PageSourceSearch

https://drivebytruckers.com/news.html

html drivebytruckers.com collected 2026-10-02 08:01:13 UTC 160,651 bytes, 1,830 lines download raw bytes

1<!DOCTYPE html>
2<html lang="en" class="no-js">
3
4<head>
5<meta charset="utf-8">
6
7<title>Drive-By Truckers - News</title>
8<meta name="description" content="Drive-By Truckers official site">
9<meta property="og:title" content="Drive-By Truckers">
10<meta property="og:description" content="Drive-By Truckers official site">
11<meta property="og:url" content="https://www.drivebytruckers.com/">
12<meta property="og:type" content="music.group">
13<meta property="og:image" content="https://www.drivebytruckers.com/images/drive-by_truckers.jpg">
14
15<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes">
16
17<link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.ico"  type="image/x-icon">
18
19<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
20<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
21<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Freeman&family=Ubuntu&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
22
23<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
24<link rel="stylesheet" href="js/flexslider/flexslider.css">
25<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/basic-style.css">
26
27</head>
28
29<body id="back">
30
31<!-- header area --> <header class="wrapper clearfix">
32
33<div id="banner">        
34        	<div id="logo"><a href="index.html"><img src="images/dbtlogo.png" alt="Drive-By Truckers" style="width: 80%;" ></a></div> 
35        </div>
36
37    <!-- main nav -->
38        <nav id="topnav" role="navigation">
39          <div class="menu-toggle">Menu</div>  
40          <ul class="srt-menu" id="menu-main-navigation">
41              <li><a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/news.html">NEWS</a></li>
42              <li><a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/shows.html">SHOWS</a></li>
43              <li><a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/records.html">RECORDS</a></li>
44              <li><a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/film.html">FILM</a></li>
45              <li><a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/">STORE</a></li>
46              <li><a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/press.html">PRESS</a></li>
47              <li><a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/info.html">INFO</a></li>
48              <li><a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/vault.html">VAULT</a></li>
49              <li><a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/causes.html">CAUSES</a></li>
50          </ul>     
51		</nav><!-- end main nav -->
52
53</header><!-- end header -->
54
55
56<section id="page-header" class="clearfix"> <!-- responsive FlexSlider image slideshow --> <div class="wrapper"> <h1>NEWS</h1> </div>
57
58</section>
59
60
61<!-- main content area --> <div class="wrapper" id="main">
62
63<!-- content area --> <section id="content">
64
65
66		<!-- #begin newsItem -->
67	<div class="newsItem">
68		  <a name="sro2024"></a>
69	  <h2>The Southern Rock Opera Revisited 2024 Tour</h2>
70	  <p><a class="button" href="shows.html"><strong>SEE DATES</strong></a></p>
71	  <a href="https://drivebytruckers.100xhospitality.com/#tickets" target="_blank"><img src="images/VIPExperience.png" alt="The Southern Rock Opera Revisited 2024 Tour VIP Experience" align="right"  style="margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 50%;"></a>
72	  <p>DBT is thrilled to announce <strong><a href="shows.html">The Southern Rock Opera Revisited 2024 Tour.</a></strong></p>
73 
74      <p>It’s been 23 years since the release of the album that drastically changed our lives and 22 years since we performed it (more or less) straight through in near entirety. We’ll be hitting the road, Three Guitars blazing, and telling y’all a story.</p>
75 
76<p>It’s an album we spent years writing and learning to play and then recording (in the upstairs of a uniform shop in downtown Birmingham AL). It was initially released on 9/11/2001 (and later reissued by Lost Highway in the summer of 2002).</p>
77 
78<p>A lot has happened in the decades since it came out, both to the band and to the world we live in. We feel that the record, while somewhat timeless, also has a current timeliness to it considering the social and political issues of today. Instead of performing it as if it’s still 2000AD, we want to make it our own reflecting who we all are now in 2024.</p>
79 
80<p>It’s going to be intense, but also a hell of a lot of fun and this time we’re offering a very special <strong><a href="https://drivebytruckers.100xhospitality.com/" target="_blank">
80Southern Rock Opera Revisited VIP Experience</a></strong> that includes a soundcheck party and some special SRO Revisited limited edition items.  <a href="https://drivebytruckers.100xhospitality.com/" target="_blank">VIP tickets are on sale starting today at 1pm ET!</a></p>
81<p><a class="button" href="https://drivebytruckers.100xhospitality.com/"><strong>GET VIP TICKETS</strong></a></p>
82 
83<p>We’ll be playing songs from the original release, plus a small handful of songs that pertain to its themes and points of view, plus a short encore set that will be different each night. It’ll be a different and very special show, and very likely the last times we’ll ever do it so DON’T MISS IT!</p>
84 
85<p>Drive-By Truckers is asking fans to place their ticket requests for all shows on the Southern Rock Opera Revisited 2024 Tour <a href="https://drivebytruckersrequest.shop.ticketstoday.com/Splash.aspx"><strong>HERE</strong></a> by March 21 at 12pm ET. Confirmed requests will automatically be charged to the fan’s credit card and instructions on how to access tickets will be sent from Ticketmaster. VIP Experience packages go on sale today, 1pm ET. Public on-sale for all announced dates begin Friday, March 29 at 10:00 am (local). For complete details and ticket information, please visit <a href="https://www.drivebytruckers.com/shows">www.drivebytruckers.com/shows</a></p>
86 
87<p>We will be announcing more exciting news around Southern Rock Opera soon, stay tuned!</p>
88 
89<p>“It ain’t about the past.”</p>
90	  
91
92	  <p>See you at the Rock Show!<br />
93   	  <strong>Patterson Hood (DBT)</strong></p>
94    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
95	
96	  
97	  <div class="newsItem">
98		  <a name="top2023"></a>
99	  <h2>THE SHIT! 2023 Works of Art that meant the whole world to me</h2>
100	  <p style="font-size: .9em; font-style: italic;">A LIST BY PATTERSON HOOD</p>
101	  
102	  <h3>The Most Essential Music to me (in alphabetical order)</h3>
103	  <p><strong>Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting</strong></p>
104		<p><strong>Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes</strong></p>
105		<p><strong>MJ Lenderman and The Wind - Live and Loose! </strong></p>
106		<p><strong>Wednesday - Rat Saw God</strong></p>
107		<p><strong>Will Johnson - No Ordinary Crown</strong></p>
108		<p>Any of these records could easily top my list on most any year and them all coming out this otherwise, often horrid year, has been a blessing indeed.</p>
109		<p><strong>Caroline Rose</strong> has long been a favorite of mine and this album takes their already explosive assets to some next-level place. Miami features some of my favorite lyrics of the year.</p>
110		<p><strong>Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit</strong> topped his seemingly un-toppable 2013 masterpiece Southeastern with this collection that delivers on every fine promise he&rsquo;s made since 2001. His fine band The 400 Unit might be the true successors to The Heartbreakers on that pantheon of finest backing bands.</p>
111		<p><strong>MJ Lenderman</strong> is writing some truly next-level hilarious, heartbreaking, beautiful songs and his new &ldquo;offhanded&rdquo; live and loose release this year is even better than his studio album Boat Songs (which was my album of the year last year). (He has new studio album dropping soon).</p>
112		<p><strong>Wednesday</strong> is my favorite band right now and back in August I saw them play one of my all time top 10 favorite sets, in a barn, at Pickathon. Karly Hartzman writes amazing songs that take southern narrative to some new and wonderful places. The band kicks total ass.</p>
113		<p><strong>Will Johnson</strong> has been on my year end lists more times than I can count. It&rsquo;d be embarrassing if it wasn&rsquo;t so well deserved. <strong>Centro-matic</strong> was literally my favorite band for 14 years and this year he&rsquo;s released a solo album that ranks right up with the best of their formidable catalog. Plus he gets massive extra points for name dropping Freddie Mercury, Danny Torrance and his wonderful mother into a song that somehow becomes the most beautiful four minutes and forty-five seconds of music I heard all year.</p>
114		<p>Please note that <strong>SZA - SOS</strong> is not on my list because I included it last year. Otherwise it would be. The same should be said for <strong>SG Goodman&rsquo;s Teeth Marks</strong>, which was my other favorite album from 2022.</p>
115		<p><strong>The Replacements - Tim (Let It Bleed edition)</strong> was truly the best reissue of the year. The new mix (by famed mixer Ed Stasium, who was originally supposed to mix it in 1985, but inexplicably didn&rsquo;t) is the equivalent to removing a pillow that was in front of the speakers when you tried to listed to an all time favorite album. In this case one of my very favorite albums ever made, the one that most changed my life and the results are spectacular. Few things in 2024 brought me as much joy as blasting Little Mascara as loud as possible in my car and back of the tourbus.</p>
116
117		<h3> More Records I Loved:</h3>
118		<p>Anohoni (and the Johnsons) - My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross Boygenius - The Album</p>
119		<p>Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan</p>
120		<p>Califone - Villagers</p>
121		<p>Dean Johnson - Nothing For Me, Please</p>
122		<p>Eyelids - A Colossal Waste of Light</p>
123		<p>Gonzalez Smith - Roll Up A Song</p>
124		<p>Jerry Joseph - Baby, You&rsquo;re the Man Who Would Be King </p>
125		<p>Kevin Morby - More Photographs (A Continuum)</p>
126		<p>
126Lydia Loveless - Nothing&rsquo;s Gonna Stand in My Way </p>
127		<p>Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart&rsquo;s Delight</p>
128		<p>McKendrick Bearden - Bright as the Mines Out </p>
129		<p>The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein </p>
130		<p>Palehound - Eye on the Bat</p>
131		<p>Peter Gabriel - I/O</p>
132		<p>PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying</p>
133		<p>Sufjan Stevens - Javelin</p>
134		<p>Tomberlin - I don&rsquo;t know who needs to hear this...</p>
135		<p>Wilco - Cousin</p>
136		<p>Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume...</p>
137		
138		<h3>Song(s) of the Year:</h3>
139		<p>Cast Iron Skillet - Jason Isbell</p>
140		<p>A Noiseless Noise - PJ Harvey</p>
141		<p>Chosen to Deserve - Karly Hartzman (Wednesday)</p>
142		<p>Of Passengers and Plight - Will Johnson</p>
143		<p>Knockin&rsquo; - MJ Lenderman</p>
144		<p>Miami - Caroline Rose</p>
145		<p>They Said So - Eyelids</p>
146		<p>Keep It on A Burner - Margo Cilker</p>
147		<p>I Could Be Happy - McKendrick Bearden</p>
148		<p>Not Strong Enough - Boygenius</p>
149		<p>20 20 Moons - Jerry Joseph</p>
150		<p>Tooth Ache - Lydia Loveless</p>
151		<p>Triumph - Kevin Morby</p>
152		<p>The Clutch - Palehound</p>
153		<p>What Now - Brittany Howard</p>
154		<p>The Mind is Not Your Friend - The National (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) </p>
155		<p>King of Oklahoma and When We Were Close - Jason Isbell</p>
156
157		<p>But, my favorite song this year is <strong>Cast Iron Skillet</strong> by Jason Isbell. He took what would already be my favorite type of song and wrote one of the best ones that I have ever heard. Truly a masterpiece and an all time favorite song.</p>
158		<p>With a documentary, his best solo album yet and an excellent turn acting in <strong>Scorsese&rsquo;s </strong>most recent film, <strong>Jason Isbell </strong>is truly <strong>2023&rsquo;s Artist of the Year</strong> also.</p>
159
160		<h3>Track / Band of the Year</h3>
161		<p>A special shout out to <strong>Wednesday</strong> for Bull Believer, which on record is the song that articulated the way I&rsquo;ve felt so much of these past few years better than anything I&rsquo;ve been able to write myself. Live, it takes the catharsis of the record up ten more notches. I saw some great shows this year but the set I saw then play in a barn at Pickathon this summer easily ranks in my all time top ten live sets ever.</p>
162		<h3>Live Shows</h3>
163		<p>The aforementioned <strong>Wednesday</strong> show at Pickathon as well as MJ Lenderman&rsquo;s set there. </p>
164		<p><strong>Wilco</strong> at Keller Hall in Portland showed a legacy band that somehow is even better than ever.</p>
165		<p>I saw two amazing <strong>Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit</strong> shows this summer. Bang a Gong!</p>
166		<p><strong>Eyelids</strong> at the (temporarily closed) Doug Fir Lounge, <strong>Motrik</strong> at Pickathon and a great new band called <strong>Glitterfox</strong> at Holocene in Portland packing the house on a Wednesday night.</p>
167		<p><strong>Margo Price</strong> at Crystal Ballroom, <strong>Alejandro Escovedo</strong> (featuring our old dear friend <strong>Scott Danbom</strong>) at Mississippi Studio. <strong>Neil Young</strong> playing deep cuts on a beautiful summer night in southern Washington was sublime. He even played three songs from Sleeps With Angels. (!!!). And of course the almighty Patti Smith Group playing an outdoor show in downtown Portland in a 98 degree heatwave this past summer.</p>
168		<p>A special shout out to <strong>Pickathon</strong>, which (along with Newport) is the best festival I&rsquo;ve ever gone to. We go every year if I&rsquo;m in town.</p>
169		
170		<h3>Movies</h3>
171		<p>There&rsquo;s still a few I&rsquo;m awaiting a chance to see but <strong>Poor Things</strong> (Yorgos Lanthimos) and <strong>Killers of the Flower Moon</strong> (Martin Scorsese) will most likely hold up as my two favorite films this year.</p>
172		<p>I also loved <strong>Barbie</strong> (Greta Gerwig), <strong>Oppenheimer</strong> (Christopher Nolan), <strong>Past Lives</strong> (Celine Song), <strong>May December</strong> (Todd Haynes), <strong>Asteroid City</strong> (Wes Anderson), <strong>Priscilla</strong> (Sofia Coppola), <strong>Showing Up</strong> (Kelly Reichardt, Maestro (Bradley Cooper) and the documentary film <strong>Turn Every Page</strong> about the relationship between Robert Caro (my favorite author) and his longtime publisher Robert Gottlieb (directed by Gottlieb&rsquo;s daughter Lizzie Gottlieb).</p>
173		<p>Lots of great television but nothing blew me away more than <strong>Succession</strong> and <strong>The Bear</strong>, both of which was next level great.</p>
174		<p>I hope to write more in depth about these films and a few I am still trying to catch very soon.</p>
175		
176		<h3>Books</h3>
177		<p>I didn&rsquo;t read nearly as many books this year as I would have liked to but I really enjoyed <strong>Deliver Me From Nowhere</strong> by Warren Zanes which took a very deep dive into Bruce Springsteen&rsquo;s masterpiece album Nebraska; and Michael Chabon&rsquo;s 2016 novel <strong>Moonglow</strong> which I could barely put down and was sad to finish.</p>
178		<p>My wife and I started reading <strong>Heather Cox Richardson</strong> and her nightly <strong>Letter From An American</strong> every night during the pandemic lockdown. Her nightly letters offered a highly vetted look at each days news events (a nice break from all of the fake news and propaganda offered up by the likes of Trump and his Fox cronies) told from a historians perspective by one of the country&rsquo;s foremost experts on American political and economic history. This year she published a new book, <strong>Democracy Awakening</strong>, which maps out where we are as a people and how we got here as well as a map towards protecting and strengthening our democracy. It&rsquo;s a great read and a vital book for anyone who would prefer that our country not descend into fascism and tyranny. It became a well deserved New York Times Bestseller.</p>
179		<p>Another historian (who is also a friend) <strong>Julian Zelizer</strong>
179 also wrote a bestseller called <strong>Myth America</strong> (co-written with Kevin M. Kruse) about lies and legends often told as history about our country and its story. An excellent read.</p>
180		<p>Maybe 2024 will see the completion of the fifth and final part of <strong>Robert Caro&rsquo;s</strong> fifty year study into the life of Lyndon B. Johnson and the nature of power in our country. He started this project in the early 70&rsquo;s after the success of his iconic <strong>The Power Broker</strong> and didn&rsquo;t even get to his presidency until the fourth volume. I&rsquo;ve read them all so far and they&rsquo;re truly magnificent. He&rsquo;s my favorite living writer and we&rsquo;re all eagerly awaiting his final work which will take on Vietnam, The Great Society and Johnson&rsquo;s short post presidency.</p>
181		<p>We&rsquo;re also eagerly awaiting a new <strong>Willy Vlautin</strong> novel, which will undoubtably break my cold cold heart into a thousand tiny pieces. I hear rumors of a new <strong>Delines</strong> album also.</p>
182		<p>As I finish this, <strong>Waxahatchee</strong> who made my favorite album of 2020 just announced her new album <strong>Tigers Blood</strong> coming out 3/22/2024. Two days before my 60th birthday. Can&rsquo;t wait (for the album at least).</p>
183	 
184	  <p>Cheers! Here’s to 2024!<br />
185   	  <strong>Patterson Hood (south and northwest)</strong></p>
186    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
187	
188	  
189	  
190	
191		<!-- #begin newsItem -->
192	<div class="newsItem">
193		  <a name="dsremaster"></a>
194	  <h2>THE COMPLETE DIRTY SOUTH</h2>
195		
196<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/product/D2LP27/the-dirty-south-reissue-lp?cp=407_72977"><img src="images/DirtySouthCollectors.jpg" alt="The Complete Dirty South" style="width: 50%;"/></a>
197		<p>Y’all, </p>
198
199<p>Back home and recovering from the March leg of the ‘<strong>Welcome 2 Club XIII Tour</strong>’ and <strong>HeAthen’s Homecoming</strong>. I was very happy about the tour, playing some great rooms and fantastic crowds. The band was in fine form and there seemed to be an excitement in the air that elevated everything. Homecoming might have been my favorite yet, with four very different and excellent shows, fantastic support and a record breaking <a href="https://www.nuci.org/" target="_blank">Nuçi's Space</a> Auction raising $66,362.44 for our favorite cause. (This doesn’t include the band’s donation which is still being sorted out). </p> 
200
201<p>Today we’re announcing the long awaited special director’s cut edition of <strong>The Dirty South</strong>. </p>
202
203<p><strong>The Complete Dirty South. </strong></p>
204		<a href="https://newwst.com/dirtysouth"><img src="images/dirtysouthcover.jpg" alt="The Complete Dirty South cover" style="margin: 0 auto 30px auto;"></a>
205
206<p>Long considered one of the most beloved of DBT albums, I have frankly always had a slight ambivalence about it. One that this new edition fixes and builds upon. Simply put, I think it has turned out phenomenal on every level and I am so proud to share it with the world, the way it was always meant to be heard and seen.  Without going into all of the gory details from way back (that is all spelled out in the new expanded liner notes within) the album as originally released was missing several songs that were a big part of the story it told and the glue that kind of held the various narratives together. Even though Decoration Day came out a year earlier, The Dirty South was the true follow up to Southern Rock Opera, in that it further explored our home region with a deeper emphasis on the politics and crime as well as the mores of where we came from. This new version restores the original sequence plus fixes a few things that just weren’t quite right with the original release. I’m not one for looking back too often and well enough aware that sometimes the happy accidents make for a better album, but in these cases we tweaked a few things that had kept it from being all that it had set out to be while leaving the vast majority of it as it was, but with new mastering from the great Greg Calbi (Sterling Sound) that ties it all together.</p>
207
208 
209<p>And then there’s the packaging. Lilla Hood, who has done our graphic design since SRO still had all of the original art files and high def scans of Wes Freed’s fabulous art, she was able to put it all together now in a way we could have only dreamt of nearly 20 years ago and it is absolutely beautiful. She was working with Wes just days before his untimely passing last fall and he was stoked to know the great lengths we were going to spotlight some of his finest artwork ever. The 2 disc vinyl set is boxed with a beautiful book.</p>
210
211<p>In a couple of weeks we will have our next leg of the W2CXIII TOUR, beginning in Florida and working our way north, then back south again before ending with a special appearance at Mountain Stage.</p>
212
213<p>
213Along the way we’ll be playing Brown’s Island in Richmond, where we will pay special tribute to our beloved Wes Freed in his hometown, a long-awaited return to the 9:30 Club in Washington DC, Levon’s Barn in Woodstock and two nights at Bowery Ballroom in NYC. It’s going to be a very special tour with our dear friend Lydia Loveless opening most of the shows. </p>
214
215<p>The first single from The Complete Dirty South is “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiDs_Rr6YDk&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Putting’ People on the Moon</a>” (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiDs_Rr6YDk&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">stream now</a>), with a new, much improved vocal, mix and mastering. It’s a song that is unfortunately even more timely now than it was in 2004 and the new version is absolutely definitive. I’m pretty sure you will agree. </p>
216
217<p>We can’t wait to see all of you out there on the road. Stay tuned for more announcements forthcoming. </p>
218
219<p>See you at The Rock and Roll Show!</p>
220
221 
222<p>Sincerely,<br />
223
224<strong>Patterson Hood</strong><br />
225
226DBT / The DBTs / Drive-By Truckers / Gomer Pyle Driver</p>
227		
228		<p><a class="button" href="https://newwst.com/dirtysouth"><strong>PRE-ORDER ON STREAMING</strong></a>&nbsp;<a class="button" href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/product/D2LP27/the-dirty-south-reissue-lp?cp=407_72977"><strong>PRE-ORDER PHYSICAL COPIES</strong></a></p>
229		
230		
231    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
232	
233	
234	<!-- #begin newsItem -->
235	<div class="newsItem">
236		  <a name="clubxiii"></a>
237	  <h2>Welcome 2 Club XIII</h2>
238		
239<a href="https://atorecords-ffm.com/welcome2dbt"><img src="images/DBT_ClubXIII_cover.jpg" alt="Welcome 2 Club XIII" style="width: 50%;"/></a>
240		<p><a href="https://atorecords-ffm.com/welcome2dbt"><strong>Welcome 2 Club XIII</strong></a>, DBT’s 14th studio album, marks a sharp departure from the trenchant political commentary of their last three records.<
240/p>
241
242<p>A reckoning with the dualities of the things that make you alive and how they sometimes can kill you. A life affirming flashlight for the dark nights of one’s soul. </p>
243
244<p>With guest appearances including Margo Price, Mike Mills and Schaefer Lllana. </p>
245
246<p>The first single (and title track) is a tongue in cheek homage to a local dive that founding members Cooley and Hood played in their early days.</p>
247
248<p>Disco lights and industrial carpet, they would occasionally play to a near empty room or open for a hair metal cover band.</p>
249
250<p>As they say in the song “Our glory days did kinda suck”.</p>
251		
252		<p><a class="button" href="https://atorecords-ffm.com/welcome2dbt"><strong>ORDER NOW!</strong></a></p>
253		
254		
255    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
256	
257	
258	<!-- #begin newsItem -->
259	<div class="newsItem">
260		  <a name="hc2022"></a>
261	  <h2>Homecoming 2022 Postponed</h2>
262<p>Y’all,</p>
263<p>With heavy hearts and some really pissed off feelings, we’re looking at the numbers out of Georgia and the rest of the USA and just can’t proceed with our plan to have Homecoming in two weeks.</p>
264
265<p>We’re going to move HeAthen’s Homecoming to April 6-9, 2022.</p>
266s
267<p>We will honor all tickets for new days - dates, and refunds will be available at the point of purchase.</p>
268
269<p>It is our sincere hope these new dates will work for everyone, and we will resume our plans to Rock and Roll on a worldwide scale in 2022.</p>
270
271<p>Again, we are very sorry for this and only hope that all of you stay safe and healthy out there so we can get together and turn 2022 into the year when things really turn around.</p>
272
273<p>Sending love and best wishes to all of you. See you at the Rock Show.</p>
274
275<p>Sincerely,<br />
276Patterson Hood and the DBT Family</p>
277<br /><a class="button" href="shows.html"> See Tourdates</a> 
278
279    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
280	
281	
282	
283		<!-- #begin newsItem -->
284	<div class="newsItem">
285		<a name="SRO20"></a>
286  <h2>Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera at 20! </h2>
287
288<p>There was a six year timeline on the creation of Betamax Guillotine (as Southern Rock Opera was originally called). Beginning over a year before DBT was even formed. Writing it and figuring out how to play it (and how to play like that and attempt to sing like that) was like a game we played together as we did other things. We would talk about this crazy project to entertain ourselves in the van while touring behind Gangstabilly, Pizza Deliverance and the live Alabama Ass Whuppin’ albums. We slept on people’s floors and accosted them with this crazy idea (as they rolled their eyes or occasionally got excited about it). It was all in fun yet we were deadly serious about it. Total big fun to write and create.</p> 
289<p>Actually making it was a fucking nightmare. We were broke and in over our heads yet we instinctively knew that if we backed down or couldn’t follow through we were done for and it was all over. We had, perhaps intentionally, backed ourselves into a corner and to not deliver would mean that we were basically just full of shit. </p>
290<p>By the time David Barbe began mixing it we weren’t even speaking to each other and he literally had to talk me out of quitting my own band one evening. Did I mention how broke we all were? I ended up homeless the summer before it came out, but fortunately my friend Jenn gave me a storage room to sleep in. I spent the last half of July and all of August working around the clock trying to get SRO released. </p>
291<p>I booked a fall tour w 75 shows in 90 days and we put that sucker out ourselves on our tiny Soul Dump Records label. </p>
292<p>On 9/11/2001. </p>
293<p>The album that became Southern Rock Opera began as an idea for a screenplay, cooked up during a long road trip from Athens Georgia to Florence Alabama in a U-haul truck by myself and Earl Hicks. Earl and I had been friends back home for decades and he was in the process of moving to Athens. It was April of 1995 (or thereabouts) and the truck didn’t have a radio, so our rambling talk somehow morphed into this idea for a movie about the mythology surrounding a fictitious rock and roll band loosely inspired by stories I kne
293w from growing up in Muscle Shoals and close friends who had worked with Lynyrd Skynyrd in the early days. We didn’t want to use the actual band story because they were famously hard to deal with and life is too short. One of us decided to call the fictional band Betamax Guillotine. </p>
294<p>The screenplay made it about as far as a first draft outline before life intervened and we both got busy doing other things. For me the other thing included forming a band called Drive-By Truckers. If I had had any idea the band would have survived more than a few months, I might have been more careful with what I called it, but…</p>
295<p>The band got busy fast. We hit the road and began touring like madmen, sleeping on floors and playing anywhere that would have us. Earl worked sound at various clubs in Athens and bought some mobile recording gear. He produced two of our albums along the way. Somehow the crazy screenplay idea morphed into the idea of doing a rock opera called Betamax Guillotine. Earl was going to produce and engineer it. </p>
296<p>As we toured behind three albums, we worked feverishly on this crazy side-project idea, eventually deciding to make it under our regular band name. Along the way Earl joined the band but still committed to recording the album. We didn’t have a deal, so we couldn’t afford to record it in an actual studio but Cooley’s wife’s family had a uniform shop in downtown Birmingham that agreed to let us record there after hours. We recorded the album over two weeks in September of 2000, during a heat wave. It was hot and miserable and we weren’t exactly getting along, but somehow we managed to finish the basic tracks in the allotted time before going back out on the road that fall. </p>
297<p>Earl refused a Production credit since he was in the band, but make no mistake, he definitely was a producer as well as the recording engineer. We finished out the fall tour, coming home broke as hell and barely speaking to each other. In January, we did overdubs (guitar solos, backing vocals, etc.) at Cooley and Ansley’s house in Atlanta. </p>
298<p>Everyone else in the band was either getting divorced or breaking up with their significant others and the tension from all of that had grown into a rift within the band. By the time we went into Chase Park Transduction studio for David Barbe to mix the album, we were barely speaking. I’m not going to get into the particulars of all of that now, except to say that I take the lion's share of the blame for it and am glad that Barbe was able to talk enough sense into me to enable us to stay together to see it through to completion. </p>
299<p>What is the release date of an album that had no distribution and seemingly no future? </p>
300<p>In those days albums came out on Tuesdays, but since we didn’t have a record deal at the time, our album wouldn’t initially be going into any record stores. September 11th, 2001 was the day we were supposed to pick up our 5000 copies from the printer and take several hundred of them to our friend Byron Wilkes’ house for him to begin shipping them out to the fine folks who pre-ordered one. We had showcased for many labels at SXSW in the spring but only received one offer, from Capricorn Records, an offer so bad that it would have essentially bankrupted us, so we passed. </p>
301<p>Instead, we inadvertently invented crowdsourcing, using this new thing called the internet to raise funds from fans and supporters to enable us to press 5000 copies of a double CD with a 24 page booklet full of artwork and text, plus buy a used van and hire our first publicist (Traci Thomas, who now manages Jason Isbell). My sister, Lilla Hood did the layout and package design, incorporating art work from Wes Freed along with contributions from other artists Kathleen Judge, Jeff Owens and Byron Wilkes, as well as liners and text into the package that we now all know so well. Since she lived in Birmingham, Lilla was able to find a suitable printer there. The plan was for her to pick them up and meet me halfway so I could get them to Byron to send out. We were beginning our tour which I had booked (75 shows in 90 days) in Murfreesboro Tennessee on the 12th. </p>
302<p>I was staying with my friend Dick Cooper in Florence Alabama. Dick was helping me manage the band at the time and was about to leave on the road with us as our first ever tour manager. His roommate at the time was Shonna Tucker who was an excellent local musician (bass player). They lived out on Shoals Creek a few miles north of town, very close to where I actually lived with my parents as a teenager. Their pad was a rustic A-Frame house overlooking the creek, which due to TVA and Wilson Dam was bigger than many rivers. </p>
303<p>Dick and Shonna lived there with another musician named Scott Boyer, who in the 70’s had led the band Cowboy (and who wrote the song “Please Be With Me” which had also been recorded by Eric Clapton and Gregg Allman). Their place was a crash pad for various other traveling musicians and I spent a lot of time that summer drinking cheap beer, tequila and whisky there, crashing on their floor and plotting DBT’s fall tour and new album release. Jason Isbell was an old friend of Shonna’s and sometimes he would drive down from Memphis and hang out. We had hit it off like gangbusters and would spend endless hours sitting around picking guitars and playing each other our songs. </p>
304<p>I awoke to Jason knocking on the door saying the world was ending or something like that. I cancelled my drive to Birmingham and we all spent the day in a bleary haze watching the horrific footage on tv until late in the night. Numb from terror and sadness.</p> 
305<p>On the 12th, we called the venue in Murfreesboro and they said they would be open regardless and we were welcomed to play. We thought, perhaps it would make us feel a little better so Cooley picked up the CDs from my sister and I loaded up the van and we headed up for the first of what became well over 200 shows on the SRO Tour. </p>
306<p>Once the record came out, we hit the road. New York was still smoldering when we arrived there to play at Brownies in October. We came in a day early to play a benefit for the family of a lost fireman at a small bar in the village where my newly ex-wife worked. </p>
307<p>People seemed to like the album wherever we went but it hadn’t yet occurred to us that our lives were changing. We were just busy trying to get from town to town and hoping to have enough gas and food money to keep it moving forward. Our van blew out its transmission in Pittsburgh and we spent a week touring empty rooms in Ohio while paying for a rental van, watching our money deplete knowing we had over a thous
307and dollar repair bill coming. We finally coasted into Chicago for a show at the Hideout on literal fumes in our newly refurbished van, broke and hungry and hoping this wasn’t the end. </p>
308<p>Instead, we had a line around the block for a sold out show that recharged us and propelled us forward for the rest of that leg of the tour. We were informed that SPIN Magazine wanted to write a feature on us and began making plans to play a show in Muscle Shoals during our first weekend off in a while so that Eric Weisbard (who had already called us the best underground band in America the previous year) could see us and interview us. There would be a photo shoot and everything. </p>
309<p>The show in Muscle Shoals fell through, as the club closed down. Instead, we decided to do an acoustic house concert at Dick Cooper’s house for Eric and a few friends. Jason Isbell came down for the show to hang out and Rob Malone, who had been in the band since 1998 decided not to. The rest as they say is history. </p>
310<p>By the following spring, we had sold nearly 10,000 copies of SRO from the back of the van. Labels were now interested and we ended up signing with Last Highway Records, which also featured on their roster such stalwarts as Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams and Willie Nelson. We were also over halfway into recording a follow up that had the working title of Heathens. It is now known as Decoration Day. </p>
311<p>All of our lives were drastically changed by this ridiculous album. Before it came out, most people told us we were crazy. We already knew that, but we did believe in what we were doing and how we were going about it. It somehow made sense to us and as it turned out, seemed to capture some kind of mood of the people who heard it. It somehow seems to still resonate with people two decades later. </p>
312<p>There is a lot I would have liked to do to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Southern Rock Opera. It is seriously in need of being remastered and I’d love to see it rereleased on vinyl with the artwork properly done. It might be fun to one day do some kind of live re-imagining of it all. Cooley says if we ever perform it live again, it should be on ice. </p>
313<p>People often ask about bonus tracks but there really isn’t anything releasable. The few shows that got recorded from that era are either board tapes with ridiculously loud vocals since most of the rooms we played in back then had tiny PA systems and we were so damn loud, or live tapes where you can’t really hear the vocals at all. We had recorded two previous attempts at the album before the Birmingham recordings, but many of the best songs weren’t even written yet and honestly most of that stuff is still missing anyway due to the homelessness that I lived through in the summer of 2001.</p> 
314<p>I would love to see Wes’ art work and Lilla’s art design properly blown up to LP size with an expanded booklet. I’d love to hear Barbe’s original mixes remastered by the great Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound who has mastered the majority of our releases since. Maybe by 2026 that will be a possibility. </p>
315<p>To me, it’s not nearly our best or my favorite but it might be the most interesting and it’s definitely the thing that (for better or worse) has defined us as a band and to some extent as people. I’m proud as shit of it and that we somehow managed to pull it all off. I was 36 when we recorded it and 37 when it came out. That was a long time ago. </p>
316<p>I’ve mostly made peace with it all except that I’ll probably never make peace with being called a southern rock band. We just played one on tv once upon a time. </p>
317<p>For now, DBT is doing what we’ve always done. Moving forward with only a passing glance towards the past. We’re hard at work completing our next album, which will be our 14th studio album. We have a ton of dates booked between now and next summer and no plans of stopping anytime soon. We’re finally (so far) able to get back on the road to do this thing that keeps us alive. We’ll probably be coming to a town near you before too very long. We hope to see you there. </p>
318<p>Happy Birthday Betamax Guillotine and thanks for the career you’ve given us.</p> <p>- Patterson Hood (DBT) - September 12th, 2021</p> <br />
319<strong><p>NOTES:</p></strong> 
320<p>Dick Cooper, who helped me manage the band during those crazy times (2001-2002) had previously worked with members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and tour managed Leblanc and Carr Band, who was the opening act on Skynyrd’s Street Survivor Tour in 1977. He arrived in Baton Rouge about the time that word was breaking about the plane crash. He had previously worked at the Birmingham Post Herald during the civil rights days before being run out of town by Bull Connor and settling in Muscle Shoals. We initially asked him to be a technical advisor for our album, but he ended up with a well-deserved producer’s credit. It was his idea for us to change the name from Betamax Guillotine to Southern Rock Opera. </p>
321<p>We raised about $22,000 from our fans in order to release and launch SRO. We paid everyone back in full plus 10% the following summer. One of our investors was in the stock business and he told us that all of his friends told him he was crazy to invest in us. After 9/11, many of his investments tanked but he got his money back from us with the agreed upon interest. 
322Shonna Tucker ended up playing bass in DBT from 2004-2011 and is currently a solo artist based in the Shoals area. </p>
323<p>Rob Malone is currently a member of The Fiddleworms and the Rob Aldridge Band, both excellent bands based in the Shoals area.</p> 
324<p>Jason Isbell is currently a very successful solo artist and is expanding his reach into acting. He is based in Nashville. We are still very close friends.</p> 
325<p>Traci Thomas was DBT’s publicist for 14 years but now is a manager full time with clients that include Jason Isbell and John Moreland. We are also very close friends.</p>
326<p>Lilla Hood is a graphic designer. Her company Hood Design is based in Birmingham Alabama. She still designs all of our official releases. </p>
327<p>Scott Boyer and Byron Wilkes passed away a few years ago. Both are deeply missed. Lost Highway reissued Southern Rock Opera in the summer of 2002. It has sold well over 100,000 units. </p>
328<p>We ended up touring behind the record for 2 1/2 years, playing several hundred shows in the US, UK and Europe. We only played it in its entirety about 25-30 times and haven’t since 2002.</p>
329		
330		 <p>Patterson Hood - DBT</p>
331
332    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
333	
334		<!-- #begin newsItem -->
335	<div class="newsItem">
336		  <a name="2021"></a>
337	  <h2>On The Road Again</h2>
338<p>Y’all,</p>
339    <p>
339It gives me the greatest possible pleasure to announce <a href="shows.html">a truckload of new tour dates</a>.<br>
340    After 15 months off the road, it’s time to gas up that tour bus and load up that gear and take this Rock and Roll out among the people again.</p>
341
342    <p>We’ve all had our vaccinations.<br>
343    I’m begging all of you (that haven’t already) to please get those shots and lets do this right.<br>
344    It’s easy and effective and the way forward towards getting our lives back.<br>
345    We want our friends out there to be safe and healthy and also don’t want some widespread breakout to derail all of this again.</p>
346
347    <p>DBT is turning 25 next month.<br>
348    We’ll be getting together in July to blow out the cobwebs as well as do a little recording of some new songs before heading out to play for you.<br>
349    I have a feeling these will be some of the greatest DBT shows we’ve ever played and I hope to se all of you out there as soon as possible.</p>
350
351    <p>It’s Fucking Great to be Alive!!!<br>
352    Patterson Hood<br>
353    DBT</p>
354<br /><a class="button" href="shows.html"> See Tourdates</a> 
355
356    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
357	
358	
359	<!-- #begin newsItem -->
360	<div class="newsItem">
361		  <a name="danny"></a><img src="images/bloodkin-by-jclamp.jpeg" alt="Danny Hutchens of Bloodkin" style="width: 30%;"/>
362	  <h2>Up All Night In Heaven</h2>
363		
364<p>Read Patterson's rememberance of Bloodkin's Danny Hutchens, who left us in May 2021.</p>
365		
366<br /><a href="upallnight.html"> Up All Night In Heaven</a> 
367
368
369    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
370	
371	
372		<!-- #begin newsItem -->
373	<div class="newsItem">
374		  <a name="shoalstheatre"></a>
375	  <h2>Live at the Shoals Theatre</h2>
376		<img src="images/LiveAtTheShoalsTheatre_Cover.jpg" alt="Live at the Shoals Theatre" style="width: 50%;"/>
377<p>In June of 2014, Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood, and <a href="https://www.jasonisbell.com/" target="_blank">Jason Isbell</a> reunited for a show at the historic <a href="https://www.theshoalstheatre.org/" target="_blank">Shoals Theatre</a> in Florence, AL to benefit one of the Shoals’ favorite sons, Terry Pace.</p>
378
379<p>We’re thrilled to announce that this legendary in-the-round performance was recorded and has now been mixed and mastered for your listening pleasure.</p>
380
381<p>'<strong>Live at the Shoals Theatre</strong>' is now available to download on Bandcamp which is waiving its revenue share until tonight (11/6) at 11:59pm PT.</p>
382
383		<p>Cover art by <a href="https://will-johnson.com/" target="_blank">Will Johnson</a></p>
384		
385<br /><a class="button" href="https://bit.ly/ShoalsTheatre14"> Buy Live at the Shoals Theatre</a> 
386
387
388    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
389	
390	
391	
392
393	<!-- #begin newsItem -->
394	<div class="newsItem">
395		  <a name="onlinesolo"></a>
396	  <h2>NEW ONLINE SHOWS!</h2>
397	
398		<div>
399			<div class="row">
400			   <div class="grid_4" style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
401					<h1 class="first-header" style="text-align: center;">Patterson Hood <br />Online Shows</h1>
402					<a href="https://noonchorus.com/pattersondbt/" target="_blank"><img src="images/cc-pattersonhood.jpg" alt="Wednesdays with Patterson"/></a>
403				  <p>Oct 14, Oct 28, Nov 18<br />
404					  6pm PT / 9pm ET<br />
405					  Shows will be up for 72 hours after live broadcast<br />
406					  $15 for individual shows<br />
407					  $40 for all 3 Patterson Hood shows<br />
408					  <a href="https://noonchorus.com/pattersondbt/">TICKETS &gt; </a></p>
409				</div>
410
411					<div class="grid_4" style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
412					<h1 class="first-header" style="text-align: center;">Mike Cooley <br /> Online Shows</h1>
413					<a href="https://noonchorus.com/cooleydbt/" target="_blank"><img src="images/cc-mikecooley.jpg" alt="Wednesdays with Cooley"/></a>
414				  <p>Oct 21, Nov 11<br />
415					  6pm PT / 9pm ET<br />
416					  Shows will be up for 72 hours after live broadcast<br />
417					  $15 for individual shows<br />
418					  $26 for both Mike Cooley shows<br />
419					  <a href="https://noonchorus.com/cooleydbt/">TICKETS &gt; </a></p>
420				</div>
421				<div class="grid_4" style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
422					<h1 class="first-header" style="text-align: center;">Jay Gonzalez <br /> Online Shows</h1>
423					<a href="https://noonchorus.com/jay-gonzalez/" target="_blank"><img src="images/cc-jaygonzalez.jpg" alt="Saturdays With Jay"/></a>
424				  <p>Oct 24, Nov 7<br />
425					  6pm PT / 9pm ET<br />
426					  Shows will be up for 72 hours after live broadcast<br />
427					  $8 for individual shows<br />
428					  <a href="https://noonchorus.com/jay-gonzalez/">TICKETS &gt; </a></p>
429				</div>
430			</div>
431			<div  style="text-align: center;">
432			<h1 class="first-header">Nov 25 – Thanksgiving Filter – DBT Variety show</h1>
433<p><strong>(featuring all 5 members of Drive-By Truckers)</strong><br />
4346pm PT / 9pm ET<br />
435Shows will be up for 96 hours after live broadcast<br />
436$25<br />
437	Tickets: <a href="https://noonchorus.com/pattersondbt/">noonchorus.com/pattersondbt</a> / <a href="https://noonchorus.com/cooleydbt/">noonchorus.com/cooleydbt</a></p>
438				</div>
439		</div>
440
441
442    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
443	
444	
445	
446	
447		<!-- #begin newsItem -->
448	<div class="newsItem">
449		  <a name="21stCentury"></a>
450	  <h2>21ST CENTURY USA</h2>
451		<p>Y’all,</p>
452<p>DBT is thrilled to release this new video of our song <strong>21st Century USA</strong>.</p>
453<iframe width="100%" height="440px" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DF4WuA85nf0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
454<p>I wrote this song during a rest stop outside of Gillette, Wyoming in January of 2018.<br />
455Its blending of the personal and political provided the breakthrough moment for me during the writing of the group of songs that made up our album The Unraveling.<br />
456The track was recorded that fall in Memphis (at Sam Phillips Recording Service) with additional added strings from Patti and Kyleen King.</p>		
457
458	  <div class="onlineshowspics"><a href="https://noonchorus.com/jay-gonzalez/" target="_blank"><img src="images/cc-jaygonzalez.jpg" alt="Saturdays With Jay"/></a><a href="https://noonchorus.com/cooleydbt/" target="_blank"><img src="images/cc-mikecooley.jpg" alt="Wednesdays with Cooley"/></a><a href="https://noonchorus.com/pattersondbt/" target="_blank"><img src="images/cc-pattersonhood.jpg" alt="Wednesdays with Patterson"/></a></div>
459<p>Don’t miss Mike Cooley’s live stream show on NoonChorus this Wednesday night at 9EDT/6PDT.<br />
460Jay Gonzalez will be playing his NoonChorus show on Sat. the 26th (9EDT/6PDT) and I have some special surprises in store for mine next Wed. the 30th.</p>
461
462<p>- Patterson Hood</p>
463
464    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
465	
466	
467	
468	
469	<!-- #begin newsItem -->
470	<div class="newsItem">
471		  <a name="Bandcamp2020"></a>
472	  <h2>Special Shows and Shirt for Bandcamp Day - Friday, Sept 4th</h2>
473	<p>From midnight to midnight on Friday, Sept 4th, you'll be able to order <strong>DBT Homecoming 2017 Thursday + Saturday</strong> (sadly we didn’t record Friday) and FOR ONE DAY ONLY, you can purchase the exclusive new <strong>DBT VOTE shirt</strong>! </p><br />
474		<div>
475			<div class="row">
476			   <div class="grid_6">
477					<h1 class="first-header">Heathens Homecoming 2017: Thursday - $10</h1>
478					<a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/"><img src="images/Thursday2017.jpeg" alt="Heathens Homecoming 2017: Thursday"/></a>
479				  <p>Credits: Live sound by Wyatt Pless; Recorded by David Barbe; Mixed/Mastered by David Barbe &amp; Henry Barbe<br /><a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/">ORDER &gt; </a></p>
480				</div>
481
482					<div class="grid_6">
483					<h1 class="first-header">Heathens Homecoming 2017: Saturday - $10</h1>
484					<a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/"><img src="images/Saturday2017.jpeg" alt="Heathens Homecoming 2017: Saturday"/></a>
485				  <p>Credits: Live sound by Wyatt Pless; Recorded by David Barbe; Mixed/Mastered by David Barbe &amp; Henry Barbe<br /> <a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/">ORDER &gt; </a></p>
486				</div>
487				<div class="grid_6">
488					<h1 class="first-header">Heathens Homecoming 2017: Both Thursday and Saturday - $18</h1>
489					<a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/"><img src="images/thur-sat2017.jpeg" alt="Heathens Homecoming 2017: Saturday"/></a>
490				  <p>Credits: Live sound by Wyatt Pless; Recorded by David Barbe; Mixed/Mastered by David Barbe &amp; Henry Barbe<br /><a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/">ORDER &gt; </a></p>
491				</div>
492
493				<div class="grid_6">
494					<h1 class="first-header">VOTE Shirt - ONE DAY ONLY! $25 + $7 shipping</h1>
495					<a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/"><img src="images/DBT-VOTE-black.jpg" alt="DBT VOTE SHIRT"/></a>
496				  <p>** Available Sept 4th Only ** Pre-order! Will ship around September 25th. Available in size S-4XL. Please select correct size when placing order. Art by Wes Freed. <br /><a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/">ORDER &gt; </a></p>
497				</div>
498			</div>
499		</div>
500		
501	 </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
502	
503	
504	<!-- #begin newsItem -->
505	<div class="newsItem">
506		  <a name="RSD2020"></a>
507	  <h2>RECORD STORE DAY 2020</h2>
508		<div style="float: right; width: 50%;"><a href="https://recordstoreday.com/"><img src="images/recordstoreday.jpg" alt="Record Store Day 2020"/></a></div>
509		<p>Y’all,</p>
510<p>DBT is thrilled to announce our RSD 2020 release. A 7” 45 RPM delight (w picture sleeve from our own fabulous Wes Freed) of the previously unreleased title track “The Unraveling” sung by our beloved Bobby Matt. It is backed by Cooley’s song “Sarah’s Flame”. </p>
511		<p><a href="https://recordstoreday.com/">Please support your favorite local record store.</a> </p>
512<p>“The Unraveling ... is Happening!”</p>
513<p>Stay safe and see you soon.</p>
514<p>The DBTs</p>
515
516    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
517	
518	
519<!-- #begin newsItem -->
520	<div class="newsItem">
521		  <a name="cancelled2020"></a>
522		<h2>2020 SHOWS POSTPONED</h2>
523		<p><strong>Due to circumstances around Covid-19, all 2020 dates have been postponed. We are working to be back in a lot of these places in 2021 and will be announcing new dates when appropriate. If you have tickets for upcoming shows please hold on to them and they will be honored rebooked shows in 2021. We can’t wait to be back out on the road and until then we hope everyone stays safe and healthy!</strong></p>
524
525    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
526<!-- #begin newsItem -->
527	<div class="newsItem">
528		  <a name="onlinesolo2"></a>
529		<h2>NEW ONLINE SOLO SHOWS!</h2>
530		<p>Show will be up and re-run for 72 hours after live show.</p>
531
532<table width="100%" border="0px" class="onlineShows">
533  <tbody>
534    <tr>
535      <td width="57%"><a href="https://noonchorus.com/"><img src="images/P&C-all-tall.jpg" alt="Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley online shows"/></a><br />
536		  <div class="osNote"><a href="images/P&C-all-tall.jpg">Click Here for larger image</a></div>
537		  <div class="osContent">
538			  <h3>
538PATTERSON / COOLEY SHOWS</h3>
539<h4>Wednesdays with Patterson Hood &amp; Mike Cooley</h4>
540<div class="specialOSwht">6pm PT/9pm ET<br />
541$15 for individual shows</div>
542	<div class="specialOShed">Special Packages!</div>
543	<div class="specialOS">
544<a href="https://noonchorus.com/pattersondbt">$65 for all 5 Patterson Hood shows</a><br />
545<a href="https://noonchorus.com/cooleydbt">$65 for all 5 Mike Cooley shows</a><br />
546		<a href="https://noonchorus.com/">$125 to purchase all 10 shows in advance</a></div>
547<div class="datesOS"><strong>DATES:</strong>
548	<ul>
549<li>Aug 5 – Patterson Hood – Heathen Songs #7: The New OK</li>
550<li>Aug 12 – Mike Cooley – Q&amp;A show </li>
551<li>Aug 19 – Patterson Hood – Heathen Songs</li>
552<li>Aug 26 – Mike Cooley </li>
553<li>Sept 2 – Patterson Hood – Q&amp;A / Request Line show </li>
554<li>Sept 9 – Mike Cooley – Q&amp;A show</li>
555<li>Sept 16 – Patterson Hood – Betamax Guillotine (Southern Rock Opera creation myth)</li>
556<li>Sept 23 – Mike Cooley</li>
557<li>Sept 30 – Patterson Hood – Q&amp;A / Request Line show</li>
558		<li>Oct 7 – Mike Cooley – Q&amp;A show</li>
559	</ul></div>
560
561<p style="text-align: left;">For <font style="color: #ef8293; font-weight: bold;">Mike Cooley Q&amp;A</font> shows please send questions to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> (along with show date) and he will work your questions into his setlist and answer as many as possible on the show. </p>
562<p style="text-align: left;">For <font style="color: #ef8293; font-weight: bold;">Patterson Hood Q&amp;A / Request Line</font> shows send questions and requests to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> (along with show date) and he will create his set list around your requests and answer any questions. </p>
563<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Please try and get all questions and requests in a few days before the show to be considered.</strong></em> </p></div>
564	</td>
565	
566	
567		<td width="40%"><a href="https://noonchorus.com/jay-gonzalez/"><img src="images/jgonzalez.jpg" alt=""/></a><br />
568		  <div class="osNote"><a href="images/jgonzalez.jpg">Click Here for larger image</a></div>
569		  <div class="osContent">
570			  <h3>JAY GONZALEZ SHOWS</h3>
571<h4>Saturdays with Jay!</h4>
572<div class="specialOSwht">6pm PT/9pm ET<br />
573$8 per show</div>
574	<div class="specialOShed">Special Package!</div>
575	<div class="specialOS">
576<a href="https://noonchorus.com/jay-gonzalez/">$20 for all 3 Jay shows</a><br /></div>
577<div class="datesOS"><strong>DATES:</strong>
578	<ul>
579<li>Aug 15th - all request show - Power pop, New Wave &amp; British Invasion</li>
580
581<li>Sept 12th - Musical Variety Show (featuring Jay’s Mess of Happiness solo album played straight through with guests)</li>
582
583<li>Sept 26th - all request show - Singer/Songwriter, Sunshine Pop and A.M. Gold</li>
584			  </ul></div> 
585
586<p style="text-align: left;">For <font style="color: #ef8293; font-weight: bold;">Jay Gonzalez Request</font> shows, please visit <a href="https://www.jaygonzalez.com">www.jaygonzalez.com</a> to submit a request.</p>
587<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Please try and get all questions and requests in a few days before the show to be considered.</strong></em> </p></div>
588	</td>
589	
590    </tr>
591  </tbody>
592</table>
593		
594
595
596    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
597	<hr />
598	
599	<!-- #begin newsItem -->
600	<div class="newsItem">
601		    <a name="quarantine"></a>
602	   <div align="center" class="clear"> <a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"><img src="images/QuarantineTogether.jpg" alt="DBT - Quarantine Together"  style="width:100%;  margin-bottom: 15px;" /></a></div>
603       <div>
604          <p> Y&rsquo;all,</p>
605	                                  <p>Through the miracles of science and technology, <strong>DBT has recorded a brand new single</strong>.</p>
606	                                  <p>I wrote &ldquo;Quarantine Together&rdquo; during our first week in isolation and sent my basic track (recorded in my Heathen Attic) to the gang.</p>
607	                                  <p>Everyone then put their own parts on it and <strong>David Barbe</strong> mixed it.</p> 
608	                                   <br />
609	                                  <p>It will be released TODAY on <a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>! Bandcamp has been kind enough to allow bands to make 100% of the money through all sales on their page TODAY and we are offering a few special items today via Bandcamp only in order to help us raise some money to support the band and crew during these times.</p>
610		
611        <p>We also have a very limited edition of a <strong>DBT Quarantine Together T-shirt</strong> for sale <strong>TODAY ONLY </strong>on <a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/merch/quarantine-together-t-shirt" target="_blank" >Bandcamp</a>! Don&rsquo;t miss your chance to get this shirt!</p>
612       </div>
613	                                   <div align="center" class="clear"><a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/merch/quarantine-together-t-shirt"><img src="images/QuarantineTogetherShirt.jpg" alt="Quarantine Together Shirt" style="width:100%; margin-bottom: 15px;"  /></a></div>
614        <div>
615          <p>In addition to the Single and T-Shirt we will also be putting up the <strong>live show downloads of each night from the DBT Heathens 2020!</strong> Thursday, Friday and Saturdays shows are all up to purchase on <a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> now!</p>
616                                         <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/album/heathens-homecoming-2020" target="_blank"><strong>Heathens Homecoming bundle</strong></a><br />
617          <a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/album/heathens-homecoming-2020-thursday" target="_blank"><strong>Thursday</strong></a> ★  <a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/album/heathens-homecoming-2020-friday" target="_blank" ><strong>Friday</strong></a> ★  <a href="https://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/album/heathens-homecoming-2020-saturday" target="_blank"><strong>Saturday</strong></a></div>
618        </div>
619 
620<div align="center" class="clear"><img src="images/Homecoming2020.jpg" alt="HeAthens Homecoming 2020"  style="width:100%; margin-bottom: 15px;" /></div>
621<div>
622  <p>There is a <strong>video</strong> we have made to coincide with the single. All of us performing the new song at our houses. </p>
623</div>
624<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 15px;">
625  <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j0D-UghxJU8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
626</div>
627        <div>
628          <p>I have been feverishly working on getting my Heathen Attic up and running to both record and broadcast live performances and I am very excited to announce <strong>the first Heathen Attic show will be on Wednesday May 6th at 6pm PT/9pm ET</strong>! Cooley will also be doing a live show on <strong>Friday May 8th at 5pm PT/8pm ET.</strong> We are both thrilled to get to perform a full live set in this new format for all of you. Tickets for both of our shows are on sale now at:</p>
629          <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://noonchorus.com/pattersondbt/" target="_blank"><strong>PATTERSON HOOD – MAY 6TH</strong></a> ★  <a href="https://noonchorus.com/cooleydbt/" target="_blank"><strong>MIKE COOLEY – MAY 8TH</strong></a><br />
630             </div>
631          <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> when buying tickets there is a <strong>$5 discount if you buy both shows</strong>. Options to do so is when you click the link to purchase for either show. Let us know if you have any questions as this is new to all of us! </p>
632        </div>
633											
634											
635											<p>Obviously, there&rsquo;s nothing on Earth like the experience of live music in person, but during these horrific times, playing for you from our living rooms, dens or attics is the best we can do. We&rsquo;ll be digging deep to find ways to make it as special and personal as humanly possible. </p>
636											 
637        
638	                                    <p>Finally, just wanting to send out a personal hope to each and every one of you that you are staying safe, healthy and hopefully as sane as possible.<br />
639	                                    I&rsquo;ve certainly never experienced anything like this in my lifetime and my hope is that we can all stick together (separately) and get through all of this.<br />
640	                                    Everyone I know is having horrific troubles with all of this and those are mainly lucky ones who aren&rsquo;t sick.<br />
641	                                    Much love to everyone out there.<br /></p>
642	                                     
643	                                   <p> I can&rsquo;t wait to see you at The Rock Show!<br />
644	                                    Patterson Hood<br />
645	                                    DBT</p>
646    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
647	
648	
649	
650	<!-- #begin newsItem -->
651	<div class="newsItem"> 
652    <a name="postponed"></a>
653		
654	  <p>Y&rsquo;all,</p>
655		<p>It pains us greatly (more than you can imagine) to have to postpone shows we&rsquo;ve all been looking forward to for literal months.</p>
656		<p>Due to the unprecedented situation we all find ourselves in right now, it would be irresponsible and possibly detrimental to everyone&rsquo;s health and happiness to proceed as planned and DBT will be postponing all dates from March 12th-April 4th. We will work on rescheduling as many as humanly possible for as soon as this shit is over so hang on to your tickets. We will have more information on rescheduled dates and on the run from April 16th-May 2nd in the coming days.</p>
657		<div>
658		  <p>Thank you to all of our beloved Heathens as well as our amazing crew and the unbelievable hard work of management and our agent and all the people who make the wheels on the bus go round and round.</p>
659		  <p>We historically almost never postpone shows but the thought of inadvertently hurting anyone is unacceptable. We will make it up the best we can.</p>
660		  <p>
660In the meantime, stay home as much as possible, love your people and wash your hands.</p>
661		  <p>See you at the rescheduled Rock Show.<br />
662		    Much Love,<br />
663		    DBT</p>
664			<br />
665			<p><em><strong>Update 3/20:</strong></em> Drive-By Truckers April dates have now been rescheduled. All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new dates (and new venues where noted). Unfortunately we are unable to reschedule the Lexington KY and Pensacola FL shows at this time; refunds for those shows will be available at point of purchase. Ryley Walker will support on the September run.</p>
666
667 <p>Ryman Auditorium in Nashville TN has been rescheduled for September 14, 2020. <br />
668
669The Ramkat in Winston-Salem NC has been rescheduled for September 17, 2020. <br />
670
671The TWO shows at The Orange Peel in Asheville NC have both been rescheduled for September 18 &amp; 19, 2020. <br />
672
673The Plaza Live in Orlando FL has been rescheduled for September 22, 2020. <br />
674
675Ponte Vedra Concert Hall in Ponte Verde FL has been rescheduled for September 23, 2020. <br />
676
677The Iron City show in Birmingham AL has been moved to Avondale Brewing Company and rescheduled for September 24, 2020. (All previously purchased tickets for Iron City will be honored)<br />
678
679The Pageant in St Louis MO has been rescheduled for September 26, 2020.</p>
680	  </div>
681    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
682	
683	
684	
685	
686<!-- #begin newsItem -->
687	<div class="newsItem"> 
688    <a name="Unraveling"></a>
689    <div align="center"><h2><em>NEW ALBUM ‘THE UNRAVELING’ IS RELEASED</em></h2><a href="https://smarturl.it/zqk7it"><img src="https://www.drivebytruckers.com/images/TheUnraveling_DBT.jpg" alt="The Unraveling"/></a></div>
690		<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>TRACK LIST</strong><br />
6911. Rosemary With A Bible And A Gun<br />
6922. Armageddon's Back In Town<br />
6933. Slow Ride Argument<br />
6944. Thoughts And Prayers<br />
6955. 21st Century Usa<br />
6966. Heroin Again<br />
6977. Babies In Cages<br />
6988. Grievance Merchants<br />
6999. Awaiting Resurrection</div>
700<br />
701
702<h1>The Unraveling… is Happening!</h1>
703
704New album out today.<br />
705Armageddon’s Back in Town World Tour 2020 beginning in 2 weeks.<br />
706HeAthen’s Homecoming, NYC, Philly, DC, Beyond.<br />
707Time to find the joy in blasting through the darkness.<br />
708An Exorcism of the demons of our current time.<br />
709A call to resist. A call to raise your fist.&nbsp;<br />
710A call to "Love each other Motherfuckers!" (as Patti said).<br />
711&nbsp;<br />
712Saturday afternoon, Cooley and I will be hanging out and talking to David Fricke at Rough Trade in Williamsburg.<br />
7132pm. Songs and conversation.<br />
714&nbsp;<br />
715HeAthen’s Homecoming is all Sold Out but still tickets left for the first leg of the tour.<br />
716With special guests Buffalo Nichols.&nbsp;<br />
717&nbsp;<br />
718Thanks to all who have been rallying your support during these crazy days and nights.<br />
719See you at the Rock and Roll Show.<br />
720DBT&nbsp;<br />
721
722<div align="center" class="clear"><a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/dept/the-unraveling?cp=407_106900" target="_blank" ><img src="images/bundles.jpg" width="400" height="400" alt="Limited-edition Marble-Sky vinyl is available with a deluxe lyric book and a poster by Wes Freed along with t-shirt and vinyl slip-mat bundles."/></a></div>
723<br />
724<div style="text-align: center;">
725<p><em>Limited-edition "Marble-Sky" vinyl is available with a deluxe lyric book and a poster by Wes Freed along with t-shirt and vinyl slip-mat bundles.</em><br /></p>
726
727<p>Drive-By Truckers are kicking off the new election year with
728<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/dept/the-unraveling?cp=407_106900" target="_blank"><strong>The Unraveling</strong></a>, their first new album in 3 1/2 years (the longest space between new DBT albums ever). Those years were among the most tumultuous our country has ever seen and the duality between the generally positive state of affairs within the band and the turbulent world outside (or as Patterson Hood puts it: "watching so many things we care about be decimated and destroyed") informed the writing of this album to the core. <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/dept/the-unraveling?cp=407_106900" target="_blank" ><strong>The Unraveling</strong></a> was recorded at the historic Sam Phillips Recording Service in Memphis, Tennessee over 85 hours, mostly live in the studio, aided by long-time producer David Barbe and famed engineer Matt Ross-Spang.</p>
729		<br /><br />
730<p style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/dept/the-unraveling?cp=407_106900" target="_blank">Order from the DBT Store</a></p>
731
732<p><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-unraveling/1486253877" target="_blank">Order On iTunes</a></p>
733
734	<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unraveling-Drive-Truckers/dp/B07ZWBP1CD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20XL8UOVZRHR6&keywords=drive-by+truckers+the+unraveling&qid=1580223770&sprefix=drive-by+tr%2Caps%2C230&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Order On Amazon</a></p>
735
736    <p><a href="https://www.booksamillion.com/p/BAM-Exclusive-Vinyl-Unraveling/Drive-By-Truckers/F880882388713?id=7804785585645" target="_blank">Order Books-A-Million's exclusive pink vinyl version</a> </p>
737		</div>
738		
739    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
740	
741	
742 <!-- #begin newsItem -->
743	<div class="newsItem"> 
744    <a name="UnravelingRelease"></a>
745    <div align="center"><a href="https://smarturl.it/zqk7it"><img src="https://www.drivebytruckers.com/images/TheUnraveling_DBT.jpg" alt="The Unraveling"/></a>
746		<p><em>RELEASE DATE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020</em></p></div>
747		<p>Y’all,<br />
748Happy 2020! The Unraveling is… Happening.<br />
749Let’s do this shit.</p>
750 
751<p>This weekend we return to Colorado for a show at The Fox in Boulder (been a really long time since we played there) and 2 nights at the Gothic Theatre in Denver.<br />
752These are the first shows of the decade and the beginning of the <strong><a href="https://www.drivebytruckers.com/shows.html">Armageddon’s Back in Town World Tour 2020</a></strong>.<br />
753Let’s fuck shit up for real.</p>
754		
755<div align="center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tkD4xSqNVII" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
756 
757<p><strong>"Thoughts and Prayers"</strong> is the 2nd single off of our new album and we have a new lyric video out now. <br />
758The track is <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/8548021
758/drive-by-truckers-thoughts-prayers" target="_blank">premiering today in <strong>Billboard</strong></a> with an interview.<br />
759This is a song we have been playing live for a bit. I honestly would prefer for it not to be timely at all. <br />
760It is however, a beautiful track and something that absolutely has to be said.</p>
761 
762<p>So far the reviews of <strong>The Unraveling</strong> have been stellar. <strong>MOJO</strong> gave it <strong>4 Stars</strong> and made it the <strong>Album of the Month</strong>. <br />
763<strong>No Depression</strong> has made DBT the <a href="https://www.nodepression.com/spotlight-drive-by-truckers-take-on-politics-thoughts-and-prayers-and-writers-block/" target="_blank"><strong>Artist of the Month for January</strong></a>. <br />
764The album comes out on January 31. You can <a href="https://smarturl.it/zqk7it" target="_blank">pre-order it now</a>. Can’t wait for you to hear it all.</p>
765
766<p>Cooley and I will be celebrating the release of the album with a <a href="https://www.roughtrade.com/us/events/rough-trade-nyc-drive-by-truckers" target="_blank">live in-store at <strong>Rough Trade</strong></a> in Brooklyn on February 1. Our friend <strong>David Fricke</strong> will be hosting the event and doing a Q&amp;A with us for it. We’ll surely play some songs in the intimate setting for all who show up and sign records after.</p>
767 
768<p>Finally, can’t wait to launch this tour. After our SOLD OUT 3 night stand at the Fabulous 40 Watt Club (<strong>HeAthen’s Homecoming 2020</strong>, our 20th year doing it) we’ll be heading North. Then West and all points in between. The UK/Europe Tour looks to be our most epic ever. </p>
769 
770<p>Join our Resistance and let’s make 2020 a much better year and do something to celebrate.<br />
771Love each other, Motherfuckers!<br />
772See you at the Rock and Roll Shows.</p>
773 
774<p>Sincerely,<br />
775Patterson Hood (DBT)</p>
776		
777		
778	    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
779	
780	
781	 <!-- #begin newsItem -->
782	<div class="newsItem"> 
783    <a name="Unraveling3"></a>
784    <div align="center"><a href="https://smarturl.it/zqk7it"><img src="https://www.drivebytruckers.com/images/TheUnraveling_DBT.jpg" alt="The Unraveling"/></a>
785      <p><em>RELEASE DATE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020</em></p>
786      
787		<h2>DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS PREPARE FOR <a href="https://smarturl.it/zqk7it">THE UNRAVELING</a></h2>
788      <p><em><strong>INCENDIARY NEW ALBUM DUE JUST IN TIME FOR 2020 ELECTION SEASON</strong></em></p>
789      
790  <p><em><strong>"ARMAGEDDON'S BACK IN TOWN" PREMIERES TODAY</strong></em></p>
791      
792  <p><em><strong>UPCOMING SCHEDULE INCLUDES HEADLINE DATES, SOLO SHOWS AND FESTIVAL SETS</strong></em></p>
793      
794  <p><strong><em>THE UNRAVELING</em> ARRIVES VIA ATO RECORDS ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020</strong></p>
795  <div align="center"><img src="images/DBT2019-9467.jpg" alt="Drive-By Truckers"/></div> 
796      
797      <em><p>"Drive-By Truckers use empathy, vivid storytelling and subtle imagery to
798        unpack brutal complexities… <br />It's political rock that never confuses passionate
799        commitment with smug certainty, asking more questions than it answers
800        on a hero's journey into our darkest national impulses,
801        and maybe in some small way, beyond them."<br />
802        –Rolling Stone</p>
803        
804  <p>"Drive-By Truckers' examination of the Southern psyche is a microcosm
805    of how Americans respond to triumph and tragedy…
806    Drive-By Truckers' music hits home, hard."<br />
807    –NPR </p>
808        
809  <p>"Drive-By Truckers probably should go down as the finest
810    American rock band of the early 21st century."<br />
811    -SLATE</p></em></div>
812
813<p>Drive-By Truckers have announced the release of their much-anticipated new album. THE UNRAVELING arrives via ATO Records on Friday, January 31, 2020. THE UNRAVELING is heralded by today's premiere of the bracing new single, "Armageddon's Back In Town," available now for streaming and download. The track is joined by an official lyric video streaming now. Digital and physical pre-orders are now available.</p>
814
815<p align="center"><strong>
815<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REHXeCDc-C8" target="_blank">WATCH "ARMAGEDDON'S BACK IN TOWN"</a></strong></p>
816
817<p>Drive-By Truckers' 12th studio album and first new LP in more than three years – the longest gap between new DBT albums – <strong>THE UNRAVELING</strong> was recorded at the legendary Sam Phillips Recording Service in Memphis, TN by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price) and longtime DBT producer David Barbe. Co-founding singer/songwriter/guitarists Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood both spent much of the time prior doing battle with deep pools of writer's block. "How do you put these day to day things we're all living through into the form of a song that we (much less anybody else) would ever want to listen to?" says Hood. "How do you write about the daily absurdities when you can't even wrap your head around them in the first place? I think our response was to focus at the core emotional level. More heart and less cerebral perhaps." </p> 
818
819<p>The songs that eventually emerged are among Drive-By Truckers' most direct and pointedly provocative, tackling the myriad horrors of our new normal through sincere emotion and unbridled heart. Indeed, "Armageddon's Back in Town" takes a whirlwind joyride through the whiplash of events we collectively deal with each day while the concluding "Awaiting Resurrection" dives headfirst into the despair and pain roiled up by these troubled times. </p>
820
821<p>"The past three-and-a-half years were among the most tumultuous our country has ever seen," says Hood, "and the duality between the generally positive state of affairs within our band while watching so many things we care about being decimated and destroyed all around us informed the writing of this album to the core.</p>
822
823<p>"While a quick glance might imply that we're picking up where 2016's <strong>AMERICAN BAND</strong> album left off, the differences are as telling as the similarities. If the last one was a warning shot hinting at a coming storm, this one was written in the wreckage and aftermath. I've always said that all of our records are political but I've also said that ‘politics is personal'. With that in mind, this album is especially personal."</p>
824
825<p>The remarkable songcraft found on <strong>THE UNRAVELING</strong> receives much of its musical muscle from the sheer strength of the current Drive-By Truckers line-up, with Hood and Cooley joined by bassist Matt Patton, keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Jay Gonzalez, and drummer Brad Morgan – together, the longest-lasting iteration in the band's almost 25-year history. The LP also features a number of special guests, including The Shins' Patti King, violinist/string arranger Kyleen King (Brandi Carlile), and North Mississippi All-Stars' Cody Dickinson, who contributes electric washboard to the strikingly direct "Babies In Cages."</p>
826
827<p>Hailed by Stereogum as "perhaps the greatest extant American rock and roll band," Drive-By Truckers will mark <strong>THE UNRAVELING</strong> with an epic world tour, to be announced soon. In the meantime, the band is set for a series of upcoming live dates, including a two-night-stand at Englewood, CO's Gothic Theatre (January 17-18) and the annual HeAthen's Homecoming, a three-night extravaganza marking the 26th anniversary of Hood's first visit to Athens, GA's world famous 40 Watt Club (February 13-15). In addition, both Hood and Cooley will spend December traveling on solo concert tours. For updates and ticket information, please visit the official <a href="shows.html">Drive-By Truckers tour page</a>.</p>
828
829			 
830    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
831	
832	
833	
834	
835	
836	
837	
838	
839	
840 <!-- #begin newsItem -->
841	
842		 <div class="newsItem"> 
843    <a name="HC2020"></a><img src="images/Homecoming2020-small.jpg" alt="Heathens Homecoming 2020"/>
844	  <h2>HOMECOMING 2020 ANNOUNCED!</h2>
845      <p>This year's dates and linepu have been announced! Drive-By Truckers at 40 Watt Club, February 13 + 14 + 15, Athens GA</p>
846      <p>FAN CLUB PRE-SALE: Wednesday, November 13th @ 10am LOCAL</p>
847      <p>ON-SALE: Friday, November 15th @ 10am LOCAL</p>
848<br />
849<p><strong>SUPPORT:</strong></p>
850
851<p>Feb 13: The Dexateens</p>
852
853<p>Feb 14: Camp Amped Band / Grand Vapids</p>
854
855<p>Feb 15: Jerry Joseph and the Stiff Boys</p> 
856			 
857			 <p>See y'all HeAthens there! </p>
858			 
859    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
860			 
861			 
862	 <div class="newsItem"> 
863    <a name="Company"></a><img src="images/TCWK_v2.png" alt="The Company We Keep"/>
864	  <h2>The Company We Keep</h2>
865      <p>Y'all, </p>
866<p>As most of you know, DBT has the greatest fan base in the world. The fine folks at <strong><a href="https://threedimesdown.com/" target="_blank">Three Dimes Down</a></strong> inspire us to work extra hard at being worthy of such fine folks spending their hard earned money and time. Their contributions to our beloved <strong><a href="https://www.nuci.org/" target="_blank">Nuci's Space</a></strong> has helped countless people in our incredible Athens community and we're all beyond moved. </p>
867
868<p>Now they have put together this wonderful, and somewhat over the top book as a love letter to our music and the family that has formed around it as well as the venue, town and people who have made HeAthen's Homecoming what it is.</p> 
869
870<p>I spent an hour looking through it (it will take far longer to actually take it all in) while staying with Dr. Contovasilis and family and I was moved to literal tears. I don't know if anything like this has ever  existed in any other band's community but I was blown away by the enormous amount of work and love that obviously went into its creation. It has made me want to strive even harder to be worthy. </p>
871
872<p>I urge you all to check it out. The proceeds go to <strong><a href="https://www.nuci.org/" target="_blank">Nuci's Space</a></strong> and their mission of suicide prevention and musical artistic resource. You can order one at <strong><a href="https://thecompanywekeepbook.com/" target="_blank">https://thecompanywekeepbook.com</a></strong>.</p>
873
874<p>The HeAthen's Homecoming has grown to four nights this year and is looking to completely sell out. We feel beyond blessed.</p> 
875
876<p>Happy Holidays and see you at The Rock and Roll Show. </p>
877
878<p>Sincerely,<br />
879Patterson and the DBT Family</p>
880    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
881	
882	   <!-- #begin newsItem -->
883	
884	 <div class="newsItem"> 
885    <a name="HH2019"></a><img src="images/poster-homecoming2019_sm.jpg" alt="Homecoming"/>
886	  <h2>November DBT tour + December Solo dates + Homecoming 2019 announcement!</h2>
887      <p>Y'all, </p>
888<p>I have this weird trait where I can remember strange random things vividly.<br />
889Minute details of forgettable things, set list quirks from specific dates of random shows.<br />
890I saw Springsteen for the first time on 2/13/81.<br />
891First time I ever heard Pink Floyd's "Money" was sitting in back of Ann Coldiron's Oldsmobile around the time of my 9th birthday on my way out to McGee Town Alabama.<br />
892Etc.</p>
893
894<p>I set foot in The 40 Watt Club for the first time on Feb. 13th 1994.<br />
895It was the first time I had ever been to Athens and I saw Counting Crows opening for Cracker that night.<br />
896(Show was SOLD OUT and I didn't have a ticket, but they ended up letting us in anyway. Don't try that shit now though).</p>
897
898<p>The 25th Anniversary of that date corresponds with what is (probably) the 19th Annual HeAthen's Homecoming.<br />
899<strong>We're going to celebrate that (and so much more) by having a special show on Wed. Feb. 13th 2019 - <a href="https://adamshousecat.net/" target="_blank" >Adam's House Cat</a> headlining with the incomparable <a href="https://www.jaygonzalez.com/index.html" target="_blank" >Jay Gonzalez</a> opening.</strong><br />
900It'll be an early show with Jay playing at 9pm and AHC on by 10:30 so people can plan their late night festivities accordingly.<br />
901The AHC shows last month went fantastic and we just had to do it all once again.<br />
902(If you haven't already done so, make sure you grab the yellow vinyl of "<a href="https://smarturl.it/AdamsHouseCat" target="_blank" >Town Burned Down</a>". It Kicks Ass!)</p>
903
904<p><strong>We're thrilled to announce the lineup for this year's HeAthen's Homecoming at The Fabulous 40 Watt Club:</strong></p>
905
906<p><strong>Thursday Feb. 14</strong> - we'll kick off our Valentine's Celebration with <a href="https://www.donchambersmusic.com/" target="_blank" >Don Chambers</a> opening . His new album is Fantastic! Don't Miss.</p>
907
908<p><strong>Friday Feb. 15</strong> - DBT will be joined by our dear friends from Portland Oregon: <a href="https://musicofeyelids.com/" target="_blank" >Eyelids</a>. They opened for us last time we toured Europe and have a great new album.</p>
909
910<p><strong>Saturday Feb. 16</strong> - we'll have The <a href="https://www.nuci.org/camp-amped/" target="_blank" >Camp Amped Band</a> kicking things off, followed by a special set by <a href="https://linquafranqa.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank" >Linqua Franqa</a>. She is totally Badass and we're super excited to have her do her thing. (By day she is known around town as Athens / Clark County City Commissioner Mariah Parker and she's a badass there also.)</p>
911
912<p>Last year's HH is a tough act to follow, but I think we're up to the job and hope you'll be there to help us make it all happen.<br />
913<br />
914In addition to Homecoming we are thrilled to be about to hit the road one last time this year, kicking it off with 3 nights in Birmingham AL at Saturn! The first show is November 6<sup>th</sup>, (Election Night!!!) and in celebration we have teamed up with <a href="https://www.ivotedconcerts.com/" target="_blank" >#iVoted </a>and <strong>the first 50 folks to show up with a photo of themselves outside of their polling place will receive free entry to the show</strong>! After that we head to Nashville where both <a href="https://www.lillyhiatt.com/" target="_blank" >Lilly Hiatt </a>and <a href="https://t.hardymorris.com/" target="_blank" >T. Hardy Morris</a> join us for shows and continue on with T. Hardy Morris through Arkansas, Oklahoma and finish up in Texas with one show in Dallas and two nights at Scoot Inn in Austin! We can't wait!</p>
915
916<p>Now more than ever, Fight The Power and See You at The Rock and Roll Show.</p>
917
918<p>Sincerely,</p>
919
920<p>Patterson Hood (DBT)<br />
921<br />
922<strong>Nov 6 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn<br />
923Nov 7 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn <br />
924Nov 8 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn <br />
925Nov 9 - Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom * <br />
926Nov 10 - Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom ^<br />
927Nov 13 - Little Rock, AR - Revolution Music Room ^<br />
928Nov 14 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom ^<br />
929Nov 15 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater ^<br />
930Nov 16 - Austin, TX - Scoot Inn ^<br />
931Nov 17 - Austin, TX - Scoot Inn ^</strong><br />
932<br />
933* w/ Lilly Hiatt<br />
934^ w/ T. Hardy Morris<br />
935 </p>
936
937  <p>                
938<strong>GET YOUR HOMECOMING TICKETS!</strong><br />
939<br />
940Wednesday February 13  - 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA<br />
941<strong>Adam's House Cat</strong> with special guest <strong>Jay Gonzalez</strong> (no DBT)<br />
942<a href="https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1782747" target="_blank" >ON SALE NOV 2 - Click Here</a><br />
943 <br />
944Thursday February 14  - 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA<br />
945<strong>Drive-By Truckers</strong> with special guest <strong>Don Chambers</strong><br />
946<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.ticketstoday.com/basket.aspx?Action=AddTickets&eventId=188901" target="_blank" >PRESALE 10/31-11/2 - Click Here</a><br />
947<a href="https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1782753" target="_blank" >ON SALE NOV 2 - Click Here</a><br />
948<br />
949Friday February 15  - 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA<br />
950<strong>Drive-By Truckers</strong> with special guest <strong>Eyelids</strong><br />
951<strong>SOLD OUT</strong><br /><br />
952Saturday February 16  - 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA<br />
953<strong>Drive-By Truckers</strong> with special guests <strong>Camp Amped Band</strong> and <strong>Linqua Franqa</strong><br />
954<strong>SOLD OUT</strong><br /><br />
955<strong>VERY LIMITED BUNDLE - TICKETS FOR ALL FOUR NIGHTS</strong><br />
956<strong>SOLD OUT</strong>
957 </p>
958
959    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
960	
961	
962
963	   <div class="newsItem"> 
964    <a name="AHC"></a><a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/records-townburneddown.html"><img src="images/TBD-small.png" alt="Town Burned Down"/></a>
965	  <h2>LOST RECORDINGS UNEARTHED! ADAM'S HOUSE CAT RECORD TO BE RELEASED</h2>
966      
967<p>Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers formed Adam's House Cat in the Muscles Shoals area of Alabama in 1985. Their songs and friendship became the foundation on which DBT was built. Their one and only "lost" album from 1990 was remixed by David Barbe, mastered by Greg Calbi and is now available for the first time xwith archival photos and extensive liner notes from Patterson Hood. <a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/records-townburneddown.html">FIND OUT MORE!</a></p>
968
969    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
970	
971	
972	  <!-- #begin newsItem -->
973    <div class="newsItem"> 
974    <a name="coffee2"></a>
975	  <h2>Jittery Joe's Coffee and Drive-By Truckers Introduce Cups of Dawn</h2>
976      <a href="https://jitteryjoes.com/products/cups-of-dawn?variant=12357265358912"><img src="images/cupsofdawn-sm.jpg" alt="Cups of Dawn"/></a>
977<p>Jittery Joe's Coffee Roasting Company is partnering with Athens, Georgia band Drive-By Truckers to release a special blend of coffee, <a href="https://jitteryjoes.com/products/cups-of-dawn?variant=12357265358912"><strong>Cups of Dawn</strong></a>. <a href="https://jitteryjoes.com/products/cups-of-dawn?variant=12357265358912">Get some now!</a> </p>
978
979<p>"Drive-By Truckers is thrilled to be doing a new coffee with Jittery Joes," says Patterson Hood, Drive-By Truckers co-founder and singer-guitarist. "Trucker Speed was such a success a few years ago that they've conspired with us to create Cups of Dawn, a delightful city's medium roasted blend perfect to launch you into a brighter day. Cans designed by long time DBT artist Wes Freed and a portion of the money to Nuci's Space. There's no resisting that."</p>
980
981<p>"We are so excited to be partnering once again with the Drive-By Truckers," says Michael Ripps, President of Jittery Joe's Coffee. "They continue to build on an enduring legacy, one that is a cornerstone of the rich history of music in Athens."</p>
982
983<p>Cups of Dawn is a custom blend of Guatemala Finca Ixlama, Guatemala Adisque, Brazil Machado, and Mexico Chiapas. The final product is a smooth cup of coffee that has a subtle, sweet chocolate body and a smoky, nut finish. Cups of Dawn hydrates the palate making it a refreshing, morning coffee.</p>
984
985<p>"When you think of Drive By Truckers, you think 'Now that is Rock n Roll!' When you drink their new coffee, you'll think 'Now that is a cup of coffee!'" says Charlie Mustard, Jittery Joe's Roaster. "Whether you are chasing distant stars out of the dark or into the light, it will keep you on your path."</p>
986
987<p>Cups of Dawn comes in a limited edition keepsake can featuring a custom illustration by Wes Freed. For years, Freed's illustrations have become the visual equal to the Drive-By Trucker'
987s music having appeared on countless posters, t-shirts, stickers, and every album cover since the critically acclaimed Southern Rock Opera.</p>
988
989<p>For more information about Jittery Joe's Coffee, please visit Jittery Joe's Facebook page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jitteryjoes" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/jitteryjoes</a> or follow Jittery Joe's on Twitter at @JitteryJoes or on Instagram at JitteryJoesCoffee.</p>
990
991<h3>About Jittery Joe's Coffee </h3>
992<p>Founded in Athens, Georgia in 1994, Jittery Joe's Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster that selects and roasts only the highest quality arabica beans from around the globe. Jittery Joe's Coffees are available at 20 Jittery Joe's cafes in the Southeast, specialty grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, and through their online store.</p>
993
994<p>For more information, visit the Jittery Joe's web site at <a href="https://www.jitteryjoes.com" target="_blank">www.jitteryjoes.com</a>.</p>
995
996    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
997
998	
999	
1000	
1001                 <!-- #begin newsItem -->
1002    <div class="newsItem"> 
1003    <a name="perilous"></a>
1004	  <h2>New Song, The Perilous Night (order now) and new tour dates</h2>
1005      <div align="center">
1006        <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Luoe-6ok_TE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
1007      </div>
1008	
1009<p>Y&#39;all,</p>
1010<p>No rest for the wicked as they say.&nbsp;<br />
1011Just released our new <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-perilous-night-single/id1305339130?ls=1" target="_blank">song</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luoe-6ok_TE" target="_blank">video</a>&nbsp;for &quot;The Perilous Night&quot;. I wrote it this summer in the wake of the horrific events in Virginia and the White House&#39;s shameful response. I talk all about that and more in an interview with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stereogum.com/1970368/qa-patterson-hood-on-drive-by-truckers-angry-political-anthem-the-perilous-night/franchises/interview/" target="_blank">Stereogum</a>&nbsp;that also came out today.</p>
1012		
1013<p>Jay Gonzalez is hitting the road this month with his band and our friends Eyelids for an east coast tour.&nbsp;<br />
1014Cooley and I both have some solo dates after Thanksgiving. (Filters optional but recommended).<br />
1015Tour dates for all can be found on <a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/shows.html">our SHOWS page.</a></p>
1016		
1017<p>Our new song will be released in December on our favorite medium, a 7&quot; 45 with The Perilous Night on one side and our live version of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/what-it-means-live-at-newport-folk-festival-single/id1287716095?ls=1&app=itunes" target="_blank">What It Means (recorded this past summer at the Newport Folk Festival)</a> on the other, we&#39;re very proud of it.&nbsp;<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/product/D2LP22/driveby-truckers-what-it-means-live-at-newport-folk-festival-bw-the-perilous-night-7-vinyl?cp=407_65717_65718" target="_blank">Preorder it here</a>, one lucky person who preorders through our website will also get a test pressing of the 7&rdquo; with their order. Portions of the proceeds from the sale of the 7&rdquo; will go to benefit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.splcenter.org/" target="_blank">Southern Poverty Law Center</a>.</p>
1018		
1019<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/product/D2LP22/driveby-truckers-what-it-means-live-at-newport-folk-festival-bw-the-perilous-night-7-vinyl?cp=407_65717_65718" target="_blank"><img src="images/DBT_Hero_2700x1000_7inVinyl.jpg" style="width: 100%;" alt=""/></a><br />
1020&nbsp;<br />
1021<p>A bunch of dates in January/February as well as our annual Heathens Homecoming at the 40 Watt in Athens GA have also recently been announced. &nbsp;We are really excited about this run and will be rested and revitalized and ready to Rock and Roll. Especially excited to play a bunch of dates with the fabulous&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lillyhiatt.com/" target="_blank">Lilly Hiatt</a>&nbsp;and her kickass band. If you haven&#39;t already gotten her record, get on it. It&#39;s definitely on my Top 5 for 2017 and some of the best songwriting I&#39;ve heard in several years.&nbsp;<a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/shows.html" target="_blank">Tickets for all dates are available on our website</a>.</p>
1022		
1023<p><strong>Today is Election Day in many places. Make yourself heard. Resistance starts locally. It&#39;
1023s not just political, it&#39;s personal.&nbsp;</strong></p>
1024		
1025<p>Here&#39;s to a safe Veterans Day.&nbsp;<br />
1026See you at The Rock Show!<br />
1027Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers)<br /></p>
1028
1029	   </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1030	
1031	
1032        
1033                  <!-- #begin newsItem -->
1034    <div class="newsItem"> 
1035    <a name="whatitmeans"></a>
1036    <h2>WHAT IT MEANS - LIVE</h2>
1037		<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/product/D2LP22/driveby-truckers-what-it-means-live-at-newport-folk-festival-bw-the-perilous-night-7-vinyl?cp=407_65717" target="_blank"><img src="images/basic-pic-whatitmeans.png" width="960" height="400" alt="What It Means"/></a>
1038		<p>Today, the Drive-By Truckers have released a new digital single for "<strong>What It Means</strong>" recorded live at this summers Newport Folk Festival. It was the highlight of a powerful, energized set - and a crowning moment in the past year of the bands life, touring behind the politically charged (and critically acclaimed) <strong>American Band</strong> in Trump's America. Patterson Hood tells <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/drive-by-truckers-what-it-means-hear-live-performance-w506168" target="_blank">Rolling Stone</a>: "When we recorded [the album] they hadn't even had the first primary yet. We were writing about this dark time that I honestly thought was going to get better." It's a fantastic piece, well worth reading: <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/drive-by-truckers-what-it-means-hear-live-performance-w506168" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/drive-by-truckers-what-it-means-hear-live-performance-w506168</a></p>
1039 
1040<p>Listen to "What It Means (Live at Newport Folk Festival)" and the moving introduction by Hood on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/16OE0jURLsAhHuvPYYSLvV" target="_blank">Spotify</a>. You can also find it on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/what-it-means-live-at-newport-folk-festival-single/id1287716095?ls=1&app=itunes" target="_blank">iTunes</a>.  </p>
1041 
1042		<p><strong>NEW VINYL SINGLE</strong> - The track will also appear on a <strong>new double-A side 7" single</strong> which ATO will release later this year. <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/product/D2LP22/driveby-truckers-what-it-means-live-at-newport-folk-festival-bw-the-perilous-night-7-vinyl?cp=407_65717" target="_blank">PRE-OREDER HERE!</a> It will be backed with a new track entitled "<strong>The Perilous Night</strong>" which Patterson wrote in the wake of Charlottesville and which the band recorded last week in Athens, GA. They'll be performing that song (and many others!) on tour this fall: </p>
1043<p>9/29 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse <br />
10449/30 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse<br />
104510/3 - Lexington, KY - Manchester Music Hall<br />
104610/4 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall<br />
104710/5 - Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall<br />
104810/6 - Port Chester, NY - The Capitol Theatre<br />
104910/7 - Arrington, VA - The Festy Experience at Infinity Downs Farm<br />
105010/8 - Charleston, WV - Mountain Stage at The Clay Center<br />
105110/13 – Denver, CO – Whisky X at Colorado Air &amp; Space Museum<br /></p>
1052    
1053<p>See you at the Rock Show!!</p>
1054    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1055        
1056        
1057         
1058    <!-- #begin newsItem -->
1059    <div class="newsItem"> 
1060    <a name="finnterview"></a>
1061    <h2>DBT TALKS 'AMERICAN BAND' WITH CRAIG FINN OF THE HOLD STEADY</h2>
1062   
1063<p>DBT are releasing a revealing, never-before-seen interview filmed at NYC's famous <strong>Electric Lady studios</strong> with longtime friend <strong>Craig Finn of the Hold Steady</strong> that discusses the making of American Band and the twenty-year history of Drive-By Truckers. Watch all three parts below!</p>
1064
1065<p>Drive-By Truckers will also be the musical guest on <strong><a href="https://teamcoco.com/" target="_blank">Conan</a> on January 16th</strong>, performing "Ramon Casiano", a song that has been called "a muscular piece of Muscle Shoals punk" by NPR Music.</p>
1066
1067<p>"With songs about gun violence and race relations, the Southern rockers release their most politically-charged record yet," said Rolling Stone. "American Band comes from the very distinct perspective of a group that remains burde
1067ned by, and reckoning with, its own bloody Southern history."</p>
1068
1069<p>The album was also mentioned on the 2016 year-end lists of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Paste and Entertainment Weekly and was named The Bitter Southerner's #1 album of the year.</p>
1070
1071    <div align="center">
1072    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TkN47uD0yWc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
1073    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cAsnpNyUd1I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
1074    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E7A2Ab1cvaQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
1075    </div>   
1076    
1077    <div class="clearfix"></div> 
1078    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1079    
1080   
1081    
1082              
1083    <!-- #begin newsItem -->
1084    <div class="newsItem"> 
1085    <a name="tinydesk"></a>
1086    <h2>TINY DESK CONCERT</h2>
1087    <p>Had the honor of performing a Tiny Desk Concert recently. Thanks to <strong>All Songs Considered</strong> and <strong>NPR Music</strong> for having us. You can watch the video <a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/10/20/498706692/drive-by-truckers-tiny-desk-concert?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=2050" target="_blank">here. </a></p> 
1088    <div align="center"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/10/20/498706692/drive-by-truckers-tiny-desk-concert?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=2050" target="_blank"><img src="images/dbttinydeskconcert.png" style="float:none;" alt="Tiny Desk Concert" /></a></div>   
1089    
1090    <div class="clearfix"></div> 
1091    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1092    
1093    <!-- #begin newsItem -->
1094    <div class="newsItem"> 
1095    <a name="homecoming2017"></a>
1096    <h2>HOMECOMING 2017</h2>
1097    <p>Y'all,</p>
1098    <p>It's with great pleasure that we announce next year's annual DBT HeAthen's Homecoming at the fabulous 40 Watt Club in beautiful downtown Athens GA. Dates this year are February 16-18, 2017.</p>
1099    <p>This year's support is:<br />
1100    Thursday - <strong><a href="https://www.thayersarrano.com/" target="_blank" >Thayer Sarrano</a></strong><br />
1101    Friday - <strong><a href="https://www.nuci.org/camp-amped/" target="_blank" >Camp Amped Band</a></strong> &amp; <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHsQd-vRXK1bp4vpifl6yA" target="_blank" >Trae Crowder (The Liberal Redneck)</a></strong><br />
1102    Saturday - <strong><a href="https://thehernies.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank">The Hernies</a></strong></p>
1103
1104   <p> Tickets go on sale starting tomorrow Oct 18th via our <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.ticketstoday.com/" target="_blank">fan ticketing</a> and Friday Oct 21st via the <a href="https://www.40watt.com/" target="_blank">venue</a>. As usual proceeds from these shows go to benefit <a href="https://www.nuci.org/" target="_blank">Nuci's Space</a>. Please know that hotels around this time are booking fast in Athens so if you plan on coming please plan accordingly. While a few hotels are already sold out due to events at UGA there is still a lot of other hotel options as well as many great <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/" target="_blank">AirBnb</a> options. In addition, we also have a limited block of hotel rooms held for fans at the <a href="https://www.indigoathens.com/" target="_blank">Hotel Indigo</a> at a special rate of $149/night. You can boom by either 1) calling the hotel reservations directly and referencing " Drive-By Truckers Fan Block " or the group block code: "DBT".  <a href="tel:1-866-808-1483" target="_blank">1-866-808-1483</a> OR 2) go to <a href="https://www.hotelindigo.com/redirect?path=hd&brandCode=in&localeCode=en&regionCode=1&hotelCode=ahnin&_PMID=99801505&GPC=DBT&viewfullsite=true" target="_blank">Drive By Truckers Fan Block</a>  - click "book now" and enter your dates: 2/16/17-2/19/17. We expect these rooms to go fast so don't wait too long!</p>
1105     
1106    <p>Thanks again for everyone helping to make <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_81847" target="_blank"><strong>American Band</strong></a> our first ever <strong>Top Ten Album</strong> and the <a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/shows.html" target="_blank"><strong>Darkened Flags Tour</strong></a> such a great time. </p>
1107
1108   <p> See you HeAthens at The Rock Show!<br />
1109    Patterson and the DBT's </p>
1110   
1111    <div class="clearfix"></div> 
1112    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1113    
1114       <!-- #begin newsItem -->
1115    <div class="newsItem"> 
1116    <a name="books"></a>
1117    <h2>FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE</h2>
1118    <a href="https://www.avidbookshop.com/book/9780316394864" target="_blank"><img src="images/highwaykind.png"></a>
1119    <p><a href="https://www.avidbookshop.com/book/9780316394864" target="_blank"><strong>THE HIGHWAY KIND</strong></a>: Patterson has written a short story that is included in the collection, released October 18. Grab one from your local independant bookstore or buy it from Avid, our beloved local store in Athens, GA.</p>
1120    
1121   <p><a href="https://nucisspace.bigcartel.com/product/a-beautiful-here" target="_blank"><strong>A BEAUTIFUL HERE</strong></a>: Linda Phillips lived through the unspeakable grief of losing her 22 year old son Nuçi to suicide and became the founder of Nuçi's Space, a non-profit artist resource center dedicated to helping musicians cope with brain illnesses and suicide prevention. She has written this wonderful book about her experience. I was honored to write the forward and highly recommend it to everyone. It is beautifully written and truly inspirational.<br />
1122- Patterson Hood (Writer, performer and Drive-By Truckers co-founder)</p>
1123    <div class="clearfix"></div> 
1124    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1125    
1126    <!-- #begin newsItem -->
1127    <div class="newsItem"> 
1128    <a name="ramon"></a>
1129    <h2>
1129RAMON CASIANO - NEW VIDEO</h2>
1130    <p>Today we are unveiling yet another video from the exclusive live video series that we filmed earlier this summer at New York City's legendary Electric Lady Studios, for the song Ramon Casiano. Additional tracks from the Electric Lady session will premiere in the coming weeks - please check back here for regular updates. </p>
1131    <div align="center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MtoAunyUaFU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
1132    <div class="clearfix"></div> 
1133    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1134    
1135    
1136    <!-- #begin newsItem -->
1137    <div class="newsItem"> 
1138    <a name="cbsthismorning"></a>
1139    <h2>CBS This Morning: Saturday</h2>
1140    <p>Drive-By Truckers visited <strong>CBS This Morning: Saturday</strong> to perform three songs and sit for an interview with CBS News Senior Correspondent Anthony Mason.</p>
1141    <div align="center"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0efrwc6FO8Y" target="_blank"><strong>WATCH <em>CBS THIS MORNING</em> INTERVIEW HERE</strong></a><br />
1142    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0efrwc6FO8Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
1143<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOFLJMiIzzM&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><strong>WATCH "Surrender Under Protest"</strong></a><br />
1144<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OfaE4IT5xY&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><strong>WATCH "Guns of Umpqua"</strong></a><br />
1145<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJb9nD7KcFw" target="_blank"><strong>WATCH "What It Means"</strong></a><br /></div>
1146    <div class="clearfix"></div> 
1147    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1148    
1149        <!-- #begin newsItem -->
1150    <div class="newsItem"> 
1151    <a name="firstlisten"></a>
1152    <h2> NPR's First Listen Live</h2>
1153    <p>October found the band in Patterson's new hometown of Portland OR for two incredible shows at the Wonder Ballroom. While we were in Portland we stopped by the Oregon Public Broadcasting studios to perform AMERICAN BAND in its entirety live as part of NPR's First Listen Live series. The performance has been archived at <a href="https://www.npr.org/event/music/496689769/first-listen-live-drive-by-truckers-american-band" target="_blank">NPR Music</a> and <a href="https://www.opbmusic.org" target="_blank">opbmusic.org</a>.</p>
1154    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.npr.org/event/music/496689769/first-listen-live-drive-by-truckers-american-band" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
1155    <div class="clearfix"></div> 
1156    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1157    
1158        <!-- #begin newsItem -->
1159    <div class="newsItem"> 
1160    <a name="electriclady"></a>
1161    <h2>DBT at Electric Lady Studios</h2>
1162    <p>We had a day off in NYC this summer, so we went into Electric Lady Studios to lay down a few different takes of the new songs. Here's the first in a series we'll be rolling out!</p>
1163    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GxS4EoTpTPY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
1164    <div class="clearfix"></div> 
1165    </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1166    
1167    
1168<!-- #end newsItem -->
1169<div class="newsItem"> 
1170<a name="firstlisten"></a>
1171<h2>DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS UNVEIL AMERICAN BAND</h2>
1172
1173<p>ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM PREMIERES TODAY EXCLUSIVELY VIA NPR MUSIC: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/09/22/494571497/first-listen-drive-by-truckers-american-band" target="_blank">FIRST LISTEN</a></p>
1174
1175<p>UPCOMING MEDIA APPEARANCES INCLUDE CBS THIS MORNING: SATURDAY ON OCTOBER 1ST</p>
1176
1177<p>LIVE PERFORMANCE OF AMERICAN BAND IN ITS ENTIRETY TO BE BROADCAST FROM OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING STUDIOS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5TH AS PART OF NPR'S FIRST LISTEN LIVE SERIES</p>
1178
1179<p>NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ROLLS ON THROUGH MID-NOVEMBER</p>
1180
1181<p>AMERICAN BAND ARRIVES EVERYWHERE NEXT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH</p>
1182
1183<div align="center"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/09/22/494571497/first-listen-drive-by-truckers-american-band" target="_blank"><img src="images/DBT_NPR_01.jpeg" alt="DBT on First Listen Live"/></a></div>
1184<p>(New York, NY) Drive-By Truckers have teamed with <em>NPR Music</em> to present the First Listen premiere of their extraordinary new album, <strong>AMERICAN BAND</strong>. The eagerly anticipated collection is streaming now in its entirety, exclusively via <a href="https://www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listen" target="_blank">NPR Music: First Listen</a>. <strong>AMERICAN BAND</strong> arrives in stores and online retailers everywhere next Friday, September 30th.</p>
1185
1186<p>Drive-By Truckers will make a number of high profile media appearances in support of the album's release, including an October 1st visit to <em>CBS This Morning: Saturday</em> set to feature a three-song performance and interview with CBS News Senior Correspondent Anthony Mason. The band will then travel to Portland, OR for an exclusive performance of <strong>AMERICAN BAND</strong> in its entirely, to be broadcast live from the Oregon Public Broadcasting studios via <a href="https://www.npr.org/music/" target="_blank">NPR Music</a> and <a href="https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/" target="_blank">opbmusic.org</a> as part of <em>NPR's First Listen Live</em> series on Wednesday, October 5th at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT.</p>
1187
1188<p><strong>AMERICAN BAND</strong> has already begun accruing early praise, including a 9-out- of-10 rated rave from The <a href="https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/drive-by-truckers-american-band" target="_blank">Line of Best Fit</a> headlined "Drive-By Truckers' Eleventh LP Is The Righteous, Resigned Album America Needs In 2016." "It's a small gift," wrote <a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/06/21/482780892/songs-we-love-drive-by-truckers-surrender-under-protest" target="_blank">NPR Music</a>'s Ann Powers, "within these challenging days, that one of the nation's best bands has made what very well might be its greatest album."</p>
1189
1190<p>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAwTRex0vmY" target="_blank">Filthy and Fried</a>," the most recent track release from <strong>AMERICAN BAND</strong>, is accompanied by a lyric video featuring animated art by the band's longtime collaborator Wes Freed also featured in the gatefold of the new album's red vinyl edition (available for pre-order now at the official <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_81847" target="_blank">Drive-By Truckers Store</a>). "Filthy and Fried" is streaming now at Drive-By Truckers' official <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAwTRex0vmY" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>.</p>
1191
1192<p>Hailed by <a href="https://www.stereogum.com/1422101/drive-by-truckers-albums-from-worst-to-best/franchises/counting-down/" target="_blank">Stereogum</a> as "perhaps the greatest extant American rock and roll band," Drive-By Truckers will celebrate <strong>AMERICAN BAND</strong> with an epic headline tour continuing into late- November (see itinerary below). Support on all dates through October 15th comes from Lydia Loveless. Tour highlights include two-night stands at Portland, OR's Wonder Ballroom (September 30th and October 1st ), San Francisco, CA's The Fillmore (October 6th and 7th ), and Los Angeles, CA's Teragram Ballroom (October 11th and 12th ). Additional dates will be announced soon – for updates and ticket information, please visit the official <a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/shows.html" target="_blank">Drive-By Truckers tour page</a>.</p>
1193
1194<p>For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.drivebytruckers.com" target="_blank">drivebytruckers.com</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/drivebytruckers" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/drivebytruckers</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/drivebytruckers" target="_blank">twitter.com/drivebytruckers</a> (@drivebytruckers), and <a href="https://atorecords.com/" target="_blank">atorecords.com</a>.</p>
1195<div class="clearfix"></div> 
1196</div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1197
1198
1199<div class="newsItem"> 
1200<a name="filthy"></a>
1201<h2>DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR "FILTHY AND FRIED"</h2>
1202<p> Drive-By Truckers have released a lyric video for their new song, "Filthy &amp;
1202 Fried," the third offering from the group's soon-to-be released masterwork American Band. Long-time collaborator Wes Freed created the art for the video; lyrics appear over an animated version of the painting seen in the gatefold of the vinyl version of the new album.</p>
1203<p>"We had finished recording American Band and were about to mix it when Cooley wrote 'Filthy and Fried,' and we all fell in love with the song and felt like it should be included in the album," says Patterson Hood. "That weekend, DBT was about to do our annual HeAthens Homecoming shows at the 40 Watt Club in Athens GA. We had planned on recording the shows and David Barbe had his mobile recording rig set up so we cut the song live on stage during soundcheck. Two days later we began mixing the album."</p>
1204<p>On the song's meaning, Hood explains, "We are undergoing a huge dynamic shift in male/female relationships and all of the accompanying push back. His song touches on that among many other things."</p>
1205<p>"You've come a long way baby," says Mike Cooley.</p>
1206<iframe width="100%" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zAwTRex0vmY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
1207<div class="clearfix"></div> 
1208</div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1209
1210
1211<div class="newsItem"> 
1212<a name="darkenedflags"></a>
1213<h2>What It Means</h2>
1214<p>Y'all,</p>
1215
1216<p>We are proud to launch a second track off of our forthcoming album <strong>American Band</strong>. </p>
1217
1218<p><strong>"What It Means"</strong> is a song I wrote a couple of years ago protesting the Ferguson decision and the Trayvon Martin killing. Unfortunately, the song is still timely today. I hope and pray that one day it won't be. </p> 
1219<p><strong><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/hear-drive-by-truckers-searching-what-it-means-w432101">CHECK OUT THE PREMIER AT ROLLING STONE HERE</a></strong></p>
1220
1221<p>We are also thrilled to announce the 2nd leg of the <a href="shows.html"><strong>Darkened Flags Tour</strong></a> with dates in the southeast around election time. The opener will be our friend <a href="https://www.subpop.com/artists/kyle_craft" target="_blank">Kyle Craft</a>. He is totally badass and you're gonna love what he does. We sure do. </p>
1222
1223<a href="shows.html">SEE TOUR DATES</a>
1224
1225<p>American Band is coming out on September 30 from ATO Records.</p> 
1226<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_81847" target="_blank"><img src="images/DBT_Social_1200x628_AmericanBand_PreOrder_061416.jpg" alt="American Band by Drive-By Truckers"/></a>
1227
1228<p>See you at The Rock Show. <br />
1229Patterson Hood<br />
1230DBT</p>
1231
1232<div class="clearfix"></div> 
1233</div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1234
1235
1236<div class="newsItem"> 
1237<a name="americanband"></a>
1238<h2>AMERICAN BAND</h2>
1239<p>Y'all,</p>
1240<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_81847" target="_blank"><img src="images/AmericanBand.png" alt="American Band by Drive-By Truckers" class="newsImg" style="width: 50%;" /></a>
1241<p>We are beyond thrilled to announce the release date of our new album <strong>American Band</strong>. </p>
1242
1243<p>We are launching a <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_81847" target="_blank">PRE ORDER</a> and our friends at NPR are posting a first taste so you can get a little sample of what we've been up to.</p> 
1244
1245<p>"Surrender Under Protest" is a Mike Cooley composition that is unlike any DBT song we've ever recorded, yet somehow sounds unmistakably like us. In a way, that's pretty indicative of the album as a whole.</p> 
1246
1247<p>These are crazy times and we have made a record steeped in this moment of history that we're all trying to live through. We've always considered ourselves a political band, even when that aspect seemed to be concealed by some type of narrative device i.e. dealing with issues of race by telling a story set in the time of George Wallace or class struggles by setting "Putting People of the Moon" in the age of Reagan.</p>
1248
1249<p>This time out, there are no such diversions as these songs are mostly set front and center in the current political arena with songs dealing with our racial and cultural divisions, gun violence, mass shootings and political assholery. Once again, there is a nearly even split between the songs of Cooley and myself, with both of us bringing in songs that seem to almost imply a conversation between us about our current place in time.</p>
1250
1251<p>American Band is a sort of rock and roll call to arms as well as a musical reset button for our band and the country we live in. Most of all, we look at it as the beginnings of some conversations that we, as a people very much need to begin having if we ever hope to break through the divisions that are threatening to tear us apart. </p>
1252
1253<p>Drive-By Truckers are celebrating our twentieth anniversary as a band in an election year where some people are trying to define what it is to be American. Definitions based on some outdated ideology of prejudice and fear. We are loudly proclaiming that those people don't speak for us. America is and always has been a land of immigrants and ideals. Ideals that we have often fallen short of achieving, but it's the striving that has given us whatever claims to greatness we have had. That's what America means to us and "We're an American Band'.</p>
1254
1255<p><strong>American Band</strong> - the eleventh studio album by Drive-By Truckers<br />
1256Coming September 30th, 2016 from ATO Records.</p>
1257
1258<p>And don't miss the <a href="shows.html">Darkened Flags 2016</a> Tour, beginning in August.</p>
1259
1260<p>See you at The Rock Show,<br />
1261Patterson Hood<br />
1262DBT</p>
1263<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_81847" target="_blank"><img src="images/DBT_Social_1200x628_AmericanBand_PreOrder_061416.jpg" alt="American Band by Drive-By Truckers"/></a>
1264<h2>American Band LP + 7"<br />
1265Standard Weight Red LP limited to 5000 copies<br />
1266+ one sided 7" (black vinyl). <br />
1267Includes download card of full album. </h2>
1268
1269<p>** First 2,500 pre-orders will receive red vinyl. Red vinyl will be available ONLY through the <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_81847" target="_blank">Drive-By Truckers webstore</a> and US indie shops **</p>
1270
1271<p>Don't miss special add-on items that you can get only with the pre-order, including a t-shirt and tote bag!</p>
1272
1273<div class="clearfix"></div> 
1274</div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1275
1276
1277
1278<div class="newsItem"> 
1279<a name="speed"></a>
1280<h2>Trucker Speed Coffee</h2>
1281 <a href="https://www.jitteryjoes.com/coffee/dbt-trucker-speed.html" target="_blank"><img src="images/TruckerSpeed.png" alt="Trucker Speed" style="newsImg"/></a>
1282 <p>Jittery Joe's Coffee Roasting Company is partnering with Athens, Georgia band Drive-By Truckers to release a special blend of coffee, <strong>Trucker Speed</strong>. <br /><a class="button" href="https://www.jitteryjoes.com/coffee/dbt-trucker-speed.html"> Get Trucker Speed Coffee</a> </p>
1283 
1284 
1285
1286<p>"Drive-By Truckers are thrilled to be collaborating with Jittery Joes," says Patterson Hood, Drive-By Truckers co-founder and singer-guitarist. "We've been fueled by their delicious coffee for 20 years now and are excited to unleash Trucker Speed to the rest of the DBT nation."</p>
1287
1288<p>"Athens has such an amazing and rich history of music", says Michael Ripps, President of Jittery Joe's Coffee. "We are so excited to be partnering with the Drive-By Truckers, whose enduring legacy is part of this great city."</p>
1289
1290<p>Trucker Speed is a blend of coffee originating from Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Nicaragua. All of the beans are wet processed and roasted at different levels varying from a smooth medium to a deep, rich Full City. The final product is a well-balanced and sweet coffee with a smoky, nut finish.</p>
1291
1292<p>"Like the blue plate specials at roadside diners lining our country's highways, this blend is meant to be instantly familiar and comforting," says Christian Hampton, Jittery Joe's Roaster. "There's just enough brightness to perk you up when you need it but it's smooth enough to drink all day."</p>
1293
1294<p>Trucker Speed comes in a limited edition keepsake can featuring a custom illustration by <strong><a href="https://www.wesfreed.com" target="_blank">Wes Freed</a></strong>. For years, Freed's illustrations have become the visual equal to the Drive-By Trucker'
1294s music having appeared on countless posters, t-shirts, stickers, and every album cover since the critically acclaimed Southern Rock Opera.</p>
1295
1296<p>For more information about Jittery Joe's Coffee, please visit Jittery Joe's Facebook page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jitteryjoes" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/jitteryjoes</a> or follow Jittery Joe's on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/JitteryJoes">@JitteryJoes</a> or on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/JitteryJoesCoffee/">JitteryJoesCoffee</a>.</p>
1297
1298<p><strong>About Jittery Joe's Coffee</strong> <br />
1299Founded in Athens, Georgia in 1994, Jittery Joe's Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster that selects and roasts only the highest quality arabica beans from more than 16 countries. Jittery Joe's Coffees are available at 17 Jittery Joe's cafes in the Southeast, specialty grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, and through their online store.
1300</p>
1301<p>For more information, visit the Jittery Joe's web site at <a href="https://www.jitteryjoes.com" target="_blank">www.jitteryjoes.com</a>.</p>
1302
1303<div class="clearfix"></div> 
1304</div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1305
1306
1307<div class="newsItem"> 
1308<a name="15list"></a> 
1309<h2>Patterson Hood - Year End - 2015</h2>
1310
1311<p>This was an outstanding year for music, arts, literature and film.</p>
1312<p>Almost any film in my Honorable Mention list would normally be a Top 5-10 album in almost any other year in recent memory and at least 5-6 of the top ten could easily win Album of the Year in most years. </p>
1313
1314<h3>ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly</h3>
1315<p>Kendrick has only made 3 albums and 2 of them have been album of the year for me.<br />
1316If "Good Kid Maad City" was a cinematic vision of street redemption, "TPAB" is an epic exploration of race and status and trying to keep it all together when everything gets a little too crazy. Sometimes even good things can kill you. Wildly ambitious and potentially trainwreck embarrassing, KL keeps it together and created a true bonafied masterpiece. One that wildly rewards repeated listens and closer inspection. It's my favorite record so far this decade and one that I can place alongside London Calling and White Album and other decade toppers.<br />
1317The best writing of any album in years and truly worthy of examining in the same way we study great books like this year's "Between The World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates.</p>
1318
1319<h3>BEST ALBUMS 2015 (in alphabetical order by artist):</h3>
1320<p>2015 presented such a wealth of incredible music that any one in my top 20 would normally be a top 5 record. It's overall the finest year for records since 1984 and 1980 (2 of the best years of my lifetime). </p>
1321
1322<h5>Alabama Shakes - Sound and Color</h5>
1323<p>The Athens Alabama quartet somehow skipped making their sophomore record and followed up the gold debut with a very mature 3rd or 4th release that saw them growing by leaps and bounds and leaving behind any traces of ever being called retro again. On standout track "Gemini", Brittany and Co. sound like they could be Sly Stone's Godchildren.</p>
1324
1325<h5>Courtney Barnett - sometimes i sit and think and sometimes i just sit</h5>
1326<p>A stunningly clever and fun record from everyone's sweetheart crush of 2015. Bummed I never got to see her live, but I'm sure she'll be around for a while so here's hoping next year.</p>
1327
1328<h5>Beach House - Depression Cherry</h5>
1329<p>A band I'd heard about a lot about but never really listened to until I stumbled on this playing at my favorite record store. They followed it up with another one two months later that's nearly as good.
1330</p>
1331
1332<h5>Deerhunter - Fading Frontier</h5>
1333<p>My favorite southern band and would be my record of the year in almost any other year. Deerhunter is one of my favorite bands period. I love all of their albums and this one is one of their best yet.</p>
1334
1335<h5>D'Angelo - Black Messiah</h5> <p>(actually a 2014 release, but it came out at last minute and spent most of the year on my turntable). One of the absolute best live shows I have ever seen and an album that keeps on getting better with every repeat listen.</p>
1336
1337
1338<h5>Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear</h5>
1339<p>Another one that might be a record of the year most years (his last one was my favorite of 2012). Stunning songwriting and the best sense of humor in the biz.</p>
1340
1341<h5>Will Johnson - Swan City Vampires</h5>
1342<p>Centro-matic was my favorite band and I mourned their demise like losing a close friend. That said, Will's new solo re
1342cord may be his finest record since their 2003 masterpiece "Love You Just The Same". A gorgeous reflective and primal journey through Will's turbulent last couple of years that saw the loss of his beloved mother and band. </p>
1343
1344<h5>Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell</h5>
1345<p>Another amazingly beautiful record, his autobiographical horror story about his childhood and very troubled mother brings me to tears every time I listen to it. The year's best late night hang.</p>
1346
1347<h5>Kurt Vile - B'lieve I'm Going Down (extended version)</h5>
1348<p>Another one that could and should be Album of the Year most years (his "Smoke Rings" album was my 2011 pick). This is my favorite album yet from KV. One of the rare times when the extended version is even better than the regular one.</p>
1349
1350<h5>Wilco - Star Wars</h5>
1351<p>My favorite studio album yet by one of the greatest bands of our time. Off the cuff and loose and wildly inventive and fun. Great cover also.</p>
1352
1353<h3>WAY BEYOND HONORABLE MENTION:</h3>
1354
1355<h5>Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars</h5>
1356<p>Released only a couple of months after Depression Cherry, this one is nearly as good and I probably play it more often.</p>  
1357
1358<h5>Brent Best - Your Dog Champ</h5>
1359<p>The Slobberbone frontman (and one of the all time great Rockers I've ever known) finally unleashed his long awaited solo re
1359cord and it's a stellar collection of songs as well as one of my favorite things he's ever done.</p> 
1360
1361<h5>Craig Finn - Faith in the Future</h5>
1362<p>Craig's 2nd solo record finds him in fantastic form with a record that easily holds its own with anything he's ever done. "Christine" is easily one of my very favorite songs of the year.  </p>
1363
1364<h5>Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Wonderful World</h5>
1365<p>Another excellent record by the long running Portland OR band. This one featuring wonderful guest vocals by the always stunning Kelly Hogan.  </p>
1366
1367
1368<h5>Donnie Fritts - Oh My Goodness</h5>
1369<p>Funky Donnie Fritts strips it down and makes the record I always wanted to hear from him. Perfectly understated production by John Paul White and Ben Tanner. "Errol Flynn" may be an all time favorite song now.</p>  
1370
1371<h5>Fernando - Leave The Radio On</h5>
1372<p>One of Portland's best kept secrets, its high time for the rest of the world to know how great Fernando is. </p>
1373
1374<h5>Hardy and the Hardknocks - Drownin' on the Mountaintop</h5>
1375<p>Athens GA's Hardy Morris follows up his stunning solo debut by bringing out the band and turning it up. All with excellent results. </p>
1376
1377<h5>Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free</h5>
1378<p>My old compadre follows up his masterpiece "Southeastern" with this slightly less personal but nonetheless excellent record. The peaks are as good as anything you'll hear in any year. </p>
1379
1380<h5>Jay Gonzalez - Bittersuite</h5>
1381<p>Jay is one of my closest friends but also one of the greatest talents I've ever met and this 13 minute song cycle is truly a marvel. AM pop never sounded better but as it progresses it takes on a depth that cuts very deep. It takes leaving you wanting more to an extreme, but don't flip it over.</p>
1382
1383<h5>Joey Kneiser - The Wildness</h5>
1384<p>Excellent group of songs from the Glossary frontman. He just keeps getting better. These songs get better with each listen.</p> 
1385
1386<h5>Mamie Davis - Holding The Big Chicken Now</h5>
1387<p>Mamie is a senior in an Athens GA High School and a veteran of Nuci's Space's beloved Camp Amp program who you're gonna hear a lot more from. Fantastic songs and a voice as big as Georgia. She was just accepted into Belmont College and only beginning. Check this record out. </p>
1388
1389<h5>Sleater Kinney - No Cities to Love</h5>
1390<p>SK is back and as great as ever with this sonic blast of big bad rock. It definitely left me wanting more and hopefully there's more to come. </p>
1391
1392<h3>Best Single of 2015 : "The Blacker the Berry (The Sweeter the Fruit)" - Kendrick Lamar</h3><br />
1393
1394
1395<h3>STUNNING SONGS:</h3>
1396<strong>Pedestrian at Best</strong> - Courtney Barnett<br />
1397<strong>Depreston</strong> - Courtney Barnett<br />
1398<strong>Aunt Ramona</strong> - Brent Best<br />
1399<strong>Christine</strong> - Craig Finn<br />
1400<strong>The Charade</strong> - D'Angelo (D'Angelo and The Vanguard)<br />
1401<strong>Make You Better</strong> - The Decemberists<br />
1402<strong>Snakeskin</strong> - Bradford Cox (Deerhunter)<br />
1403<strong>Errol Flynn</strong> - Donnie Fritts<br />
1404<strong>Bored in the USA</strong> - Father John Misty<br />
1405<strong>I Went To The Store One Day</strong> - Father John Misty<br />
1406<strong>Copper Canteen</strong> - James McMurtry<br />
1407<strong>South Dakota</strong> - James McMurtry<br />
1408<strong>Children of Children</strong> - Jason Isbell<br />
1409<strong>Speed Trap Town</strong> - Jason Isbell<br />
1410<strong>24 Frames</strong> - Jason Isbell<br />
1411<strong>&$%@#!</strong> - Jay Gonzalez<br />
1412<strong>Shenorock Lane</strong> - Jay Gonzalez<br />
1413<strong>Heaven Only Wants Us Once We're Dead</strong> - Joey Kneiser<br />
1414<strong>King Kunta</strong> - Kendrick Lamar<br />
1415<strong>The Blacker The Berry</strong> - Kendrick Lamar<br />
1416<strong>Hood Politics</strong> - Kendrick Lamar<br />
1417<strong>How Much A Dollar Costs</strong> - Kendrick Lamar<br />
1418<strong>That's Life (I Almost Hate To Say It)</strong> - Kurt Vile<br />
1419<strong>Pretty Pimpin</strong> - Kurt Vile<br />
1420<strong>Fourth of July</strong> - Sufjan Stevens<br />
1421<strong>Should Have Known Better</strong> - Sufjan Stevens<br />
1422<strong>Blue Bucket of Blood</strong> - Sufjan Stevens<br />
1423<strong>The Watchman</strong> - Will Johnson<br />
1424<strong>Over My Head</strong> - Alabama Shakes<br />
1425<strong>Gemini</strong> - Alabama Shakes<br /><br />
1426
1427<h3>Best Book I've Read 2015 - Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates</h3>
1428
1429<h3>ALSO LOVED:</h3>
1430<p><strong>Small Backs of Children</strong> by Lydia Yuknavitch</p>
1431<p><strong>Petty</strong> by Warren Zanes<br />
1432I'm going to give extra shout out to this book, as beyond being an exceptional rock star bio, it captures the inter-band dynamic and the band/family dynamic better than any book I've ever read on the subject. The fact that Warren is both a fan and a peer also gives it an extra perspective dimension. Plus its an exceptionally great read. I couldn't put it down.</p>
1433<p><strong>Unfaithful Music (and Disappearing Ink)</strong> by Elvis Costello</p>
1434<p><strong>M Train</strong> by Patti Smith</p>
1435<p><strong>
1435The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip</strong> by George Saunders and Lane Smith<br />
1436Saunders has become one of my favorite authors and this is an illustrated children's book that I love as much as my kids. It continues his delving into class struggles, but in a form that younger readers can grasp. </p>
1437
1438<h3>Best Live Show - D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Crystal Ballroom, PDX</h3>
1439<strong>Runners Up:</strong><br />
1440<strong>Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit</strong> - Schnitzer Theatre, PDX<br />
1441<strong>The Decemberists</strong> - Edgefield, PDX<br />
1442<strong>Elvis Costello and the Imposters</strong> - Schnitzer Theatre, PDX<br />
1443<strong>Alabama Shakes</strong> - Red Rocks, Morrison, CO<br />
1444<strong>Will Johnson</strong> - McCormick Mansion, PDX<br />
1445
1446<h3>Wonderful Films: </h3>
1447<strong>Brooklyn</strong> - John Crowley<br />
1448<strong>The Hateful Eight</strong> - Quinton Tarrantino's 8th film (in 70mm)<br />
1449<strong>Joy</strong> (new film by David O Russell)<br />
1450
1451<h3>Can't Wait:</h3>
1452<strong>New PJ Harvey album</strong> (in March)<br />
1453<strong>The Revenant</strong> - new film by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu<br />
1454<strong>Carol</strong> - new film by Todd Haynes<br />
1455<strong>Hamilton</strong> - Broadway hip hop musical inspired by biography of Alexander Hamilton<br />
1456
1457<h3>Wonderful Reissues:</h3>
1458<strong>Son Volt</strong> - Trace<br />
1459<strong>Bruce Springsteen</strong> - The Ties That Bind (The River)<br />
1460<strong>Bob Dylan</strong> - Bootleg Series Vol 5<br />
1461
1462<h3>Missing in Action - Frank Ocean</h3><br />
1463<br />
1464
1465
1466<p><strong>Finally:</strong></p>
1467<p>This year I moved to Portland Oregon with my family after 21 years in Athens Georgia (and 30 years before that in Alabama). It was bittersweet moving so far away from so many loved ones, but it also felt right for myself and my family for reasons I can't quite put into tangible terms other than to say it felt like a calling and a gut instinct thing and following such things has always been my way of living my life and I couldn't find any reason to not continue doing so at this juncture. It was hard, scary and at times emotionally brutal, but also extremely rewarding, especially artistically. I have written more this year than in well over a decade. Not just songs, although I essentially wrote two albums worth of those so far, but also a short story, an essay, an op-ed, and several other pieces that are still in some weird limbo of revelation. 
1468</p>
1469<p>I have been overwhelmed by kindnesses shown to me on both sides of the country and quite a few in between. Athens extended months of tearful farewells. They probably wanted to take some of them back when we returned for a visit two months later and will even more so when we return again in a few weeks for HeAthens Homecoming. Our band is still based there and will always be. I'm sure some are saying "How can we miss you if you keep coming back?"</p>
1470
1471<p>Portland put out an extra large welcome mat and has extended hospitality and love in overwhelming dosages, making a bunch of rednecks feel so at home in this beautiful town with it's cool theatres and gorgeous views. I have found the locals to be kind, very friendly and quite rugged. Rain will not deter them and they don't carry umbrellas. We drove up to Mt. Hood on Xmas day and when the rain turned to ice we had our first experience with snow chains and some complete strangers took pity on us and helped us put ours on or I would still be crouched out there trying to figure out what the hell to do with them. They could have easily laughed (and hopefully did anyway) but they swarmed our car and had us on our merry way. (Actually, my wife would have eventually figured it out, but that's another sad tale).</p>
1472
1473<p>Since we've been here we've seen the hottest summer on record (it was over 100 degrees the first 12 days we were here and folks here don't tend to have air conditioning), the wettest month in recorded history (this month in fact, which broke the all time record in the first 22 days) and The New Yorker welcomed us to Oregon with their much-read terrifying article about the impending 'Big One" that they s
1473ay will kill us all. </p>
1474
1475<p>And then, finally, there's Elliott Smith. </p>
1476
1477<p>Sad confession, I kinda missed him when he was around. I spent the 90's in a very different head space and missed most of the cultural and musical icons of that era (with a few notable exceptions). I was trying to put together my band and fully immersing myself in old country, old soul, new hip hop, bands I met on the road and everything Athens GA. I bought a lot of music during that era, but very little of it was new or in any way contemporary (other than hip hop). I think I heard Elliott Smith sing on the Oscars and kinda dug that song in the movie, but never really scratched the surface of what he was doing. Then sadly, he was gone.</p>
1478
1479<p>I moved to Portland and his presence was everywhere. Friends here knew him and the songs were steeped in the town and the town steeped in his music. I asked several friends (a couple of whom resided in Athens) where I should start and they all said "anywhere, you'll want them all anyway." So that's essentially what I've been doing. I am blown away by the scope and consistency of his work and more than a little annoyed with myself for letting it take so long to know about it. Guess that's one of the beautiful things about records. Even though he's now gone, his records are still alive and well and such a treasure to be able to get to know them at this time when I'm in a place to appreciate them even more than when they were new, although I know that I would have totally fallen for these songs if I had heard them at any other point in my life.</p> 
1480
1481<p>Have a safe and wonderful 2016. We have some great things in store and definitely hope to see you at The Rock Show.</p>
1482
1483<p>Sincerely,<br />
1484Patterson Hood</p>
1485
1486<div class="clearfix"></div> 
1487</div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1488
1489
1490
1491
1492
1493
1494<div class="newsItem"> 
1495<a name="homecoming"></a> 
1496<h2>HOMECOMING 2016</h2>
1497Y'all,<br />
1498I'm thrilled to announce the 2016 HeAthen's Homecoming shows.<br />
1499They will be Thursday, February 11th - Saturday, February 13th.<br />
1500They will, as always, be at <a href="https://www.40watt.com/" target="_blank">The Fabulous 40 Watt Club.</a><br />
1501A portion of the income will go to <a href="https://www.nuci.org/" target="_blank">Nuçi's Space</a>.<br />
1502<br />
1503This year the Thursday show will again kick off with <a href="https://www.nuci.org/campamped/" target="_blank">The Camp Amped Band</a>.<br />
1504This has become an annual tradition and this year looks to be one of the best yet.<br />
1505Next up will be <a href="https://www.facebook.com/monsoonathensga/" target="_blank">Monsoon</a>. They are one of the best of the bumper crop of great young bands in Athens. They're going to blow the doors off of the place. (Sienna from Monsoon is a former camper at Camp Amped. Supercool.)<br />
1506<br />
1507On Friday night we will have a set from <a href="https://www.davemarrmusic.com/" target="_blank">Dave Marr</a> and his killer band.<br />
1508Many might remember Dave from The Star Room Boys, one of our favorite bands back in their day. Dave took a very long hiatus and now is back with a great new album and fantastic band. Don't Miss This!<br />
1509This will be followed by a short set from <a href="https://www.will-johnson.com/" target="_blank">Will Johnson</a>, who is playing both Friday and Saturday nights, by himself and perhaps a guest or two (or more). <br />
1510He will be spotlighting songs from his amazing new album "Swan City Vampires".<br />
1511<br />
1512On Saturday we will have a set from <a href="https://www.fiveeight.com/" target="_blank">Five Eight</a>.<br />
15135-8 was one of the best bands ever to come out of Athens and in recent years have been playing some of the most incredible shows ever (with their classic original lineup) showcasing songs from their recently reissued masterpiece "Weirdo" as well as their upcoming new release that could end up being their best album yet.<br />
1514Don't Miss This!<br />
1515<br />
1516DBT is really fired up for this year's HeAthen's Homecoming.<br />
1517I can't wait to see all my Athens friends. The band will have just returned from our upcoming shows in Mexico and spotlighting songs from our recent live box set "It's Great To Be Alive!" and perhaps pulling out some hidden gems and showcasing some brand new songs.<br />
1518<br />
1519In the meantime I want to thank all our friends who came out to our shows in Chicago and Madison this past weekend, we had a blast! We continue on the road playing in Bloomington IL tonight and then on to Chattanooga on Thursday and closing out the year with two nights in Nashville at the wonderful Cannery Ballroom! We are looking forward to it and hope to see some of you there. As always, ticket and show info is available at <a href="https://drivebytruckers.com/shows.html">www.drivebytruckers.com</a>.<br />
1520<br />
1521See You at The Rock Show.<br />
1522Patterson Hood<br />
1523(Drive-By Truckers)<br />
1524</div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1525
1526
1527<div class="newsItem"> <a name="delay"></a> Due to production delays, the ship date for both the <strong>It's Great To Be Alive Deluxe LP+CD set</strong> &amp; <strong>This Weekend's The Night LP</strong> has been pushed back. All pre-orders placed at the DBT store will now be shipped on or
1528before November 9th and product will be hitting stores shortly after. We are truly very sorry for the delays but unfortunately this is a risk you run
1529with manufacturing vinyl, especially such a large scale project as this one. Please know we are doing everything we can to get these out to you as
1530quickly as possible. We will keep you updated on estimated dates for the product to be in stores and appreciate your understanding and patience. Deluxe 3-CD set and digital downloads of <strong>This Weekend's the Night</strong> and <strong>It's Great To Be Alive</strong> will be available online and in-stores on 10/30.<div
1531class="clearfix"></div> </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1532
1533<div class="newsItem">
1534
1535<a name="great"></a>
1536
1537<h2>It's Great To Be Alive!</h2> <a href="#" target="_blank" ><img src="images/DBT-itsgreattobealive-boxsetcover350.jpg" alt="It's Great To Be
1538Alive!"/></a> <p>Drive-By Truckers are thrilled to announce that our long awaited <strong>live album</strong>, recorded over three nights at the
1539historic Fillmore in San Francisco, will be released on October 30th, 2015 and you can start pre-ordering today!</p>
1540
1541<p>We put together a few versions for different wants and wallets. It was an amazing weekend in San Francisco. We hope you'll love what was
1542captured.</p>
1543
1544
1545<h4>VINYL AND CD VERSIONS:</h4>
1546
1547<p>1. <strong>"It's Great To Be Alive!"</strong> (Deluxe vinyl + CD) <br />
1547 Bundled up in a specially designed deluxe box this set documents the
1548Drive-By Truckers career-spanning 3-night run at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco.<br /> INCLUDES: 5 LPs + 3 CDs + 4 mini concert posters by Wes
1549Freed + 16-page LP-sized booklet with liner notes by Patterson Hood<br /> <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_72052"
1550target="_blank" class="button" style="margin-left: 0px !important">Order "It's Great To Be Alive" (Deluxe vinyl + CD)</a><br /></p>
1551
1552<p>2. <strong>"It's Great To Be Alive!"</strong> (Deluxe CD-only)<br /> This set documents the Drive-By Truckers career-spanning 3-night run at the
1553legendary Fillmore  in San Francisco.<br /> INCLUDES: 3 CDs + Liner notes by Patterson Hood<br /> <a
1554href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_72052" target="_blank" class="button" style="margin-left: 0px !important">Order
1555"It's Great To Be Alive" (Deluxe CD only)</a><br /></p>
1556
1557<p>3. <strong>"This Weekend's The Night: Highlights From It's Great To Be Alive!"</strong> (Standard vinyl)<br /> Features a "best of" selection of
1558tracks from the Drive-By Truckers 3-night run at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco.<br /> INCLUDES:  2 LPs + DL code<br /> <a
1559href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_72052" target="_blank" class="button" style="margin-left: 0px !important">Order
1560"This Weekend's The Night" (Standard vinyl)</a> <br /><br /> </p> <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_72052"
1561target="_blank" ><img src="images/DBT-thisweekend-cover350.jpg" alt="This Weekend Is The Night"/></a> <h4>DIGITAL VERSIONS:</h4>
1562
1563<p>1. Deluxe // 35 tracks - "It's Great To Be Alive!"</p> <p>2. Standard // 13 tracks -  "This Weekend's The Night"</p>
1564
1565<h4>EXTRAS:</h4>
1566
1567<p>Standard version pre-order ("This Weekend's The Night") via iTunes or the DBT online store comes with grat singles from the album via email on the
1568following dates: 7/28, 9/21, 10/5 &amp; 10/19</p>
1569
1570<p>Deluxe version  pre-order ("It's Great To Be Alive!") comes with grat singles via email on these dates: 7/28, 8/10, 8/24, 9/7, 9/21, 10/5 &amp;
15711019.</p>
1572
1573
1574<h4>Purchase From: </h4> 
1575DBT Online Store:<br /> 
1576<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_72052" target="_blank" class="button" style="margin-left: 0px !important">It's Great To Be Alive (Deluxe vinyl + CD)</a><br /> 
1577<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_72052" target="_blank" class="button" style="margin-left: 0px !important">It's Great To Be Alive (Deluxe CD only)</a><br /> 
1578<a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_72052" target="_blank" class="button" style="margin-left: 0px !important">This Weekend's The Night - Highlights From It's Great To Be Alive! (Standard vinyl)</a> 
1579<br /><br />
1580
1581Other Outlets: <br /> 
1582<a href="https://smarturl.it/DBTAlive" target="_blank" class="button" style="margin-left: 0px !important">iTunes</a> 
1583<a href="https://smarturl.it/DBTAlve_AmzCD" target="_blank" class="button" style="margin-left: 0px !important">Amazon CD</a> 
1584<a href="https://smarturl.it/DBTAlive_AmzMp3" target="_blank" class="button" style="margin-left: 0px !important">Amazon MP3</a> 
1585<a href="https://smarturl.it/DBTAlive_Google" target="_blank" class="button" style="margin-left: 0px !important">Google</a> 
1586<a href="https://smarturl.it/DBTAlive_Stream" target="_blank" class="button" style="margin-left: 0px !important">Spotify</a><br /> 
1587
1588
1589
1590<div class="row" style="margin-top: 1.5em;"> <div class="grid_6"> <h4>DELUXE TRACKLIST:</h4> <p>Lookout Mountain 4:51<br /> Where the Devil Don't Stay
15914:52<br /> Sink Hole 5:22<br /> Made Up English Oceans 5:16<br /> The Righteous Path 5:15<br /> Women Without Whiskey 4:31<br /> The Living Bubba
15926:24<br /> Primer Coat 4:19<br /> Mercy Buckets 5:26<br /> Marry Me 5:46<br /> Tornadoes 5:23<br /> Sounds Better in the Song 5:10<br /> Used to Be a
1593Cop 6:58<br /> Shit Shots Count 4:06<br /> Runaway Train 5:35<br /> A Ghost to Most 4:57<br /> Goode's Field Road 7:35<br /> Uncle Frank 5:13<br />
1594Putting People on the Moon 7:17<br /> First Air of Autumn 3:35<br /> Box of Spiders 7:47<br /> When the Pin Hits the Shell 3:57<br /> A World of Hurt
15957:42<br /> Get Downtown 3:24<br /> Ronnie and Neil 5:03<br /> Gravity's Gone 3:35<br /> Pauline Hawkins 6:26<br /> Birthday Boy 3:32<br /> Girls Who
1596Smoke 4:30<br /> Three Dimes Down 2:53<br /> Hell No, I Ain't Happy 8:10<br /> Shut Up and Get on the Plane 5:24<br /> Angels and Fuselage 5:15<br />
1597Zip City 7:53<br /> Grand Canyon 13:08</p> </div>
1598
1599<div class="grid_6"> <h4>STANDARD TRACKLIST:</h4> <p>Lookout Mountain 4:51<br /> Women Without Whiskey 4:31<br /> The Righteous Path 5:15<br /> Birthday
1600Boy 3:32<br /> Runaway Train 5:35<br /> Primer Coat 4:19<br /> Putting People on the Moon 7:17<br /> A Ghost to Most 5:10<br /> Goode's Field Road
16017:35<br /> Sounds Better in the Song 5:10<br /> A World of Hurt 7:42<br /> Zip City 7:53<br /> Grand Canyon 13:08<br /> </p> </div>
1602
1603</div>
1604
1605
1606
1607
1608
1609<div class="clearfix"></div> </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1610
1611
1612<div class="newsItem"> <a name="newt"></a> <h2>Robert Newton "Newt" Carter</h2> <p>Y'all,</p>
1613
1614<img src="images/newt1.jpg" alt=""/> <p>We are heartbroken to report that our dear friend, comrade and family member, Robert Newton "Newt" Carter has
1615passed away.</p>
1616
1617<p>Newt was a great musician and soundman among many many other talents.<br /> He was also a larger than life presence in our touring company for
1618several years.<br /> Over the next few weeks, I'm sure that everyone will be sharing all kinds of amazing Newt stories and many of them will be true. He
1619cut a wide swath through this life he lived and we are all the better for having known him. In the time I knew I him I learned to always expect the
1620unexpected. He was a hilarious man with the greatest deadpan delivery ever. We shared some big adventures and many laughs. </p> <p>I'm sure that we will
1621be soon announcing plans for a memorial of some sort and we will do our best to keep everyone posted.</p> <img src="images/newt2.jpg" alt=""/>
1622
1623<p>It's all still sinking in. We all knew that Newt had survived cancer. He had basically fought off a death sentence and lived to tell about it for the
1624better part of a decade. I didn't really know him back then, but when he told me about it a couple of years ago, again, it was with that nonchalant 
1625delivery that you would use to describe a trip to the store. In retrospect, I guess he hadn't seemed quite right of late and we all worried about him,
1626but he was secretive about his condition till the end. This made today's news all the more shocking, yet also makes perfect sense in keeping with the
1627Newt we all knew and loved.</p>
1628
1629
1630<p>We will all certainly be raising many a glass to his honor in the upcoming days. He's a left quite a void but I'm sure he'd prefer for us to be
1631laughing at the many joyous and hilarious memories he left us with.</p>
1632
1633<p>We love you Newt! R.I.P.</p>
1634
1635<p><img src="images/newt-wide.jpg" alt="" style="width:100%; margin-bottom: 50px;"/> </p>
1636
1637<p>Sincerely,<br /> The Drive-By Truckers Family</p>
1638
1639
1640</div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1641
1642</p>
1643
1644<div class="newsItem"> <a name="dirtunderneath"></a> <h2>The Dirt Underneath (Returns)</h2> <p>Y'all,</p>
1645
1646<img src="images/dirtunderneath-07-sm.jpg" alt="The Dirt Underneath" /> <p>Back in 2007, Drive-By Truckers did a series of shows that we called The Dirt
1647Underneath. It was conceived as an acoustic tour, but over time it sort of morphed into more of a halfway acoustic tour. We sat down (most shows) and
1648definitely re-arranged and reinvented songs, pulled out songs that usually don't get played much in our regular show, had more banter and story-telling
1649and a generally different vibe and approach from the DBT Rock Shows that we are known for.</p>
1650
1651<p>It also gave us a chance to work on new material. At that point we were preparing to go in and record the album Brighter Than Creation's Dark and The
1652Dirt Underneath gave us a chance to workshop and showcase many of those songs as a 'work in progress' in front of a friendly crowd.</p>
1653
1654<p>The tour was a great success and a lot of fun and we have always talked of doing it again, but it's just never been the right time or situation.
1655Until now.</p>
1656
1657<p>We are going out in April with the same approach. It will be a fun change of pace for us and hopefully a fun and different thing for Y'all. We hope
1658to pull out some different songs and toy with some old favorites in a different way and as I said, hopefully work up some new ones along the way. I know
1659that BTCD greatly benefitted from that tour and as we're in the early stages of writing and thinking of what comes next, this seemed like a great time
1660time to pull out some chairs and maybe a lamp or two and invite Y'all to a traveling living room for a couple of weeks.</p>
1661
1662<p>Who knows what will come of it?</p>
1663
1664<p>As always, thank you for your long time support and see you at the dig site.</p> <p>DBT</p> </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1665
1666
1667<div class="newsItem">
1668
1669<a name="schooloffilm"></a> <h2>Patterson Hood Screens 'Network'</h2> <a href="https://www.modernschooloffilm.com/" target="_blank">The Modern School of
1670Film</a> and the <a href="https://www.carolinatheatre.org/" target="_blank">Carolina Theatre of Durham</a> in Association with <a
1671href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/guitartown/info" target="_blank">Guitartown</a> Present Film: Acoustic with Patterson Hood of Drive-By
1672Truckers. Patterson will be screening the 1976 film 'Network' at the Carolina Theatre on Monday, April 13th at 7 pm. Tickets go on sale March 12 at 10
1673am. More details, including ticket info <a href="https://www.carolinatheatre.org/events/film-acoustic-patterson-hood-drive-truckers"
1674target="_blank">here</a>. Please stay tuned to <a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/guitartown/info" target="_blank">Guitartown on Yahoo
1675Groups</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/guitartownpeople/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/GuitartownTwang"
1676target="_blank">Twitter</a> for the latest on this and other Guitartown Presents events. If you're unfamiliar with Guitartown, you can learn more about
1677us in <a href="https://www.candidslice.com/raleighs-hidden-music-guitartown-keeps-the-scene-alive/" target="_blank">this article</a> from <a
1678href="https://www.candidslice.com/" target="_blank">Candid Slice</a>&nbsp;that ran last year on the occasion of our 15th anniversary. You'll recognize at
1679least one familiar face (maybe more) in the top photo accompanying the article. <div class="clearfix"></div> </div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1680
1681<div class="newsItem">
1682
1683<a name="wordsept14"></a> <h2>Y'all,</h2>
1684
1685<p>Guess 2014 is in the homestretch now and it's been a good one overall in DBT World. Thanks again to all who have come out to shows, bought our
1686records and otherwise supported our band this year. We've had a pretty amazing time and we're gearing up to end it with quite the bang.</p>
1687
1688<p>Next week we are traveling to San Francisco to play a three night stand at <a href="https://www.drivebytruckers.com/shows.html">The Fillmore</a>. One
1689of the world's most amazing venues in one of the world's most beautiful cities. We are beyond psyched to end our year of touring there. All three nights
1690will be opened by the unbelievably great <a href="https://www.sturgillsimpson.com/" target="_blank">Sturgill Simpson</a>. His album is one of the best of
1691the year and we're beyond honored to have him sharing our bill that weekend. <a href="https://www.livenation.com/artists/42842/drive-by-truckers#"
1692target="_blank">Tickets are moving fast and it's gonna sell out so don't get left behind.</a></p>
1693
1694<p>We are planning quite the blowout for these last shows of the year. David Barbe is flying out with his super-talented son Henry to record the
1695proceedings for that long awaited DBT Live Album we've been wanting to do for 14 years now. We've been prepping and planning for months and the time is
1696at hand. </p>
1697
1698<p>After next weekend, the Rock Show will be a little bit more scarce for a while as we're planning on doing some different things for a 
1698while next
1699year. DON'T MISS!!!</p>
1700
1701<p>IN OTHER NEWS:<br /> <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_67301" target="_blank">Pre-orders are up now for the
1702<strong>English Oceans - Deluxe Edition</strong></a> which features the acclaimed most recent album plus the <a
1703href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSch5wrw8JQ" target="_blank">DVD of <strong>Black Ice Verite'</strong></a>, our live performance of the album back
1704in February when it snowed and the whole state shut down, except for us, because we're crazy. It also includes a bonus disc with 3 acoustic performances
1705from the Bonnaroo Hay Bale Session and 5 tracks recorded at The Fabulous 40 Watt Club last Valentines Day Weekend.</p>
1706
1707<p>For vinyl aficionados, we have <strong>Black Ice Verite'</strong> including the vinyl version of the Live 8 song collection and the DVD of the Live
1708Performance.</p>
1709
1710<p>If you order these through the <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_67301" target="_blank">DBT Store</a> by Nov. 17,
1711you will automatically be entered to win one of two autographed test pressings of <strong>Black Ice Verite'</strong> Live 8 song collection.</p>
1712
1713<p>Most of you have probably heard about the massive <strong>Nuçi's Space</strong> fund drive going on revolving around the <strong>Reconstruction of
1714the Steeple</strong>. It's a an <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/reconstruction-of-the-steeple--2" target="_blank">Indiegogo fund drive</a>
1715that will renovate the beloved (and endangered) R.E.M. Steeple and provide funds for Nuçi's Space and their many life changing and life saving services.
1716<a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/reconstruction-of-the-steeple--2" target="_blank">READ MORE HERE</a>!</p>
1717
1718<p>Killers and Stars was my first solo album. I recorded it in early 2001 and it was released on CD back in the summer of 2004 but until now has never
1719been available on vinyl. That has finally changed as New West Records released it on vinyl with new liner notes on Nov. 4. It's a rather lo-fi recording
1720but the vinyl version really does sound so much warmer and better and I'm really proud to finally have it out. Ill be selling it at my upcoming solo
1721shows.</p>
1722
1723<p>In December, <a href="https://www.drivebytruckers.com/shows.html">Cooley and I will both be hitting the road playing some solo dates</a>. Neither of
1724us have played many solo shows this year and it will be a pleasure to go out and play some intimate shows, play some songs and tell some stories. We
1725hope we see you there.</p>
1726
1727<p>Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving and See You at The Rock Show!<br /> Patterson Hood<br /> Drive-By Truckers</p> <div class="clearfix"></div>
1728
1729
1730</div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1731
1732<div class="newsItem"> <a name="eodeluxe"></a> <h2>Y'all,</h2> <p>It was great being back out last weekend. Three really fun shows.<br /> LOCKN' was one
1733of our favorite festival shows of the year.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_67301"
1734target="_blank"><img src="images/covers-2014_bb.jpg" width="220" height="413" alt=""/></a>We are thrilled to announce the <a
1735href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_67301" target="_blank"><strong>English Oceans Deluxe Edition CD</strong></a> and <a
1736href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_67301" target="_blank"><strong>Black Ice V&eacute;rit&eacute; DVD and LP</strong></a>
1737coming on Tuesday November 18, 2014.<br /> <br /> Some   of you might remember, we recorded a live performance of our latest   album last February at
1738The Fabulous 40 Watt Club. All hell broke loose,   weather wise, but The Show Went On and our friend Jason Thrasher caught   it all on film. The end
1739result is a film we're really all proud of,   running through the new songs in front of a small crowd at one of our   favorite rooms on Earth. <br />
1740
1741<div align="center"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSch5wrw8JQ" target="_blank"><strong>Watch the DVD Trailer</strong></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;
1742&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_67301" target="_blank"><strong>Pre-Order Here</strong></a></div> <br
1743/> The <strong>Black Ice V&eacute;rit&eacute; LP</strong> (and bonus CD on the Deluxe Edition) is a collection of 8 songs   recorded live, three
1744acoustic performances from The Hay Bale Session we   recorded the morning of our Bonnaroo performance, and 5 tracks from this   year's <strong>HeAthens
1745Homecoming Weekend</strong> in Athens GA. A few   old songs, a few new songs and a few very different versions. Available   on Glorious White Vinyl
1746(with DVD of <strong>Black Ice V&eacute;rit&eacute;</strong> included).<br /> <br /> The <strong>English Oceans Deluxe Edition CD/DVD</strong> includes
1747the album, our most acclaimed work in years, along with the DVD of<strong> Black Ice V&eacute;rit&eacute; </strong>and a CD of the <strong>Black Ice
1748V&eacute;rit&eacute;</strong> Bonus Tracks.<br /> <br /> Tickets are on sale for our <a href="https://www.drivebytruckers.com/shows.html"
1749target="_blank"><strong>DBT - English Oceans Fall Tour 2014</strong></a>.<br /> We're playing some amazing rooms with some fantastic bands and hope to
1750see you there.<br /> <br /> Thanks to everyone, for making this one of the best years in our history.<br /> The best is yet to come!<br /> <br />
1751<strong><em>See You at The Rock Show!</em></strong><br /> <strong>Patterson Hood<br /> Drive-By Truckers</strong></p>
1752
1753<div class="clearfix"></div>
1754
1755
1756</div><!-- #end newsItem -->
1757
1758
1759
1760</section><!-- #end content area -->
1761
1762
1763<!-- sidebar --> <aside> 
1764	<!-- Begin Mailing List Signup Form -->
1765           <span class="tm-widget" id="tm-widget-8V32Fsb3b"></span>
1766<script src="//www.tailorednews.com/tmsubscribe.net/SignupWidget/tm-widget.min.js?v=11.5.1"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1766
1766
1767<script type="text/javascript">
1768    TMSignUpWidget.InitWidget('8V32Fsb3b', 'www.tailorednews.com' , '270', '500', '', false);
1769</script>
1769
1770            <!--End Mailing List Signup Form-->
1771	
1772	<div class="social" style="text-align:left;
1773margin-top: 20px;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/drivebytruckers" target="_blank"><img src="images/facebook.png" alt="DBT on Facebook"/></a> <a
1774href="https://twitter.com/drivebytruckers" target="_blank"><img src="images/twitter.png" alt="DBT on Twitter"/></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/drivebytruckers/" target="_blank"><img src="images/instagram.png" alt="DBT on Instagram"/></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DriveByTruckers" target="_blank"><img src="images/youtube.png" alt="DBT on YouTube"/></a> </div><!--end
1775social--->
1776
1777
1778
1779
1780</aside><!-- #end sidebar -->
1781
1782</div><!-- #end div #main .wrapper -->
1783
1784<!-- footer area -->    
1785<footer>
1786  <div id="" class="wrapper clearfix">
1787    <div class="grid_4">
1788    
1789    </div>
1790    <div class="grid_4"></div>
1791    <div class="grid_4 social">
1792      <a href="https://www.facebook.com/drivebytruckers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="DBT on Facebook">
1793        <img src="images/facebook.png" alt="DBT on Facebook" loading="lazy" /></a>
1794      <a href="https://twitter.com/drivebytruckers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="DBT on Twitter">
1795        <img src="images/twitter.png" alt="DBT on Twitter" loading="lazy" /></a>
1796      <a href="https://www.instagram.com/drivebytruckers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="DBT on Instagram">
1797        <img src="images/instagram.png" alt="DBT on Instagram" loading="lazy" /></a>
1798      <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DriveByTruckers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="DBT on YouTube">
1799        <img src="images/youtube.png" alt="DBT on YouTube" loading="lazy" /></a>
1800    </div>
1801  </div>
1802</footer><!-- #end footer area --> 
1803
1804<script>
1805document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
1806  const toggle = document.querySelector('.menu-toggle');
1807  const menu = document.querySelector('.srt-menu');
1808  if (toggle && menu) {
1809    toggle.addEventListener('click', function() {
1810      toggle.classList.toggle('toggled-on');
1811      menu.classList.toggle('toggled-on');
1812    });
1813  }
1814});
1815</script>
1815
1816
1817<!-- WiredMinds eMetrics tracking with Enterprise Edition V5.4 START -->
1818<script type='text/javascript' src='https://count.carrierzone.com/app/count_server/count.js'></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1818
1818
1819<script type='text/javascript'><!--
1820wm_custnum='7d233c3619734143';
1821wm_page_name='news.html';
1822wm_group_name='/services/webpages/d/r/drivebytruckers.com/public';
1823wm_campaign_key='campaign_id';
1824wm_track_alt='';
1825wiredminds.count();
1826// -->
1827</script>
1827
1828<!-- WiredMinds eMetrics tracking with Enterprise Edition V5.4 END -->
1829</body>
1830</html>

Line numbers count LF bytes from the start of the resource, as the search results do. Vendor segments are library code the classifier recognised; they are stored but not indexed. Bytes are shown as Latin1 characters, one per byte.