Not gonna lie, an expanded edition of The Dirty South with Great Car Dealer War and everything else that was cut sounds incredible, whether it’s released in 2024 or any other time.
Anyone know which other songs were dropped from the final version? And who are "they" in this context? New West Records?
Pretty sure "they" is a typo/autocorrect that should read "that."
As far as the other question, I have no particular insight other than things I've heard/read over the years and the liner notes for TFP, but looking at the tracks that have since seen the light of day:
Recorded Fall 2003 (pretty obviously the TDS sessions):
TVA
Uncle Frank
Goode's Field Road
Great Car Dealer War
Little Pony
Recorded "Sometime in 2003":
George Jones Talkin' Cell Phone Blues
Rebels (wasn't this for King of the Hill?)
Recorded Spring 2004 (unlikely to be intended for TDS which came out in late August):
Mama Bake a Pie...
All it takes is one wicked heart, a pile of money, and a chain of folks just doing their jobs
This Is Normal: The Enduring, Knotty Relevance of Randy Newman and Drive-By Truckers
The Dirty South turned 15 on August 24th, and Good Old Boys celebrates its 45th anniversary on September 10th. Both are concept albums about the Deep South — reverential of its unique spirit and highly critical of its myriad flaws — but really they’re concept albums about America. They grapple with class, race, power, politics, disenfranchisement, violence, masculinity, madness, deceit and drinking — so much drinking. Both remain strikingly relevant in 2019, a testament to the songwriting and musicianship, but also to the continued failures of their shared core subject.
Clams wrote:This Is Normal: The Enduring, Knotty Relevance of Randy Newman and Drive-By Truckers
The Dirty South turned 15 on August 24th, and Good Old Boys celebrates its 45th anniversary on September 10th. Both are concept albums about the Deep South — reverential of its unique spirit and highly critical of its myriad flaws — but really they’re concept albums about America. They grapple with class, race, power, politics, disenfranchisement, violence, masculinity, madness, deceit and drinking — so much drinking. Both remain strikingly relevant in 2019, a testament to the songwriting and musicianship, but also to the continued failures of their shared core subject.
