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The Dirty South
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0607396605828
Label: New West Records
Manufacturer: New West Records
MPN: 6058
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: New West Records
Release Date: August 24, 2004
Studio: New West Records
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Editorial Review:
The Dirty South is the sixth album by Muscle Shoals, Alabama-based Drive-By Truckers. While previous Southern rock bands have celebrated certain regional mythologies, this quintet revels in the towering glory of small, gritty realities. They can kick up a righteous storm, as on the country lick-filled opener "Where the Devil Don't Stay," or the swamp and fuzzy "Lookout Mountain." However, within the latter is a daunting verse: "If I throw myself off Lookout Mountain, No more for my soul to keep, I wonder who will drive my car, I wonder if my Mom will weep." It's clear these guys deliver emotional wallops at every turn. "Carl Perkins' Cadillac" honors the honesty of Sam Phillips, while writhing in the melancholy of changing times and circumstances. --David Greenberger
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - An American Treasure
This incarnation of DBT may have been the best of them all. Cooley
and Hood are always good, and Isbell adds some solid tracks too. You get
3 distinct voices making for great variety. The band blends socially
conscious songs, southern rock, and alt-country perfectly. I would put
the band as a whole right up there with the most popular American singer-
songwriters (ie: Springsteen, Mellencamp, Petty) and they seem to have a
lot more fun than any of them on stage. ... Read More
Rating:  - Good but not classic
I know that average reviews are not viewed as all that "helpful", but, like the previous reviewers from Indianapolis and Scotland, I thought I'd offer one anyway.
I went out and bought The Dirty South after I read the rave reviews on Amazon. From most of the reviews here, you would think that the Drive By Truckers rival the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers, and early ZZ Top. According to one reviewer, they are the "saviours of rock." IMO, that's going way too far. The DBT ... Read More
Rating: - Really dern good
A logical progression from Decoration Day to A Blessing and a Curse, the lyrical content is actually stepped up a notch by all three of the fellas on this one. It's hard to point out a lousy song here, and there are a handful that are truly works of art. Patterson- always a favorite, but the Cooley tunes on this disc really knock me out.
If ya love the other 2 I mentioned, you'll love this one too.
Rating: - DBT at their finest...
I have a tendency to ramble on, so I'll just do a little breakdown of the album.
1. Where The Devil Don't Stay - 4/5
2. Tornadoes - 4/5
3. The Day John Henry Died - 4/5
4. Puttin' People On The Moon - 4/5
5. Carl Perkin's Cadillac - 4/5
6. The Sands Of Iwo Jima - 2/5
7. Danko / Manuel - 5/5
8. The Boys From Alabama - 4/5
9. Cottonseed - 3/5
10. The Buford Stick - 4/5
11. Daddy's Cup - 5/5
12. Never Gonna Change - 5/5
13. ... Read More
Rating: - Thank God!
And just when I thought rock'n'roll was dead. DBT really are the savers of rock, they're all we've got now, and The Dirty South is simply amazing. Hard, fast, real, and most importantly fun, The Dirty South is an album to just shove in the cd player, and not have a need to skip a track. The perfect highway companion.
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