Drive-By Truckers

BigAl5833 · June 29th, 2009, 04:03 PM

The Drive-By Truckers are doing 2 shows at the Shoals Theater in Florence July 23 and 24. This is the first time they have played in their hometown since 2004 I believe. You can buy tickets at Cork-Industires.com if anyone is interested. If you have never heard them before they are great. True storytellers.

derek4tide · July 1st, 2009, 08:30 AM

A truly gifted band that is now hdqtr'd in Athens, GA. They are great singer songwriters. Patterson Hood, one the founders, is from Florence and has a new solo album out as well -"Murdering Oscar" (I went to HS w/Patterson). They have a sound very similar to Drivin' n Cryin' and early REM.

YouTube - Drive-By Truckers - 'Never Gonna Change'

YouTube - Drive-By Truckers Decoration Day

YouTube - DRIVE BY TRUCKERS--3 DIMES DOWN

cbi1972 · July 1st, 2009, 02:57 PM

Haven't seen them in a while, but what I remember is more Skynyrd than REM.

And no offense to Patterson Hood, but Cooley's songs are the best :P

derek4tide · July 1st, 2009, 03:55 PM

	Quote:	cbi1972
	Haven't seen them in a while, but what I remember is more Skynyrd than REM. And no offense to Patterson Hood, but Cooley's songs are the best :P

Never thought of Skynyrd while listening to their old stuff or new. To each his own.....

As for Cooley, he is a good songwriter in his own right, but Pat is very talented - his solo project is getting great reviews and is selling well.

BigAl5833 · July 1st, 2009, 05:22 PM

They both write some hell of songs. Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) is a must buy. I ordered tickets for the Thursday night show on the very small off chance that Jason Isbell comes on and does a few shows with them. May end up going to the Friday night show also though if tickets dont sell out.

derek4tide · July 4th, 2009, 05:24 PM

	Quote:	BigAl5833
	They both write some hell of songs. Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) is a must buy. I ordered tickets for the Thursday night show on the very small off chance that Jason Isbell comes on and does a few shows with them. May end up going to the Friday night show also though if tickets dont sell out.

How were the shows?? I bet it was great.

BigAl5833 · July 5th, 2009, 05:32 PM

	Quote:	derek4tide
	How were the shows?? I bet it was great.

They arent untill the 23rd and 24th. Tickets are still available if anyone is interested.

I did see Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit last night (ex member of DBT). They were great. Jason played a couple of his songs from DBT then did songs from his 2 solo albums. He is worth checking out also if he ever is around your area. A different sound from DBT, but same great writing ability

derek4tide · July 5th, 2009, 05:47 PM

	Quote:	BigAl5833
	They arent untill the 23rd and 24th. Tickets are still available if anyone is interested. I did see Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit last night (ex member of DBT). They were great. Jason played a couple of his songs from DBT then did songs from his 2 solo albums. He is worth checking out also if he ever is around your area. A different sound from DBT, but same great writing ability

Duh, my bad. I read it as 3rd and 4th, while speed reading the other day.

BigAl5833 · July 5th, 2009, 09:51 PM

	Quote:	derek4tide
	Duh, my bad. I read it as 3rd and 4th, while speed reading the other day.

Lol no problem, happens to me all the time.

ROTYDE · July 6th, 2009, 10:53 AM

could not find tickets at...Cork-Industires.com some kind of manufactering plant.

BigAl5833 · July 6th, 2009, 11:37 AM

	Quote:	ROTYDE
	could not find tickets at...Cork-Industires.com some kind of manufactering plant.

Hmm, try this link that takes you directly to the ordering page

http://www.ticketbiscuit.com/CorkInd...Spotlight.aspx

cbi1972 · July 6th, 2009, 06:07 PM

	Quote:	derek4tide
	Never thought of Skynyrd while listening to their old stuff or new. To each his own..... As for Cooley, he is a good songwriter in his own right, but Pat is very talented - his solo project is getting great reviews and is selling well.

The Drive-by Truckers: Southern Rock Opera - PopMatters Music Review

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	But if you're doing a rock opera about Lynyrd Skynyrd, you've got to have that three-guitar sound down, something the Truckers worked on. Hood says of the experience, "It was really hard, but it was really fun. The challenging part is not to have it be cluttered. And really for that, we looked to the master. We went back to Skynyrd. We don't sound anything like Skynyrd -- none of our players play anything like any of their players -- but there were some fundamental things that they did that you can follow...for each guitar player to have their own space to work within". Hood likens the sound to "walking into a fight really, really well armed" and adds that it "definitely captures your attention".

I think this guy nailed what I was talking about.

Tsunami · July 6th, 2009, 06:51 PM

I know Pat's (that's how I knew him before he was old enough to drive) dad, David, who was one of the original Swampers (they were more my style). I lived across the street from David's ex-mother-in-law (Mrs. Patterson) for about four years. It's funny looking back, but Pat used to cut my grass for some spending money. He had a band that practiced in Mrs. Patterson's basement when he was still in junior high and I believe that Jay Johnson, whose dad was also a Swamper (Jimmy Johnson), was a member of the band at that time. You could hear them all over the neighborhood.