stops along mean old highways and soul-sucking swamps, iconic recording studios and doomed chartered jets, and even Heaven and Hell. Along the way, the Truckers attempt to untangle the mess that is southern history by exploring the contradictory, dualistic nature of the region. Like twin paths intersecting and diverging before meeting again, the opera's libretto focuses on the lives of two bands: the fictional Betamax Guillotine, a stand-in for the Truckers themselves, and Southern rock gods Lynyrd Skynyrd. Rien Fertel takes us for a ride along the Truckers' winding road through the opera's Southlands, a region filled with youthful rockstar aspirations, fatal crashes, the wreckage of one band gone too soon, and the ambitions of another wrestling with the great hope and tragedy that is America."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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  • Drive-By Truckers' Southern Rock OperaPaperbackBloomsbury Academic2018-10-18

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