A fine CD by a fine group is Brighter Than Creation's Dark, by the Drive By Truckers. These folks and their Lynyrd Skynyrd vibe have owned guitar heavy southern rock for a while, especially in Southern Rock Opera. Their new opus, Brighter Than Creation's Dark is an excellent 19 song portrait of people at the margins. The addition of pedal steel and some acoustic songs make this album more musically diverse than they have done in the past. It's wry, smart, sardonic and sad in places...totally listenable. I don't know if they have a vinyl version (they brag about recording on 2 inch analog tape) but the sound on the cd is finely jangly and well staged. A triple A recommendation for lovers of this sort of music. I can't stop listening to it.