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Athens, Georgia, United States (1996 – present)
Drive-By Truckers are an alternative country band which formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in 1996. Currently, the band consists of Patterson Hood (vocals, guitar), Mike Cooley (vocals, guitar), David Barbe (bass), John Neff (guitar), Jay Gonzalez (keyboards) and Brad Morgan (drums). Cooley and Hood are the only original members of the band remaining. Among the band’s former members are Jason Isbell (vocals, guitar) who left the band in 2007, and Shonna Tucker (bass, vocals) who left the band in 2011.
Noteworthy for their three guitars lineup, the ‘Truckers’ are often associated with the Southern rock movement of the 70s and “jam” bands but are too cerebral and irreverent to sit squarely in either genre. Their lyrics often revolve around the working class trying to survive in economically-depressed small towns of the South.
Co-founded by Patterson Hood (son of bassist David Hood of the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) and longtime friend and musical partner Mike Cooley in Athens, Georgia, in 1996. The two men had played in various other bands including Adam’s House Cat which was chosen as a top ten Best Unsigned Band by a Musician contest in the late 1980s.
Together with a revolving group of musicians, Drive-By Truckers put out their first two albums, Gangstabilly (1998) and Pizza Deliverance (1999). Following their second release, the band embarked on a nationwide tour, resulting in a live album called Alabama Ass Whuppin’ (released in 2000 by Second Heaven Records, re-released in 2002 by Terminus Records).
Noteworthy for their three guitars lineup, the ‘Truckers’ are often associated with the Southern rock movement of the 70s and “jam” bands but are too cerebral and irreverent to sit squarely in either genre. Their lyrics often revolve around the working class trying to survive in economically-depressed small towns of the South.
Co-founded by Patterson Hood (son of bassist David Hood of the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) and longtime friend and musical partner Mike Cooley in Athens, Georgia, in 1996. The two men had played in various other bands including Adam’s House Cat which was chosen as a top ten Best Unsigned Band by a Musician contest in the late 1980s.
Together with a revolving group of musicians, Drive-By Truckers put out their first two albums, Gangstabilly (1998) and Pizza Deliverance (1999). Following their second release, the band embarked on a nationwide tour, resulting in a live album called Alabama Ass Whuppin’ (released in 2000 by Second Heaven Records, re-released in 2002 by Terminus Records).
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The Dirty South
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Decoration Day
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semionato wrote:
stop in brazil for a show or two, please.
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StormandStatic wrote:
I'm always blown away by how good the new ones sound. Bravo.
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TrimusDA wrote:
Most Excellent!
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FeelinFree wrote:
9/10 chance that this is the best band out at the moment. They've been missing something since A Blessing and a Curse though.
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ejtjjt wrote:
sounds good
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Druid66 wrote:
Old-school, Southern-fried rockers... good stuff.
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Flashstep wrote:
My fave's probably The Dirty South.
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NarghaashTC wrote:
Conheçam meu blog: http://southernrockbrasil.blogspot.com/
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R_Lester wrote:
Saw them at Stubb's the other night. Fucking incredible.
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
I would say Decoration Day. Southern Rock Opera is a mammoth double album and might be a bit too much to digest for the casual listener, despite many considering it the definitive Drive-By Truckers release. Anyone who recommends The Big To-Do as a starting place evidently weren't fans beforehand.
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RandyB1961 wrote:
Q: Can someone recommend a good album to start with A: SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA or DECORATION DAY
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lock2stock wrote:
The Big To-Do is probably a good place to start. [2]
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Seamus_ wrote:
Southern Rock Opera is the place to start.
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Candlewhack wrote:
The Big To-Do is probably a good place to start.
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PhilAbernethy wrote:
Can someone recommend a good album to start with
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StormandStatic wrote:
I've found I can't talk about this band with people without saying "This is seriously the best band."
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AaronColt wrote:
Two nights in Asheville, NC. Incredible!
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cranmill wrote:
steve mcqueen is an absolute cracker of a song....
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ShuffleItAll wrote:
Letterman performance of Everybody Needs Love: http://birdsneedfeet.blogspot.com/2011/06/video-drive-by-truckers-perform.html
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scots_fiction wrote:
When I saw them live they only played about 4 songs that I recognised - none off of The Big To Do - and I wasn't even disappointed. Not many bands you could say that about.
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Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, United States
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DBT UPDATE: Episodes #2 & #3, Film Screenings, 40 Watt/Nuci's events, 2011 Tour Dates
12 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/drivebytruckers
Y'ALL:
We're still digging out from the BLIZZARDAGEDDON of
ELEVEN (or actually the 6-7 inches of snow that we recently
got).
The roads aren't great but I made it to the grocery (which
was like a
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DBT UPDATE: Episodes #2 & #3, Film Screenings, 40 Watt/Nuci's events, 2011 Tour Dates
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