Shorts: Southern Rock Opera: Ghosts, Myths, and Monsters

Rock N Roll Archaeology by Pantheon Media

Jun 17, 202526:28Music

Explore the power of myth with Drive-By Truckers' landmark album, Southern Rock Opera. This RNRA Short dissects how Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley used the legend of Lynyrd Skynyrd to confront "The Duality of the Souther...

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