It was, if nothing else, quite a ballsy move. Or crazy. In 2000, the Drive-By Truckers had two small label studio and one live record under their belts. But the Athens, Georgia-based Southern/country rockers were not well-known outside the immediate region. So, they decided their next effort would be something...
In 2000, the Drive-By Truckers had two small label studio and one live record under their belts. But the Athens, Georgia-based Southern/country rockers were not well-known outside the immediate region.
Fellow co-founding singer/guitarist Mike Cooley, on the same video call, agrees. “We were sitting on the greatest idea we everFortunately for their legions of fans, the duo who call themselves “The Dimmer Twins” , they kept with the music.was recorded in the upstairs of a uniform shop in downtown Birmingham, Alabama and initially released via their own Soul Dump label on...September 11, 2001.
A deluxe box set in multiple versions with remixed songs and a historical book that includes more of the band’s trademark bizarro art from the late, great Wes Freed and unreleased material comes out in late July. “We’ve become super close friends again in recent years, and I couldn’t be prouder of what Jason is doing,” Hood says. “When I hear recordings of live performances from that time he was in the band, it’s super cool and I can see how people love it.”
Still, with over 3,000 total shows under their belt, Hood says they don’t have to rehearse much. The current lineup has been in place since 2012.tune they’ve played less often is “The Southern Thing,” Hood’s famous rumination trying to account for the duality of the good things about Southern people and their history and the less savory aspects of racism and clinging to the Civil War.
. In these days of multi-media efforts where a record could also be a musical, a play, a book, a film or TV show, and even a graphic novel, there’s one unexplored adaptation that they have their eye on.to happen!” Hood laughs. “We’re going to get hockey players and figures skaters to play George Wallace and Satan.
Driveby Truckers Patterson Hood Mike Cooley Rob Malone Earl Hicks Kelly Hogan Matt Patton Brad Morgan Jay Gonzalez
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