Ghost Brothers of Darkland County | |
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![]() Soundtrack album cover | |
Music | John Mellencamp |
Lyrics | John Mellencamp |
Book | Stephen King |
Premiere | April 11, 2012: Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Productions | 2012 Atlanta 2013 US regional tour 2014 U.S./Canada regional tour |
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County is a musical by John Mellencamp, Stephen King, and T Bone Burnett. It debuted at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2012. A touring production began in late 2013 through the South and Midwest. A soundtrack was released featuring country, folk, and rock musicians.
The story is a Southern Gothic tale of two brothers who hate each other and are forced by their father to spend time in a haunted cabin, where they are visited by the ghosts of dead brothers who also hated each other.