Drive-By Truckers
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Edwin McCain 'inspired' by the Athens music scene"But recently, I was working with Turner South on a show to highlight working bands that are ignored by the media. We had Vic Chesnutt and Drive-By Truckers. I remember sitting there listening to Drive-By Truckers and thinking that music... In this article: Edwin McCain, Athens, Drive-By Truckers, Love Tractor, I Could Not Ask for More, I'll Be, Pylon, Widespread Panic, Maia Sharp, and Vic Chesnutt |
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PopMatters | 4 days ago
The Band of Heathens: One Foot in the Ether (Review)
...insightful, and blistering tale of determination. Naming the influence of the album isn't completely difficult. There's some Drive-By Truckers, a bit of Little Feat, and even some Flying Burrito Brothers, but what's interesting is how...
In this article: Ether, Big and Rich, Flying Burrito Brothers, Black Crowes, Gillian Welch, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, and Aerosmith
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | 5 days ago
Best Of The Decade: Best of the Decade:The best music of the decade
...power is drawn at least partly from listeners' inability to understand the logic behind its creation. (Spencer Kornhaber) If Drive-By Truckers were filmmakers instead of a kick-ass rock 'n' roll band, The Dirty South might have been...
In this article: Devin the Dude, The Thermals, The Coup, Hot Fuss, Broken Social Scene, Midlake, You Forgot It in People, The Dirty South, The Killers, and Sean O'Neal
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Athens Banner-Herald | November 12, 2009
Young rockers ready for camp finale
...Philip cites a song by Athens' own Don Chambers that the band will be playing at the Melting Point, and talks about his love for the Drive-By Truckers. Listening to a song Philip wrote for his band, the influence of those artists is easy to...
In this article: Melting point, Athens, Phish, and The Who
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The Charleston Gazette | November 11, 2009
Another Drive-By
Southern-fried alt country sextet trucks on back to the Mountain State on Sunday During the Drive-By Truckers' last appearance in West Virginia -- on "Mountain Stage" last year -- front man Patterson Hood was gravely ill, only able to...
In this article: Charleston and West Virginia
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 02, 2009
Review: Jason Isbell's band plays focused set of down-home rock
...musical voice. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit play Sunday at The State Room in Salt Lake City. Jason Isbell was formally with the Drive-By Truckers but is now promoting his own solo effort. The 1970s and the genre of Southern Rock tend...
In this article: Jason Isbell, Salt Lake City, Talking Heads, The Band, and Decoration Day
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NPR | October 22, 2009
Patterson Hood: Driving Solo
October 22, 2009 from WXPN - Best known as a prominent player in Drive-By Truckers, Patterson Hood has reinvented himself as a solo singer-songwriter. Back in 2001, Drive-By Truckers released a critically acclaimed double-disc set, Southern...
In this article: Southern Rock Opera
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NPR | October 19, 2009
Jason Isbell On Mountain Stage
...Shoals region of Alabama, Jason Isbell came to prominence as guitarist and contributing songwriter for the popular Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers. Since going solo in 2007, Isbell has released two albums - the latest of which, Jason...
In this article: Jason Isbell, Muscle Shoals, and Alabama
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PopMatters | August 31, 2009
Drive-By Truckers: The Fine Print (A Collection of Oddities and Rarities 2003-2008) (Review)
...of previously unreleased tracks, the Drive-By Truckers could have easily satisfied fans by quickly slapping it all on CD, but it turns out the band had a far better idea. Not only has the CD been limited to a dozen songs, but with the help of...
In this article: Jason Isbell, Bob Dylan, Decoration Day, Brighter Than Creation's Dark, Rebels, Like a Rolling Stone, and Wilburys
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Pitchfork | August 30, 2009
Drive-By Truckers - The Fine Print (A Collection Of Oddities and Rarities 2003-2008)
In March 1999, George Jones slammed his SUV into a bridge abutment, and Drive-By Truckers got a song out of it. Jones wasn't reeling from alcohol, nor was he being chased by an angry ex, nor did any of the hard-living country tropes play...
In this article: Like a Rolling Stone, Jason Isbell, Neil Young, Southern Rock Opera, Uncut magazine, and Southern Man
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PopMatters | August 16, 2009
Drive-By Truckers: Live from Austin TX (Review)
...and audio quality found on the DVD will come as a revelation for fans who are accustomed to soundboard recordings and raw mixes of the band's live shows. But one also gets the impression that Hood might be choosing his words carefully to...
In this article: Live from Austin TX, DVD, Austin City Limits, and Let There Be Rock
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Description from Wikipedia:
Drive-By Truckers are an alternative country and Southern rock band based in Athens, Georgia, though three out of five members (Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood, and Shonna Tucker) are originally from The Shoals region of Northern Alabama. Their music is noteworthy for its "three axe attack", or three guitars as well as bass and drums.
- Name:
- Drive-By Truckers
- Origin:
- Athens, Georgia, United States
- Years Active:
- 1996–present
- Current members:
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- Jay Gonzalez
- Patterson Hood
- Brad Morgan
- Shonna Tucker
- Mike Cooley
- John Neff
- Former Members:
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- Earl Hicks
- Rob Malone
- Adam Howell
- Jason Isbell
- Barry Sell
- Matt Lane
- Chuck Bradburn
- Associated With:
- The Screwtopians
- Jason Isbell
- Adam's House Cat
- Genre:
- Rock, alternative country, cowpunk, Southern rock
- Record Label:
- New West, Lost Highway, Soul Dump
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