Southern Rock Opera (2001) by the Drive-By Truckers is a great album about the South. Much of the framework is modeled on the Lynyrd Skynyrd story. I first saw them live in 2003 and they were great. This is not my favorite of their albums but it’s one of their best, especially the second disc.
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Sad! 