Editing Southern Rock Opera (section)

{{Infobox album
| name       = Southern Rock Opera
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Drive-By Truckers]]
| cover      = SouthernRockOpera.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 25 September 2001<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dechert|first1=S. Renee|title=The Drive-by Truckers: Southern Rock Opera|url=https://www.popmatters.com/drivebytruckers-southern-2495882369.html|website=Popmatters|date=24 September 2001 |access-date=26 May 2018}}</ref>
| recorded   = September 2000
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = 
* [[Southern rock]]
* [[alternative country]]<ref name= "RS Staff 2025">{{cite magazine|last= Rolling Stone Staff|title= The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far|magazine= [[Rolling Stone]]|date= January 10, 2025|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-21st-century-1235177256/|accessdate= January 11, 2025|quote=...the Truckers’ double-CD alt-country epic [''Southern Rock Opera'']...}}</ref>
| length     = 94:04
| label      = Soul Dump
| producer   = {{Hlist|Drive-By Truckers|Dick Cooper|[[David Barbe]]}}
| prev_title = [[Alabama Ass Whuppin']]
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [[Decoration Day (album)|Decoration Day]]
| next_year  = 2003
}}

'''''Southern Rock Opera''''' is the third studio album by the American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Drive-By Truckers]], released in 2001. A [[double album]] covering an ambitious range of subject matter from the politics of race to 1970s stadium rock, ''Southern Rock Opera'' either imagines, or filters, every topic through the context of legendary Southern band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. The record was originally self-released on Soul Dump Records. The album was re-released on July 16, 2002 by [[Lost Highway Records]]. The album was financed by issuing promissory notes in exchange for loans from fans, family and friends of the band.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

The album's artwork was done by [[Richmond, Virginia]] artist [[Wes Freed]].