Dixiemafia, I hope I didn't mislead into thinking I'm an outsider looking in when it comes to southern accents. To be clear, I was born just across the river from Louisiana in Mississippi. Much of my family is from south Louisiana. I've lived or worked in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. My overall point was there is no one southern accent. There is an array with overlapping features and that both Marcello and Trafficante fall within this array. My surprise was how much of an accent Trafficante had.

Your point about the true southern accent being redneck talk, I'll just have to disagree.