If Bruce Springsteen would have been raised in the dirt hills of Alabama or the swamps of Florida instead of the swamps of Jersey, then something from his albums Darkness on the Edge of Town or The River might have sounded (in music and lyric) something like this. Since he wasn't, then Jason Isbell's song with his then band the Drive-By Truckers will have to do, and they do so nicely, detailing a relationship soured in the South, where people used to be much more likely to follow their emotions because they didn't have the education to follow their heads 'cause they were spending their youth working the farms and the fields trying to make sure their family didn't go hungry. The country music here fits perfectly with the redneck setting, as the prospective groom dumps his bride for her maide-of-honor right at the altar on the wedding day. Sounds like a recycled idea from a cliched romantic comedy, doesn't it? Yeah, maybe it does, but that stuff still happens 'round here (and I suspect elswhere, too)--just ask my brother. When you do, make sure and ask if the band's still gonna play the reception even though the wedding's been called off. If you tell him the Truckers are that band, then he might consider it.
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