Drive-By Truckers Fan Thread

[HMFIC]

It's not full blown DBT but Jason Isbell with an outstanding performance. I dig Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, but Jason sure was a great addition to the lineup while he was there. Shame that Shonna followed recently in leaving too but that writing was probably on the wall I guess...

Keepin' the DBT thread alive...

 

[HMFIC]

 

[HMFIC]

It's go time...

http://www.cainsballroom.com/event/183463/

 

[Johnny]

Carl Perkins Cadillac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlzJZEtio8o

 

[HMFIC]

NNNNNnnnnnooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

This sucks. I'm going to see them in less than a month and now it will seemingly be WITHOUT any pedal steel and certainly without a trio of guitars. It's like my heart has been ripped from the veins and stomped on the curb.

http://www.facebook.com/notes/drive-by-truckers/note-from-patterson-12272012/10151287541907347

Y'ALL:

As I guess most of you have heard or read by now, John Neff has left
Drive-By Truckers. Effective immediately.
I was actually first informed by my sister who was up earlier than me
and read it on Facebook.
In all fairness, he did send me an email saying he was quitting his
"job" and wouldn't be going with us to DC this weekend a few minutes
before he posted it, but I was attempting to sleep in.

Kind of a sad way to end a sixteen year relationship, but we've all
known that things have been strained on that front for over a year now.

He made no mention of future plans, a player as fine as Neff will have
no trouble ever finding work.
He would be an asset to whatever situation he applied himself to.
We certainly appreciate the incredible work he's done with us and as I
said, we wish him nothing but the absolute best.

DBT will continue onward, as we always do.
There are no plans to try to replace John.
I've never considered anyone ever to be replaceable in this band.
We have constantly changed and morphed and this will be no exception.
We always say, play every show like it's your last, it could be.

But not right now.

DBT is making definite plans towards starting a new album in the
spring and I'm always excited about recording new songs and seeing
where that leads the band.

This band has been a big part of my life for nearly 20 years. It's
never been a job to me and I'd rather quit and move on than have it
ever be that.
We're a big, sometimes dysfunctional family, but we've always drawn
strength from each other and the big glorious noise we make.
I always try to treat every new year as a new beginning and this will
certainly apply this weekend.

Onward and forward and may everyone have a safe and prosperous 2013.
See you at The Rock Show.

Yours Truly,
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers

 

[Johnny]

That Sucks.

 

[RidgeHunter]

she had a tanning habit/she's like a talking leather couch/warm between the cushions where she his whatever treasure fell out

pride's what you charge a proud man for having/shame is what you sell to a whore

when Walter went crazy/he had rattlesnake in his eyes/blended whiskey in his veins, murder in his heart/she watched him walk out the door and knew that he was gone/Matlock on the TV and her mama on the phone

sometimes in the silence of the night/a voice might try to tell you it's not right/so you close your eyes and try with all your might/to hang on


New album is a lot better than I expected. Cooly and Hood are some top-tier songwriters. I like Isbell, and have seen him live, but I don't think their best albums featured him like a lot of people. I'm get to see the in Denver next month and I'm pretty excited.

 

[inactive]

Anyone else seeing them in November? I got my tickets and am ready to go.

Or are they on the political boycott list now?

 

[donner]

Anyone else seeing them in November? I got my tickets and am ready to go.

Or are they on the political boycott list now?

some folks might boycott Jason Isbell, but that'd just mean more tickets for the rest of us. DBT have played here a few times but i'm just not as into them as some. I much prefer (some) of the Isbell stuff, especially the southeastern album.

 

[inactive]

some folks might boycott Jason Isbell, but that'd just mean more tickets for the rest of us. DBT have played here a few times but i'm just not as into them as some. I much prefer (some) of the Isbell stuff, especially the southeastern album.

I'm a huge Isbell fan. I'd be hard pressed to say which I like better though.

2016 DBT's American Band is pretty "in your face" political though. It's not allusions but direct, outright commentary. If you haven't listened to What It Means, do it and you'll see what I mean.