DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS

doubleshot · Post by **doubleshot** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:39 am

http://www.drivebytruckers.com/

If you're a fan of Southern Rock/Americana/Alt. Country you must check this band out.

You can hear their new album in its entirety at http://www.cmt.com. Just register for free and go to "listening party". Pretty good stuff.

Wilco/Whsikey Town/Sun Volt fans will like mucho.

Shaggydoo · Post by **Shaggydoo** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:38 am

I love the D B T's! Their Souther Rock Opera is one of the greatest pieces of music on my iTunes!

Thanks for the web info man.

Shaggydoo · Post by **Shaggydoo** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:40 am

n......let me add an n to that Souther (n) before I get de-nutted by the spell check police!

Thanks again for the link...............

doubleshot · Post by **doubleshot** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:47 am

It's actually, "Sudern" rock.

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:39 pm

I dig Drive By Truckers. Good stuff.

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:48 pm

doubleshot wrote:It's actually, "Sudern" rock.

Actually "Sudern Rawk"

doubleshot · Post by **doubleshot** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:22 pm

Sudern Rawk"

Werd.

I dig Drive By Truckers. Good stuff.

Dig the female bass player. She's pretty good.

Why can't we get bands like this in Fort Wayne? C-Street. Piere's.

songbirdfortwayne · Post by **songbirdfortwayne** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:34 pm

If you're from the genteel south, as am I, tha-at is je-est sul-ightly below the-uh, Mason Dixon Li-Ine ---- then it is actually more like suuuu-thun rah-uk (everything must, definitely MUST, have a minimum of two syllables), for example: yeh-ah (suuuu-thun for yeah or yes), cah-un (can), ro-ud (road), wah-ush or war-ush (for wash), tha-at (for that )etc.....

GxWxLx · Post by **GxWxLx** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:18 pm

i love this band...especially "the dirty south" album....too bad the new one sucks

mkelley · Post by **mkelley** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:01 pm

Is the day-after-release too early to say an album sucks? Or did you have a pre-release copy? I'm surprised you and Sumner hate it so much....all these reviews are calling it a career-best, even freaking Pitchfork gave it a 7.0.

Of course, if it's as "produced" as Sumner says, then I have to assume I would feel the same way you do.

As for getting shows like this in town -- it's a classic problem and rooted in the fact that there is nary a "ticketmaster" sized venue in this town that would book a show that would draw 50 - 450 people (like, say, the RIP Patio in Indy).
That said, I am fighting like a drunken badger to make one, two or maybe three shows happen in FW this summer that will be COMPLETELY and UTTERLY awesome and unbelievable. Love wins.

MK

doubleshot · Post by **doubleshot** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:08 pm

produced"

Don't get it. They recorded most of it live as far as I know. It has a pretty "dirty" sound to it in parts really. Maybe I don't know what you mean by "produced".

COMPLETELY and UTTERLY awesome and unbelievable. Love wins.

Cool. Now, will the people come? Are they even here? Sometimes I wonder if there are only about 300 of us in this town that like this kind of music. I'm sure there are more, but will they come?

mkelley · Post by **mkelley** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:29 pm

I haven't heard the new album, so I can't comment on the production. I meant to quote my pal David Sumner, who posts here sometimes, who sent me a note that the new album is awful and too slick. I'm still looking forward to hearing it.

As for the shows -- I hope to have confirmations soon -- but I suspect they will be in a setting that will hopefully allow big crowds and be cheap enough that folks who are simply curious will wander in.

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:45 pm

*cough* replacements *cough*

GxWxLx · Post by **GxWxLx** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:12 pm

ive been listening to it since last friday...probably at least 20 times already; so it's had it's fair chance.

go buy it at best buy for $7.99...id be curious what you think.

that said, I think The Dirty South is one of the best albums so far of the decade.

david sumner · Post by **david sumner** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:58 am

according to the liner notes there are songs on the album that were recorded the very same day that they were written ... not sure that that necessarily means they were recorded live

i do know that this is the first album recorded without the songs being road tested

pick any song off of decoration day or dirty south ... now play something off of the new one ... ridiculous ... shameful .... as if produced by mutt lange

there may be some really great songs on the album - but its hard to know.enjoy them with the awful production ... what the eff was isbell thinking with easy on yerself ... thats straight up bryan adams drivel ... if he wants to get on the radio or played on mtv he should become a jew and start rapping or wear girl jeans and write songs about his parents divorce/experience with heartbreak

the diggable/pretty good bass player is his wife ... thank god shes not writing songs ... then again maybe she should have ... couldnt be any worse than whats on this album

too bad they didnt survive the experimental phase

it was a good streak while it lasted

heres hoping the next one is worth it