DBT Week in Review - 1/21/11

DBT!

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The Go-Go Boots Episodes - Episode 4 - Songs of Eddie Hinton from Drive-By Truckers on Vimeo.

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Where's Eddie - Acoustic - Go-Go Boots - Drive-By Truckers from Drive-By Truckers on Vimeo.

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Southern Shelter � Drive-By Truckers @ 40 Watt 1/13/11

Southern Shelter � Drive-By Truckers @ 40 Watt 1/14/11

Southern Shelter � Drive-By Truckers @ 40 Watt 1/15/11

Photos/Report: Drive-By Truckers, Athens on Blurt Online

Hotel Indigo Athens-A Sensibly Chic Eco Boutique • Hotel Indigo-Athens’ Assistant General Manager,...:

"“Last night, I fell in love with my job and Hotel Indigo-Athens all over again. Guests at the hotel made an impromptu decision to get married here at the hotel before heading to 40 Watt for the Drive By Truckers show."

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Live Review: Drive-By Truckers at 40 Watt, January 14 | Atlanta Music Guide

Pin-Your-Ears Back Rock & Roll�|�inweekly

Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots | Album Review

Photos: January 14, 2011 @ 40 Watt – DEADLYDESIGNS.COM

Drive-By Truckers to Stomp Into Culture Room With Go-Go Boots - Page 1 - Music - Broward/Palm Beach - Broward-Palm Beach New Times

The Top Ten Albums We’re Excited For In 2011 | American Songwriter

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UK/Ireland Tour Announced:

Drive-By Truckers: Shows

In-store in London on 11/2/11

Welcome to Rough Trade Shops:
"DON'T FORGET TO PURCHASE THEIR NEW ALBUM 'GO-GO BOOTS' WITH EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC FROM 11TH FEBRUARY AT ROUGH TRADE EAST AND COLLECT YOUR WRISTBAND AT THE SAME TIME, ANY REMAINING WRISTBANDS WILL BE GIVEN OUT 1 HOUR PRIOR TO THE STAGE TIME, FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.........ONE PER PERSON

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Blast from the past:

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Jason Isbell serves up fresh tunes | Nancy Dunham | Music | Washington Examiner:

"Although the songs on the album are steeped in Southern rock tradition, the different flavorings likely aren't surprising when one considers Isbell's rich taste in music.

'I really like the Ting Tings,' he said. 'They are fun. I'm not crazy about [a lot of] hip-hop these days. I lot of hip-hop artists are not as creative as they were in the past. They are piling on guest appearances. MIA is doing some cool stuff, though, and Kid Cudi is a talented guy.'"

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Muscle Shoals Sound - Alabama Music

10 to Watch in Muscle Shoals Music | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL

On the Record :: Oxford American - The Southern Magazine of Good Writing

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Music

Chuck Prophet doing 'London Calling'

Rock star hopes his music is blasted at Bush officials in jail | Raw Story

Smiths Project: Janice Whaley sings entire catalog

Snooth: 6 Rock-Star Wines

Canada Bans Classic Dire Straits Song From The Radio

KDFC moves down the dial as nonprofit, KUSF dies

Scottish whisky the way South Americans like it... | Mail Online

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Nice job, Tace!

SpokesBuzz 2011 Splash Video from Shirley Thompson Editorial on Vimeo.

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The Big To-Do and 40 Watt Pictures

The Big To-Do is Here!

Today is the official release of Drive-By Truckers' The Big To-Do.

If you haven't already, go grab a copy of this awesome rock record.

All I can say is.... Whew.

Also, check out the new DBT Main Website. Nice work Jenn et. al!

In celebration of this fine day, I've posted pics and vids from the 40 Watt shows that I was too lazy to fuck with several weeks ago.

No blogurockumentary as those may be a thing of this blog's past.

Thanks to all in Athens who made it a kickass time (Jenn.. always Jenn! Shayne and TMcB... much love, y'all. Mattador and Kelly. Damon.... for working all night then jaw jacking with me about the night's doings @ 4 a.m. Sunday morning. Justin.... for being a genius and creating the 'Friends and Family' cooler back stage. All at the 40 Watt. Athens in general. Nuci's for a kick ass benefit. Hoods and Cooleys and Tuckers and Neffs and Gonzalezezezez. Weaver D's for that Automatic Sweet Tea that damn near saved my life (I stumbled into Weaver's Saturday afternoon bleary as could be... ordered my food, then asked for some sweet tea. Weaver pointed to the cup already in front of me and said "Automatic, baby. Automatic for the people". I thought, my that's odd. Then I turned around to see the wall plastered with REM memorabilia. Then I received my music lesson for the day).

To all the folks I'm sure I forgot in my little thank you jag.

But, the biggest thanks goes out to Ava Hood, the only person willing to play dinosaur tag with me. I'd been asking people all day before Ava stepped up. You Rock, Ava!

OK, here are the pics and one thought that has endured from Athens:

Redneck sexy: Somebody else's baby dangling from one arm while holding a PBR in the other hand.

Riding in the back of Damon's van listening to the new Bettye LaVette (yes, it is very bad ass)

Yeah, She will.



40 Watt - Blessing of the Venue









Camp Amped All Stars



































Guess why this picture made the cut:



Yes.



Hoods









I call this one 'Mattador'



















3:00 a.m. Sunday Morning backstage.... gettin' arty



40 Watt presents an award to DBT







Here's Bloodkin, though the sound is squeaky



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Here's to 2010 being the Biggest Damn To-Do we've all experienced.

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DBT Week in Review - 2/12/10

DBT!

Pre-Order The Big To-Do yet? You hate baby Jesus if you haven't.

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DBT on ReverbNation.

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Shonna contributed a recipe to the Austin City Limits Performers' Cookbook.

Below is a note from the publisher posted to DBT's Facebook page

Table of Contents and Excerpt, Facemire, Music in the Kitchen

Hi Shonna - thanks for your awesome Drunken Baby Carrots recipe in "Music In The Kitchen" -Austin City Limits performers cookbbook. We LOVE it!

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Q&A: Brad Morgan of Drive-By Truckers | Metromix Greenville

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A Valentine's Day To-Do - see the Drive-By Truckers in Knoxville:

"'In the studio is when we typically have a really good time,” Cooley said. 'Going out and touring is fun, and we really get off on it, but it's the job — or at least, for us it's the closest we get to a grind. But when we're looking for something new, going into the studio and getting to hang out with each other without all of the soundchecks and this and that is something we look forward to. Because if you write songs, your favorite song is always the next one.'"

"“Once you get to that bridge, sometimes it's a lot longer and shakier and sometimes made out of rope. But you've got to get across it. And once you do — once you achieve tolerance — you can get back to all of the respect and chemistry and natural things that make it happen in the first place."

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Knoxville.com | Drive-By Truckers take no show and no crowd for granted : Music : Knoxville.com:

"How the Drive-By Truckers became a success story confounds even its members.

'This is our 25th year together and it's still a mystery to me,' says Patterson Hood. 'I just know that it works and I'm glad it works."

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NineBullets.org - Message Board • View topic - Rolling Stone Shows Some Love:

"The new (Feb 18, 2010) issue of Rolling Stone has a little love for DBT, landing them on this month's 'Hot List:' 'This Fucking Job: Roots-rock social realism is back! 'A family can't live on these fast-food wages,' Patterson Hood sings over power chords crunchier than a double-stuffed gordita.'"

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Movie review: 'The Secret to a Happy Ending' features the Drive-By Truckers - washingtonpost.com:

"'The Secret to a Happy Ending' doesn't strictly obey the rules of the very genre it belongs to. Made by an unabashed fan, what it might lack in hard-nosed inquiry it makes up in conveying the ardor and near messianic belief that have made Drive-By Truckers a cult sensation."

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"....but it got canceled".

The Secret to a Happy Ending at the AFI Silver Theatre - Arts & Events - Washington City Paper:

"The documentary will probably present DBT in three different ways: DBT as the obvious heirs to Skynyrd’s “triple-threat” guitar section; DBT as real folk who still hang out in Athens, even though they’re famous; and DBT as manly men who dry themselves with cheetah pelts. If you doubt these truths, take your beef to Cooley and Patterson—they’ll be waiting for you at AFI."

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NineBullets.org - Message Board • View topic - vintage DBT

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Wes Freed turned me on to his neighbor Mark Lilly. Marks got a very cool racket.

Farm to Family 09.25.09 | VASADP:

"Farm to Family, operated by Mark Lilly, is a bus that stops all over Richmond so that you can pick up fresh produce from local farmers any day of the week. The goal of Farm to Family is to provide local, sustainable and affordable produce to the Richmond metro area and to provide small farms with a means of distribution year round. Mark also hopes that it will foster a community of healthy eaters and growers and lead towards a more sustainable food system."

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Jason Isbell

The Music of The Who at Carnegie Hall - March 2, 2010:

"Bob Mould (of H�sker D�Fab Faux, The Gaslight Anthem, Jason Isbell, Asaf Avidan, Vanessa Carlton, Willie Nile, Rich Pagano, Nicole Atkins, Steven Bernstein & The Music Unites Youth Choir"

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Muscle Shoals Sound

Filmmaker attempting to secure funding for music documentary | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL:

"TUSCUMBIA - Most recording artists know when the audience is cheering, they're into the music.

Percy Sledge, who sang “When a Man Loves a Woman,” grew up in Leighton.

If they're silent, there's something wrong.

It's just the opposite for Percy Sledge, the man whose hit 'When a Man Loves a Woman' helped bring Muscle Shoals music to the world.

'When they're quiet, I've got 'em,' Sledge said in an interview that will be part of a short presentation that filmmaker Wallace Sears will use to get backing for a major documentary on Muscle Shoals music."

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Music I Like

Whilst managing one of the many social sites I admin, I came across Allison Weiss from Athens, GA.

Really digging 'Fingers Crossed' and 'I'm Ready'.

Allison Weiss | Athens, GA | Rock / Folk / Powerpop | Music, Lyrics, Songs, and Videos | ReverbNation

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DnC gets a panda shout-out.

Morning Roundup: One Less Panda Edition - City Desk - Washington City Paper:

"Sometime around 8, Tai Shan entered a FedEx container and headed out to Dulles. I hope he took 123 to the Toll Road, rather than stay on 66, which is a killer! He will be flying back to China as part of a deal under which they sell us cheap power tools for the foreseeable future, accompanied by his redneck cousin Mei Lan, who is returning from Zoo Atlanta (sadness). Mei Lan will bore Tai Shan to tears on the way over, talking about how much better Atlanta's weather is than D.C.'s and why Drivin' N Cryin' never got their due."

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Music

Jesse Kornbluth: Justin Townes Earle: Steve's Son? Yes, Just as Talented, but Not Political and Much More Fun

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Air Force pulls ad following legal threat from White Stripes | Raw Story:

"WASHINGTON -- jackmeg Air Force pulls ad following legal threat from White StripesAdd the White Stripes to the long list of rock musicians that have extracted their music from politically-related campaigns they don't support.

The Detroit alternative rock duo consisting of Jack and Meg White has lashed out at the United States Air Force for using their song 'Fell In Love With A Girl' in a recruitment ad that aired during the Super Bowl.

Posted on their main page whitestripes.com is a cutting letter explicating in no ambiguous terms the band's dissatisfaction with the Air Force's use of their works without permission. The duo said they 'have not licensed' the song and 'plan to take strong action' if the ad isn't pulled."

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Bruce Springsteen Sues Connolly's Pub... Or Does He?:

"NEW YORK — Bruce Springsteen wants his name off a lawsuit demanding licensing fees from a Manhattan bar where a band played his songs.

A statement on Springsteen's Web site Thursday said he didn't know about the lawsuit that was filed Wednesday in federal court and wouldn't have agreed to be a plaintiff if he had been asked."

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GET THIS NOW: GALACTIC, YA-KA-MAY | The People's Music

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Backpack Strategically Placed In Theft-Proof Corner Of Concert Hall Floor | The Onion - America's Finest News Source:

"ATHENS, GA—Wishing to avoid the annoyance of wearing his backpack during a rock and roll show at the 40 Watt Club Friday, concertgoer Nick Hurley ingeniously placed the bag in the corner, thereby rendering his personal items completely inaccessible to any potential thieves.

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See. Even Jesus is against the prohibition.

30 pounds of pot found inside pictures of Jesus - CNN.com:

"(CNN0 -- A marijuana bust along the U.S.-Mexico border revealed 30 pounds of the drug stuffed into framed pictures of Jesus Christ, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said Wednesday."

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My buddy R. Keith Harris is TJ/Timbaland in this video.

More humorous than educational.

Soomo Publishing creates online assignments that bring the best web resources to the college classroom. "Too Late To Apologize: a Declaration" is our first satirical video project and is part of our ongoing effort to facilitate learning in creative, innovative ways. Learn more about Soomo Publishing at soomopublishing.com

Music and video based on "Apologize" by One Republic, featuring Timbaland, 2007.

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Without comment:

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DBT Week in Review - 1/22/10

Update!

New Drive-By Truckers - "This Fucking Job" (Stereogum Premiere) - MP3 - Stereogum

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Still trying to catch up from the Athens excursion. I'll be editing my booty off this weekend to have stuff up next week. In the meantime....

Go to NineBullets.org for all kinds of reviews, pics and video.

Here's to people who.....

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Patterson Hood:

"No final tallies yet on the Nuci's Space fundraiser, but I'm suspecting it will end up in the $20,000 range. I will keep everyone posted as those figures come to me.
Thanks to everyone who bought tickets to the show and to everyone who came out to Nuci's Space and made bids on the fine art and memorabilia there. I'd also like to thank all of the artists who donated their wares to the cause.
Kudos to the Camp Amped Sampler Band that opened Thursdays benefit show. They were amazing. I look forward to seeing what each and every one of them do in the future."

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Truckin' on: The Hoods share a legacy in music || OnlineAthens.com

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The War On Pop: DBT's Return Home for Three-Night Stand: Drive-By Truckers at the 40 Watt (1/15/10):

"While the band played nine new tracks from The Big To Do as well as this tribute 7”, they also ensured that the hometown fans received more than their money’s worth, as they played an assortment of songs from across their catalog. Singers Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley alternated on lead vocals for fan favorites including “Three Dimes Down,” “Lookout Mountain” and “Women Without Whiskey,” providing the crowd with plenty a number to sing along with."

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Ummmm.

Nr. 29 - Drive-By Truckers: Southern Rock Opera | diskant.dk:

"Efter udgivelsen af debuten Gangstabilly i 1998 stod det ikke ligefrem skrevet i stjernerne, at Drive-By Truckers skulle g�hen og blive et af de vigtigste amerikanske southern rock bands i nyere tid, men det er lige pr�cis hvad der er sket!"

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DBT's documentary The Secret to a Happy Ending is being screened at the NoisePop festival in San Francisco. Woot!

** Noise Pop 18 || February 23rd to March 1st, 2010 || San Francisco CA **

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Facebook | Help Patterson Hood win an Oscar!!! Watch short video and repost

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Patterson Hood:

"Sign up for Patterson Hood's mailing list and get a free download of 'Depression Era' from the movie That Evening Sun"

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Drive-By Truckers:

"THAT EVENING SUN
Opening in theaters in Atlanta and Athens this Friday, January 22nd!

Grand Jury Winner at the 2009 Atlanta Film Festival
Starring Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Carrie Preston, Mia Wasikowska, Barry Corbin, and Dixie Carter
Featuring music by Patterson Hood of 'Drive-By Truckers' (DOWNLOAD 'Depression Era')

This is a limited engagement so be sure to see it before it leaves theaters!"

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How awesome is this:

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Who Made You God? 1-14-2010 - SignOnSanDiego.com:

"The only thing hotter than the triple-digit temperatures at last year’s Coachella festival in Indio was the music produced by some of the event’s most potent artists. Few of them sizzled as much (or seemed as effortlessly cool) as Memphis soul legend Booker T., who performs Saturday at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts. The results were so joyous and exuberant that it was difficult to determine who was beaming more, the sweat-drenched members of the audience or Booker T. and his band (which at Coachella just happened to be top Southern rock band Drive By Truckers)."

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Jason Isbell

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Browan Lollar

Facebook | Videos Posted by Browan Job Lollar: "Closing Down My House" [HQ]

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Will Johnson

Magnet Magazine | GUEST EDITOR

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Vic Chesnutt

Southern Shelter � Undertow Orchestra @ 40 Watt 2/8/06:

"Undertow Orchestra was a songwriters “supergroup” featuring David Bazan, Vic Chesnutt, Mark Eitzel, and Will Johnson (assisted by multi-instrumentalist Scott Danbom)."

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Glossary

Last Chance Records and Tapes - Little Rock AR:

"GLOSSARY 'Better Nature' 180 gram deluxe vinyl LP

Limited pressing!

List Price: $20.00
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Music

A. R. Kara: Amazing Photos from 'Elvis 1956': Celebrating The King's Birthday (PHOTOS, POLL)

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Blogger bags Big Music game - NYPOST.com:

"Meet the most influential man you've never heard of.

Bob Lefsetz, a 56-year-old blogger, is to music what Nikki Finke is to Hollywood -- a reclusive, sardonic writer who has the ear of every exec in the industry, but is little known and of little consequence outside of it.

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Jackson Thriller film picked for U.S. registry | Reuters:

"The 14-minute 'Thriller' is among 25 films the Library of Congress on Wednesday named to the registry, and it became the first music video included in the 2009 list of cultural treasures that will be preserved for all time."

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Top films of the decade:

"2. 25th Hour (2002): Spike Lee filmed this screen version of David Benioff's novel, about a New York drug dealer (Edward Norton) on his last day of freedom, just months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The first great 21st century film made about a 21st century subject, Lee's movie was a meditation on New York and America, and it captured for all time the spiritual misery and confusion that followed that tragedy. Misunderstood as just a pretty good movie in its time, it's an American masterpiece."

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Decade in review: The 10 best TV shows:

"7. 'Slings and Arrows,' Sundance Channel. Three smart, funny, subtle and emotionally rewarding seasons made this Canadian series one of those rare finds worth seeking out. Set at a troubled Shakespearean theater company, the literate and witty story lines revolved around not only the performers and their backstage antics and offstage personalities but also the overwhelming transformative power of the Bard himself, played by people who really felt the words. A gem."

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Bonus Tracks

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