But there are actually more songs about family and fidelity ... The story of “Teddy Bear” epitomizes the best of what truck-driving country music has to offer: it’s sentimental, unironic ...

“‘Southern Rock Opera’ gave us a level of notoriety that we wouldn’t have achieved otherwise, but it sometimes threatened to typecast us a bit as a ‘Southern Rock’ band. We’re a rock ‘n’ roll band ...