Used to Be a Cop by the Drive-By Truckers: a Policeman's Desolation Blues
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Speaking of cinematic, “Used to Be a Cop” by the Drive-By Truckers from 2010 feels like an entire film compressed into seven wending, snaky minutes. I can see the narrative unspooling in my mind as the song progresses. It has to contain one of the harshest, most three-dimensional character depictions of any song in rock history. Patterson Hood’s tangy voice on this track is just right and Mike Cooley’s guitar offers the desolate air of a Western shootout.
Used to Be a Cop by the Drive-By Truckers: a Policeman's Desolation Blues
Used to Be a Cop by the Drive-By Truckers: a…
Used to Be a Cop by the Drive-By Truckers: a Policeman's Desolation Blues
Speaking of cinematic, “Used to Be a Cop” by the Drive-By Truckers from 2010 feels like an entire film compressed into seven wending, snaky minutes. I can see the narrative unspooling in my mind as the song progresses. It has to contain one of the harshest, most three-dimensional character depictions of any song in rock history. Patterson Hood’s tangy voice on this track is just right and Mike Cooley’s guitar offers the desolate air of a Western shootout.