{"product_id":"drive-by-truckers-southern-rock-opera-paperback","title":"Drive-By Truckers' Southern Rock Opera - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRien Fertel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Drive-By Truckers' \u003ci\u003eSouthern Rock Opera\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRien Fertel\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe One True Barbecue\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). He writes, teaches, and lives in and about the American South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.4 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459806445746,"sku":"9781501331787","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/24d07e43368986030cba63f704f1c5f4.webp?v=1778906282","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/drive-by-truckers-southern-rock-opera-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}