DBT Week in Review - 1/29/10

DBT!

Booker T. Jones Potato Hole is up for two Grammies!

Remember, you can tune in online for the awards not shown on TV.

Go Booker and DBT!

I almost feel this one in my bones. The stars are really aligned at the moment. (Roll Tide, anyone?)

Nominees | GRAMMY.com

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Check out the new bio if you haven't already.

Drive-By Truckers- Bio

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Peter Grumbine reviews This Fucking Job

NEW DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS SONG, TOUR DATES, ALBUM ART, DOCUMENTARY | The People's Music:

"When most bands make an announcement, they simply do that: they make AN announcement, but not the Drive-by Truckers. No, when you get some DBT news, you get all kinds of cool shit in your inbox.

Today the Truckers released “This Fucking Job” the first song off their upcoming album “The Big To-Do,” they unveiled the cover art by the always brilliant Wes Freed, they announced tour dates, and released more screening dates for the documentary on the band “The Secret to a Happy Ending.” That’s more than most indie shitheads do in a career, and it was just another Tuesday for the Truckers."

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Check out Nuci's Thank you for the fans and links reviewing the benefit.

Nu�i's Space - DBT Review

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Camp Amped Band:

Here they are covering Centro-Matic's Breathe Deep Not Loud:

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I'll have a full picture post from the 3 night run hopefully up Monday.

Here are a couple more.

Look at these NBers:

I do know one of them battled an won this bad boy at the auction:

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Check out the Dead Drunk and Naked cover by The BluesBerries from....

Steyr, Oberösterreich Austria

The BluesBerries on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads:

"and the occasional modern song (Dead Drunk & Naked by The Drive-By Truckers and Prison Grove by Warren Zevon)."

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Don't worry, great music is on the way - ESPN:

"A week later, on March 16, new work from the Drive-By Truckers. Meaning that on March 17, you'll be able to find me hunkered in my bedroom with a bottle of whiskey to drink, a mixed-breed dog to pet, and the Truckers on my stereo. I'll be as happy as a man can be.

(Note: I do not own a dog, mixed-breed or otherwise. But I might buy one on March 15, to get ready.)"

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Best Sing-A-Long ever:

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Keep on Smiling, y'all:

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Muscle Shoals Sound

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Stumbled upon these on YouTube:

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Music I Like

If you haven't gotten Hubbards latest one you are missing out.

Sessions: Ray Wylie Hubbard | American Songwriter

Ray Wylie Hubbard, the bard behind Jerry Jeff Walker’s classic ‘73 cut “Up Against The Wall, Redneck Mother,” was visiting Nashville, up from his home outside of Austin, Texas, when he stopped in to discuss his new album A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is No C). The album features the title cut (inspired by his favorite Poe poem) as well as the co-write with Hayes Carll, “Drunken Poet’s Dream,” also the first cut on Hayes’ 2007 album Trouble In Mind. Hubbard discussed life in Texas as an elder statesman of songwriting, what it’s like taking guys like Hayes under his wing and new tools like e-mail (!) and Masterwriter that keep his songwriting fresh. Take a listen to three live tracks that Hubbard recorded in our office and, below the interview, check out the video of Hubbard playing the album’s title track.

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Dead Drunk and Naked

The Stupidest Pop Lyrics Of All Time

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Like 54k isn't just as 'monstrous'.

Judge slashes ‘monstrous’ fine in music piracy case | Raw Story:

"WASHINGTON — Condemning a two-million-dollar fine meted out to a Minnesota woman for illegally downloading music over the Internet as 'monstrous and shocking,' a judge has slashed the penalty to 54,000 dollars.

US District Court Michael Davis said the fine imposed by a jury on Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a single mother of four from the town of Brainerd, veered into the 'realm of gross injustice.'"

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Just another day in the Tennessee Valley

Couple in court; body still missing | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL:

"Her car was discovered burned beyond recognition Friday on an isolated logging road in McNairy County. Authorities said a GPS unit in the car indicated it left the Beersdorf residence Thursday and was driven to McNairy County."

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Salinger was still alive?!? We'll RIP, then, J.D.

J.D. Salinger Dead: 'Catcher in the Rye' Author Dies At 91:

"NEW YORK — J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose 'The Catcher in the Rye' shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91."

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DBT Week in Review - 11/7/08

DBT!

Its a beautiful Friday isn't, it.

So, this is really cool... for me at least... being the music/political blogger type.

Howard Wolfson, Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential Campaign's Communication Director, FOX News and New Republic contributor and music/political blogger interviewed Patterson Hood after the election:

Gotham Acme � Bootlerockets:

"Wolfson: Given that it’s the day after the election, I wanted to start with a couple of political questions, if that’s all right?

Hood: All right.

Wolfson: You know, you have written so much about the history of the South and the recent history of the South. What did it mean to you last night to have the country elect our first African-American president and have at least one state and maybe two from the “Old Confederacy” vote for him?

Hood: I think it’s great. I think it’s fantastic. I really do. I’m just – I’m almost – I’m kind of speechless about it all and, actually, he was actually my first choice at the very beginning when he first jumped in and it was such a long shot. So kind of watching the whole thing play out is pretty amazing. It’s kind of – it almost hadn’t sunk in yet today. Today I’ve been kind of walking around in a daze from it all.

We were off yesterday and so we all, The Hold Steady and us both had vans parked together at a parking lot at a state college and we were all kind of taking turns in each other’s buses watching the returns come in and cooking a bunch of food and occasionally setting off some bottle rockets whenever there was good news, so it’s been kind of a long couple of days."

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Here's a recent Op-Ed in the NY Times that Howard penned. Good stuff.

What Did Celine Dion Do to Hillary Clinton? - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com:

"Ideas were put forward: Motown, disco, ballads. I pushed K T Tunstall’s “Suddenly I See” because it seemed empowering and upbeat. It was immediately criticized. What about the singer’s use of the word “hell”?

Everyone had favorites, and every favorite had its detractors. We studied lyrics and performer biographies. We downloaded possibilities and listened. Some of us danced, while others sat and frowned.

“Get Ready” by the Four Tops? Too sexual. “Rhythm Nation” by Janet Jackson? What about that unfortunate wardrobe malfunction?

To break the stalemate, we sponsored an online contest for supporters and gave them options to choose from. The votes and commentaries rolled in. Celine Dion’s “You and I” was selected, a decision I jokingly predicted would signal the end of the campaign.

Sadly, my prediction proved correct."

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Musicians Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony:

Uncle Josh, Patterson, Spooner and David Hood

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DBT Halloween Pictures from the Ryman:

by Daniel Peiken:

DBT Pictures October 2008

by Erika Goldring:

MySpace.com Photos - Drive-By Truckers - Halloween 2008 - Ryman - Nashville

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Music News

Slims is a great venue. I've seen Isbell and DBT here.

Boz Scaggs' nightclub Slim's 20 years old:

"Rock star Boz Scaggs wanted to open the R&B nightclub of his dreams. He found some high-powered partners and took over a vacant South of Market restaurant called the Warehouse, where he threw a New Year's Eve bash before closing it to remodel. It would be nine months before the doors opened again, and when they did, the place was called Slim's and Scaggs rocked the room before an invited crowd, backed by Texas guitar slinger Anson Funderburgh and Huey Lewis on harmonica.

Boz Scaggs at his new nightclub Slim's in 1989.Scaggs performing at the 20th anniversary party in October.The opening of Slim's in 1988. View More Images

When something starts, it's never really possible to know how long it's going to last, but 20 years later Scaggs was back on the same stage, before another invited crowd, celebrating the joint's 20th anniversary last month. Time flies when you don't know what you're doing."

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Neil Young on gas guzzlers: Long may you run:

"Leave it to Neil Young to make green technology cool.

The rock legend has created a company called Linc Volt Technology to promote the conversion of existing gas-guzzling cars into vehicles that run on alternative energy.

But we're not talking about boxy little e-cars here. Young, who likes his cars old and big, is launching his effort by converting a 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on electricity and natural gas. He'll be at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce conference at Moscone Center this morning to show off his ride.

All 5,000 pounds of it."

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Man, if you're ripping off Whitesnake... no wonder you got your ass handed to you.

Whitesnake founder objects to McCain use of 'Here I Go Again' at campaign event:

"The founding member of Whitesnake is objecting to John McCain's use of the hair-metal band's classic 'Here I Go Again' during a campaign rally in Colorado on Tuesady."

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Hold on to the feeling.

hypebot: The Top Selling Digital Song Is...(sadly) by Journey

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AC/DC ASCII Music Video in Excel. Pretty Cool.

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Drams-BT Week in Review

Happy Birthday to Nurse Doubleshot!

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The Drams

Off to see The Drams in San Luis Obisbo today then back to San Francisco for their Cafe du Nord show. Hopefully I'll have many tales and pictures from the weekend to share next friday.

If you haven't seen them on their latest tour with Will Hoge.... then what the fuck is your problem. Check out the dates and get your ass out to support The Drams!

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Dangerous Highway - Eddie Hinton

One of the beauties of doing this blog are the folks that I get to meet through the intertubes.

Earlier this week I received an email from a 'Buttholeville refugee' named Deryle Perryman. Deryle has produced a documentary on Eddie Hinton that is getting play at various film festivals across the country.

Deryle currently resides in (left turn at...) Albuquerque, New Mexico where he is the CEO of a non-profit youth development organization called the Cornstalk Institute.

So let's do a quick tally: (1) From Buttholeville but got the hell out. (2) Before he left was infected with the music fever that seems to grab a lot of us Buttholeville expats (3) produced a documenatry on Eddie Hinton (4) Created a non-profit that helps kids.

Yeah, Deryle is good people. Damn good people.

If you aren't familiar with Eddie Hinton then you might just be a newbie to DBT and the various artist in the DBT solar system.

Sandwiches for the Road was written by Patterson about Eddie Hinton. Also, if you've been to a DBT concert then you have most assuredly heard some Hinton because The Matador, Matt D (DBT's most excellent sound man) always, ALWAYS plays some Hinton for pre-show music.

I'll let the pros tell you more about Eddie and the doc. Below are some blurbs, links and pictures that Deryle forwarded to me:

Eddie's passport photo

SF Film Festival: Living - and dying - dangerously

"According to Deryle Perryman — who made Dangerous Highway with his Albuquerque neighbor Moises Gonzalez — some of the people interviewed were not above romanticizing their subject or stretching the truth, but most of the more outrageous stories about Hinton’s erratic behavior wound up on the cutting-room floor. Eddie’s mother wasn’t happy about broadcasting her son’s troubles with alcohol and drugs to the world, let alone acknowledging that he had further emotional problems. Consequently, the finished film does its best to sidestep the severity of Eddie’s demons, though the point is not lost."

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Chicago Reader: Music Reviews:

The Godfather of Blue-Eyed Soul

"It’s too late for Hinton to get the recognition he deserved, but there’s still plenty of time for people to discover his music. Thanks in part to a small army of dedicated proselytizers—Gonzalez and Perryman, Peter Thompson at Zane Records, even southern rockers the Drive-By Truckers (“Sandwiches for the Road,” on their 1998 debut album, is a tribute to Hinton)—his reputation is still growing. Last year the Australian label Raven released the first-ever career-spanning Hinton collection, A Mighty Field of Vision: The Anthology 1969-1993, and Zane is prepping a fourth disc in its series of songwriting demos. Connecticut author and musician Jonathan Kehew is working on a biography, and Dangerous Highway is scheduled to screen at several film festivals this summer and fall before arriving on DVD. Maybe before Dylan finishes the second volume of his Chronicles—reportedly in the works—he’ll see fit to put in a good word or two for an old soul singer he used to know."

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The movie is narrated by musician Robert Cray, an avid Eddie Hinton fan and a player cut from the same musical mold. The cast of most-interesting talking heads includes producer Jerry Wexler, Muscle Shoals bandmated Jimmie Johnson and David Hood, keyboardist Chuck Leavell, bluesman Jimmy Thackery, the Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood, and songwriters Donnie Fritts and Bill Blackburn

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"Duane Allman invited Hinton to become a charter member of the Allman Brothers Band. Hinton turned Allman down, however. He fell in with the players at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and was soon invited to join the fabled studio’s house band. The list of artists Hinton worked with as a sideman, songwriter, or producer includes Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Cher, Waylon Jennings, Boz Scaggs, Lulu, Herbie Mann, Otis Redding, Little Richard, The Box Tops, Percy Sledge, Tom Jones, Wilson Pickett, and Dusty Springfield — the roster is breathtaking."

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From a self-taught guitar player who played on over 200 albums and wrote hundreds of songs to recording with the London Symphony Strings to living in a rescue mission, Eddie Hinton may be the greatest unknown musician you've never heard. The Muscle Shoals singer-songwriter wrote, produced, arranged and played for legends like Elvis Presley, the Staples Singers, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Dusty Springfield, Jimmy Cliff and UB40. DANGEROUS HIGHWAY features Jerry Wexler, Donnie Fritts, Dick Cooper, Jimmy Johnson, David Hood, Chuck Leavell, Paul Hornsby, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, Patterson Hood, Jimmy

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The documentary will be shown as part of the Noise Pop 2007 festival in San Francisco during the first part of March. If you are in NoCal and are interested in attending below are the tentative time and place for Dangerous Highway but be sure to check the Noise Pop website as these things can change.

Dangerous Highway
March 4th, 2007
2:00 p.m.
Artists Television Access
995 Valencia Street @ 20th Street

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One last note on Deryle. In his initial email to me he attached the following picture labeled:

Buttholeville Pic of the Week

Deryle's response to the signage: "A Building Full of Assholes Don't make it Holy".

Like I said, damn fine people.

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Aztec Graphics - Rob Malik

When I put up the first post of the Thanksgiving Alabama Theatre DBT show, I highlighted folks that were part of the DBT family that we could all support by purchasing their products, using their services, or supporting their artistic endeavors. I believe my exact quote was, "'These are just a few members of the DBT family we can support with our referrals, dollars and clicks."

I left someone out of that post and have been meaning to highlight him and his business for the past 2 months now and it has just slipped my feable ass mind to do so. I'll correct that bit of stupidity today:

Rob Malik owns Aztec Graphics out of New Jersey and he is the man that does most of DBT's merch. Recently Rob donated the t-shirts for 'Songs of Adam's Housecat!' benefit show for Sabina Hartley-Burke.

If my endorsement isn't good enough, well, then Jenn Bryant called Rob and Aztec Graphics "the best little t-shirt shop in the world..."

Helps out the DBT.... Helps out kids in need.... Again, damn good people.

Check out Rob's website and throw some business his way. Keep it in the family!

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Jason Isbell Tour

Firstly, a little birdie has it that Jason's spring tour will be much more expansive than the few dates he has listed so far. That should bring some joy to all of us in the outer reaches of the U.S.

Also, here are a couple of links to the folks who will be opening for Jason:

The Hackensaw Boys

Sons of Roswell

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DBT Info

Members of the DBTs on Bonus Track from New Moaners Album

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Other Music News

Russellville man inks recording contract:

"RUSSELLVILLE -- When Cody Bowen graduated from high school three years ago, he wasn't sure what he wanted to do.

Now, the 21-year-old Russellville graduate knows exactly what he wants and is working toward that goal.

Bowen re-cently signed a recording contract with TMA Productions, of Nashville, and has cut his first single, 'One Day Too Long.' The single can be played at

You can listen to Cody Bowen here.

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Nugent is a fucking douche:

Nugent Performance At Perry's Inaugural Ball Raises Eyebrows:

"(January 18, 2007)--Not everyone who attended Gov. Rick Perry's inaugural ball was pleased with rocker Ted Nugent's performance.

Using machine guns as props, Nugent appeared onstage as the final act of the evening wearing a cut-off T-shirt emblazoned with the Confederate flag.

He shouted some remarks about non-English speakers that were offensive to some in the audience."

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The insanely great songs Apple won't let you hear.

'Killer Tune' is just that: It sounds like the Killers, and it is killer. It's one of the most popular iTunes downloads for the band Straightener—but you haven't heard it.

You can't hear it."

Here is the Japanese tune the article refer to. I fucking LOVE it:

DBT Week in Review - 8/11/06

Wilson Dam

They done gone and fucked up Wilson Dam.

As you all know Wilson Dam plays a prominent role in the lyrics of several DBT songs; Never Gonna Change, Uncle Frank, Thank God for the TVA, etc. The locks of the dam are where when Jason was 15 his girlfriend let him put his "hand up under her shirt" (TG for the TVA).

Recently, a barge made a major fuck up in one of the locks and damn near contaminated (even more) a good stretch of the Tennessee River. Here's the story: Barge strikes lock; river traffic halted.

I received a forwarded email soon after from my good friend Billy Ray Casteel (need lumber? Call Billy Ray) with some attached pictures of the debacle. I'm posting them here with the commentary from the email. Text and pictures come from an Alan August:

"This happened early morning, August 3, 2006. Now all barge traffic is stopped on the Tennessee River. Traffic is stopped from crossing the Wilson Dam due to the threat of explosion of toluene in the barges.

Evidently the tug operator nor the lock operator were paying attention and did not see the end of one of the barges get under the upper lock gate as the water level in the lock was being raised.

When the water level got high enough the barge lifted the upper gate out of its track. Now the gate want go back down.

This is the gate which goes down about 30 feet and the barges float over it to get out of the lock.

These barges are filled with toluene and are double hulled so nothing has spilled even though one hull has been breeched."

See more on Wilson Damn and the locks at the "River Lore" post.

Nuci's Space

Nuci's Space website has an archived audio version of Ronnie & Neil performed by the Truckers at Nuci's. Give it a listen. Patterson talks about piss:

Nuci's Space - Resource Center and Climate Controlled Practice Spaces for Musicians:

Ed Burn's Goddamn Lonely Love

Ed Burns is apparently a fan of DBT and will be using GDLL in one of his upcoming movies. Chris Cline clues us in on the Yahoo Group:

Ed Burns Has Taste...:

On 8/5/06, Chris Cline wrote:
...but he's also fricking clueless. Or at least very confused.

He has a celebrity playlist on iTunes, and he wisely chose Goddamn
Lonely Love as one of his songs. But here's what he wrote:

'This song will blow you away. Just used it in an upcoming movie,
Purple Violets. And get their new record Decoration Day.'

Yikes.

Cline

Jayne digs a little deeper:

Looks like we may hear the song in this movie then?

NPR and DBT

NPR has been showing much love for the Truckers:

NPR : Drive-By Truckers: Rock Southern Style:

"Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood, Jason Isbell, Brad Morgan, John Neff and Shonna Tucker are the Drive-By Truckers.

They visited NPR's Studio 4A to play some tunes and talk about their latest album, and what it's like to be pegged as the heirs to Lynyrd Skynyrd -- the next great southern rock band. They also talk about the recurring theme in their music of self destruction, and their Southern roots."

"Can't we all just get along" and play some music

TimesDaily recently had a good article on the recording studios in the Shoals and how they created a place of racial harmony. See, there ARE a lot of good folks down there, Neil Young just wasn't around.

Panel: Studios were a source of harmony in tense times:

"Hood said he was a 'city slicker,' who grew up in Sheffield and worked in his father's tire store.

Hood said all his favorite music growing up was performed by black artists and his goal was to one day work with them.

'There was no color coming from the radio,' Hood said. 'To me, it was just good music"

Slobberboning over YouTube

Kyle from the DBT Yahoo Group has been posting some most excellent Slobberbone videos over on YouTube. Here's a link to one, but you should definitely check them all out:

YouTube - Slobberbone No Man Among Men

"I Knew a Girl Named Nikki..."

Oh, boy, the morality police are at it again: Sexual Lyrics Prompt Teens to Have Sex

Here's a good response to such silliness:

Devil's Music Made Me Have Sex! / This just in: Raunchy lyrics make teens all hot 'n' bothered. Led Zeppelin sighs:

"See, there is this new study. Yet another one that claims that teens who listen to lots of sexually explicit music full of 'degrading' lyrics are much more likely to have sex sooner then those who listen to, say, church hymns and banjo music and Carrie Underwood preening her way through 'Jesus Take the Wheel.' I know, it's shocking."

Lynam

Finally, today, I want to introduce you to a dirty little secret of mine. The band is called Lynam and they hail from Birmingham, Alabama. I was turned onto them by my good friend Mary Mac who is a good friend of the drummer.

I'd have to define their music as Slutty Rock. They pay homage to the sounds of their youth and the sounds that influenced their style. From the band's MySpace page:

Influences: Arena Rock, Bluegrass, Steely Dan, Mutt Lange, Mike Shipley

Sounds Like: If Def leppard, Weezer and Guns N Roses started a band together.

They've recently jumped to a major label and released one seriously fun Rock album called Slave to the Machine.

On the track, Giving up on Rock n Roll, they pay lyrical homage to Van Halen, White Snake, GnR, Def Lep., Skid Row, Motley Crue, Poison, AND MTV's musical hook.

In this album Lynam borrows several riffs and sounds from that era of Rock, but they aren't doing it maliciously or are attempting to fool you into thinking that they created this sound. Lynam is simply reintroducing a sound that has great influence on them and has, in some quarters, been unfairly demonized by the Rock Gestapo. They are tackling this issue in the same manner that SRO tackled the "Southern Rock" misconception. They ain't as deep or serious but just as much fun.

Here are some web links to get acquianted with this power trio:

www.myspace.com/lynam
LYNAM : SLAVE TO THE MACHINE
Amazon.com: Slave to the Machine: Music: Lynam
Lisa's Lynam Page-Come on, you knew it was coming!

Go buy this disk, throw it in the car stereo, crank it up as far as possible and take a road trip somewhere. I promise you'll be head banging and fist pumping in no time.



Let me know what you think in the comments.

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DBT Lyrics Tour - Ronnie and Neil

Meanwhile in North Alabama, Wilson Pickett comes to town

To record that sweet soul music, to get that Muscle Shoals sound

Meanwhile in North Alabama, Aretha Franklin comes to town
To record that sweet soul music, to get that Muscle Shoals sound

One morning before I headed out to take some pictures for this series I picked up the TimesDaily over breakfast and was greeted with the following article:

Webster Has Plans for Studio:

In 1999, Webster purchased the nondescript stone building at 3614 Jackson Highway, the original home of Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.

He restored the studio, going as far as replacing the original sound and recording equipment down to the very model numbers.

The building has also been nominated for inclusion in the National Record of Historic Places.
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'It will be themed around Muscle Shoals Sound.'

I decided to make the original Muscle Shoals Sound Studio my first stop for the day. I had planned on snapping a few quick pictures of the front of the building before moving on to some other Colbert County/DBT landmarks. When my dad and I pulled up to the Studio, Noel Webster was standing outside directing a bulldozer that was clearing a spot next to the studio that will be the outdoor theatre. I introduced myself and told him what I was doing. He invited my dad and I to come inside the studio and check things out. When we walked in the back door Noel flipped the light switch and the sound system started playing "Wild Horses" by the Stones. Noel started to show us around and, honestly, we could have spent a couple of days in the place in order to see everything. It was, to say the least, stunning the amount of history this small, ex-casket factory, contained. I would calculate that Billions of dollars worth of music was created and produced here. Noel pulled out pictures, album covers, framed pieces of the old wall that had signatures on it from artist all the while spitting historical tid-bits in his rapid-fire manner of speech. I was so enthralled that I had to force myself to take some pictures along the way. Before we left, Noel asked my dad and I if we wanted to see something that no one had seen since the '70's. We said "Of Course" and Noel went to the basement and returned with the old ledger books that contained the dates and dollar amounts charged to the artists who worked there. L.S, Aretha, Bob Seger, Wilson Pickett, Rod Stewart and a host of others were contained in these ledgers. It was amazing.

Noel told us about Dylan walking down to the river bottom and chatting with the local fishermen who had no idea who he was. Hard to imagine... He showed us a great picture of Duane Allman buck nekkid standing in the woods behind the studio. He told us so many stories that I'll probably update this post as I remember them...

I won't go into the detailed history of this place and the players. The links below supply a history more comprehensive than anything that I could state. You can check out who recorded at FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound.

I want to the Noel for being so gracious and for a tour of a lifetime.

Welcome to Muscle Shoals AL. The Hit recording Capitol of the World

Muscle Shoals Sound

Cooley's wearing this t-shirt during "Marry Me" in Live at the 40 Watt

Willie Nelson

Cher's Album Cover

Fame Recording Studios

Patterson gives a good history lesson on FAME here. Just scroll down the page and you can see the band standing in front of FAME when they recorded TDS.

Let's head on back to Muscle Shoals Sound

The First home of the Swampers aka the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Donny Short, Roger Hawkins and Barry Beckett.

Meanwhile in North Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd came to town
To record with Jimmy Johnson at Muscle Shoals Sound

Click on this pick to see what Skynyrd had written on a door.

They have an entire wall in the studio that's been covered with plexiglass. This one tile has the names Annette Snell and Jerry Powell. Noel told the story that Annette had died in a plane crash a few days after she signed the wall. Jimmy Johnson's brother was on that plane and perished too.

The other name is Jerry Powell. Noel said he was connected with Skynyrd. Notice the date, Oct. 19, 1977. This was the day before that fateful plane crash in the Louisiana swamps that killed Ronnie and the others. I haven't been able to find anything that connects Jerry with Skynyrd other than having the last name as Billy. Still... erie.

Annette Snell: ...Annette cut the brilliant "Its All Over Now"/"Promises Should Never Be Broken" at Muscle Sholas before her tragic death in an air crash on her way back to Alabama....

Blackfoot

Bob Se"a"ger. Who ever wrote it misspelled his name.

The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" was written in this bathroom.

"Another attraction was that the studio's small-town location was far away from big-city distractions and prying eyes. "The town never impinged upon anyone," says Wexler, recalling a day when the Rolling Stones ordered breakfast at the local Howard Johnson's. "One little waitress said, 'Are you a group?' One of the members said, 'Yeah, we're a group. We're Martha and the Vandellas.'"