Love Encore

Only one things needs a posting today.... Drive-By Truckers performing 'Everybody Needs Love' on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Dave called for an encore and rumor has it that is only the 2nd time in 17 years he has requested a band play out the show.

Awesome.



Here's the full episode with the performances for when they kill the bootleg YouTube:

Late Show Video - The Late Show - 6/21/2011 - CBS.com

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DBT Week in Review - 3/25/11

DBT!

Rolling Stone Live: Drive-By Truckers Play Pared-Down Southern Rock | Rolling Stone Culture | Video Blog | Music Entertainment Videos

The Righteous Path - The Barnes & Noble Review: "Robert Christgau"

Suicidegirls.comInterviews - Mike Cooley, Drive-By Truckers

Skyscraper Magazine � Drive-By Truckers

KEXP 90.3 FM - Live Performance: Drive-By Truckers on 3/13/2011

Amazon.com: The Secret to a Happy Ending: Drive-By Truckers, Barr Weissman: Instant Video

Review: Drive By Truckers at the McDonald | Eugene Daily News

Album Review: Drive-By Truckers – Go-Go Boots | One Thirty BPM

Drive-By Truckers at the Ogden - Denver - Slideshows

Truckers treat fans live

The Drive By Truckers-Go Go Boots review � WickedChannel.com:

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YouTube - CNN: Music, Drive-By Truckers keep on truckin'

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Wes Freed - Mag-Bats

My DBT/Wes Freed inspired shoes are done! Not bad... - Gravity's Gone

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Wes' band The Mag-Bats performing at Crackers' Campout East:

Campout East

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Swampland:The Wes Freed Interview

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Eddie Hinton

An Open Bama Letter to Oxford American � The Nashville Bridge

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Jason Isbell

SXSW Interview: Jason Isbell | Rolling Stone Music | Videos

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Will Johnson

HughShows: First/Last 'The Essentials'-Will Johnson

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The Civil Wars

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Music

R.I.P. Pinetop Perkins - Americana and roots music - No Depression

Axis Of Awesome Updates 'Four Chord Song' To Include 'Double Rainbow' Lyrics (VIDEO)

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Love, Love, Love

Don't mess with hackers.

How one man tracked down Anonymous-and paid a heavy price

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In the news of no-shite....

Daily Kos: A Foxer Finally Admits: They Just Make #*It Up!

Report: Wal-Mart actually kills jobs, creates taxpayer burdens | Raw Story

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Neat.

Experts determine age of book 'nobody can read'

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DBT Week in Review - 11/06/09

Here is a great discussion thread of about 11 pages from the Timesdaily sent to me by CH/Zoid.

Great insight into.... shit, several of DBT/Isbell songs regarding the area of the country we grew up in. I ran with some of the sons of the folks mentioned here and worked for a few others.

One crazy ass part of the world. Sometimes I wonder how I'm still walking around.

And yes, Dawson = Lawson. (Correction: I've been notified that Dawson does not equal Lawson, which is another can of local shit. Should have checked my source, dammit!)

Old State Line Clubs - Topic Florence, AL

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Words from the Hood:

Drive-By Truckers:

"Decompressing from our late October run.
Very happy with the shows on all levels.
Don't think the band has ever played better than we have in the last six months.
As we are winding down The Righteous Path Tour of shows and starting to gear up for next years' new releases and tours, we are all very excited about what we did this year in the studio and out on the road and really fired up about going out and playing these new songs next year.

This month, the band is tying up some loose ends and starting our preparations for next year.
We are about to announce our annual Athens GA / 40 Watt Homecoming Shows and annual Nuci's Space Benefit.
I'll go ahead and spill a few of the beans to y'all now:
The weekend will be Jan. 14th - 16th."

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Live review: Drive-By Truckers at Stubb's | Austin Music Source

OK, I’m passing through the final stage of grief and find myself at acceptance at Jason Isbell’s having left the Drive-By Truckers, what, 17 years ago?

Thursday night’s show at Stubb’s, from Mike Cooley’s “Gravity’s Gone” to the last moments of Lynyrd Skynyrd rave-up “Angels and Fuselage,” which finished the encore because absolutely nothing else could follow it, was as good a show as I’ve seen them do since their third guitarist-singer-songwriter went solo. The aught-nine version of the band is decidedly funkier — that Muscle Shoals influence is burbling to the surface more. And a new one that bassist Shonna Tucker sang (from a spring release to be called “The Big To-Do”) sounded positively Motown.

But at their core these guys are Southern-fried chroniclers of hard-luck characters — Uncle John, he ain’t been right since Vietnam — and cemetary groundskeepers pondering a leap into the abyss. Uplifting, no? Good thing they can seriously rock. Guitarist-singer-songwriter-loquacious talker Patterson Hood took a lot of leads last night and all three guitarists seemed hell-bent on making as much racket as possible, no matter whom else they were fighting for solo space. I never saw Lynyrd Skynrd but I sure saw Drive-By Truckers. And I will again. Like the man said: Let there be rock.

But next time, guys, please play “Carl Perkins’ Cadillac.” Don’t make me grovel; it demeans us both.

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Concert Review: Drive-By Truckers at House of Blues (October 28) | pegasusnews.com | Dallas / Fort Worth:

"The energy was so intense, I wondered what they could do for a satisfactory encore, and halfway through the first song I got my answer as Brent Best (Slobberbone and The Drams) ambled onto stage with a guitar in hand. But then, as four guitars were clearly not enough, bandmate Jess Barr showed up for the show closer, a rousing cover of Jim Carroll's 'People Who Died.'"

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Flavorwire � Blog Archive � Chuck Klosterman Presents: Albums That Kick Writer’s Block:

"Drive-By Truckers, Southern Rock Opera

“In terms of using sparse language to explain complex ideas (and in terms of using straightforward music to express a sense of time and place), I can’t think of a better record than this. It always sounds totally real, and the details are thick (particularly about Bear Bryant, George Wallace, and Blue Oyster Cult). I probably listened to this CD 100 times while I was writing Downtown Owl. It was absolutely the single-biggest influence on that novel.”"

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Very Extremely Dangerous Singles:

"But that hasn’t stopped him from launching his latest project, a series of limited-edition 45-rpm vinyl singles by the likes of Greg Dulli, Drive-By Truckers, Heartless Bastards and Wussy in tribute to the late Eddie Hinton. The first two 45s, covers of Hinton songs by Dulli and the Truckers, come out locally on Tuesday and nationally on Nov. 24.

Blase is pressing just 2,000 copies of each record. He figures half of that run will be sold through Shake It and its mail-order operation and half through other independent record stores. Ultimately he plans a set of 10 discs."

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The 50 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009) :: Blogs :: List of the Day :: Paste:

"27. Drive-By Truckers: Decoration Day [New West] (2003)"

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Best of the Voodoo Experience! | Drive-By Truckers | Spin Magazine Online

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Via Zip City:

Can you name the Drive-By Truckers Songs on each studio album? - sporcle

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Review: Jason Isbell's band plays focused set of down-home rock - Salt Lake Tribune:

"Using Isbell's own poetic, literate songbook along with the group's guitar-based musical firepower, the State Room concert left the impression of one of the country's best emerging bands."

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Muscle Shoals Sound

Life experiences translated in song | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL:

"Mac McAnally compares songwriting to a disease, and he's not looking for a cure.

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Music

Excellent read:

pandagon.net

Raftery decides the switch is due to three factors: the emergence of late 90s/early 00s super-singable pop songs by Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys that are easy enough to sing that anyone feels comfortable trying, the popularity of “American Idol”, and the normalizing karaoke scene in “Lost In Translation”, a scene that really captures how karaoke works a lot better if people involved take their performances seriously, instead of doing a performance whose whole point is how you’re above all this. I think he’s on to something, but he doesn’t go far enough, though part of the reason is the culture changed even more since he was writing this book, which came out in 2008. I think it’s because Americans are increasingly putting a premium on fantasy and performance as valuable things, when in the past, these things were considered children’s fare that proper adults grow out of. (Unless they’re professionals, like actors or musicians.) And even though Raftery and I agree that “ironic” karaoke performances---where the person mocks the process of karaoke while performing---are stupid, I will say the ironic bent of American culture since really the late 60s on has a lot to do with this. It’s about playfulness, at its core, and once you start allowing and even requiring adults to be playful, then fantasy and performance are not far behind.

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All we need is Blog?:

"Last night I went to my first arena concert in a very long time. I've pretty much sworn off big arena shows because they are overpriced and the prices charged for food and drink are insulting. The list of people I will pay over $50 to see live is very small and until last night Bruce Springsteen wasn't on that list. Last night I had two free tickets and the next time he comes around I will probably buy a ticket."

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George Jones no fan of country crossover music:

"Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones isn't a big fan of where the genre has moved in recent years.

When asked what he thought about music by today's top country stars, the 78-year-old said that while they are good, 'they've stolen our identity.'"

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Austin City Limits - ACL Pilot episode featuring Willie Nelson now streaming � Austin City Limits

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"Get up from the table and just walk away...."

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And, just because I lived for many years a couple of blocks away.

Cliff House Centennial Celebration

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DBT Week in Review - 1/25/08

A great contest being put on by the fellas at Ninebullets.org:

Nine Bullets.org: a DBT fansite:

"When the last record came out, we wanted to do a promo where anyone that mailed us their purchase receipt would get a totally free fan-made exclusive DVD of the Drive-By Truckers live in concert. We made the mistake of asking permission, and the concept got killed before it got off the ground.

This time we're not asking permission, and we've come up with a new idea... the NineBullets.org photo contest. That's right, a photo contest. What we want is for you to take a picture of yourself holding the new CD. Really, that's it. Couldn't be any easier, right? We'll be giving away prizes for some of the best submissions, so do a good job, ok?

Don't have the CD yet? Well, Buy It!

Read all the details on the message board."

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Rev. Todd has some tubage of his Athens' adventure:

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Reviews:

Axe Victim: Drive By Truckers Brighter Than Creations Dark:

"This album brings back all that was ever once cool about country, and it does it in spades. Imagine a world of Nudie suits, Elvis, Gram Parsons, the Rolling Stones pretending to be American, pick up trucks and gun porn all rolled into one big gut bucket of chitlins and collards and it'll be the soundtrack to your life."

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DETOUR.:

"Drive-By Truckers take a turn for the Tweedy on the first track of their sixth studio album, washing “Two Daughters And a Beautiful Wife” in the melancholy acoustic guitar the Wilco frontman has favored since the days of Uncle Tupelo. But with a few kicks to the fender and a Bob Seger reference (”Come back baby, rock-n-roll never forgets…”), Brighter Than Creation’s Dark belches some smoke or maybe just belches, and really gets into DBT gear with the spectacular roadhouse stomp of “3 Dimes Down.” It’s exactly the kind of regional pastiche the band has been knocking out of the park since at least the vaunted novellas of Southern Rock Opera, but it’s also the sound of a typical Georgia dive bar on any Friday night."

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Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Drive-By Truckers

Pitchfork: You write songs that are without question political, yet rarely explicitly so.

PH: I never want to be that guy spouting off my political views. I mean, they're pretty well known, and it certainly comes out. If something's bugging my ass on any particular day, I'm probably going to say something about it, but I'm not going to go on a tirade. I dislike Bush as much as probably anybody on earth could, but having said that...I've said it, you know? It's not like I'm going to change anybody's mind. I've always thought preaching to the converted is just kind of futile and silly. That's so much of what does occur. I played as a solo act at a Green Party rally in Athens a few years ago; Ralph Nader was there. Everyone got up and gave their long-winded speeches and all that. The crowd clapped, oohed and ahhed and all that. But I was thinking-- they're not changing a single person's mind. There's not a single person in this room that didn't walk in loving what Nader would have to say. Bless his heart, there's a lot things he might say that I might not agree with, but there's a lot of good he might say that would probably be good to hear. But tonight? There's not a person in this room that's going to be converted, you know? They're already converted. I'm more interested in writing about the personal stories of people. Sometimes I don't agree with them.

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Neato interview with Deryle Perryman by Penne over at Swampland.com

Swampland : Articles:

"Two years ago I attended the ninth annual George Lindsey Film Festival and Gala in Florence, Alabama. I was especially excited about this particular event because the program included a screening of the documentary Dangerous Highway, a film made by my long-time friend Deryle Perryman and the distinguished filmmaker Moises Gonzalez. The Lindsey fest was the premiere of Dangerous Highway, which went on to be shown in festivals coast to coast."

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Southern Shelter: The Wydelles @ 40 Watt 1/10/08:

"Bo Bedingfield leads The Wydelles through a set opening for DBT's Nuci's Space benefit. John Neff is a Wydelle when his schedule permits (last time I posted these guys, it didn't); Clay Leverett covers the drums this time around."

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Finally, she said 'Yes, Yes, Yes'.

Amy Winehouse enters drug rehab program - Yahoo! News:

"LONDON - Amy Winehouse, beset by allegations of substance abuse, entered a rehabilitation facility Thursday to battle drug addiction.

The announcement came just days after the 24-year-old singer was pictured in British tabloid The Sun inhaling fumes from a small pipe. Police have launched an inquiry into the matter."

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NO! Not Lil Wayne!!

Lil Wayne Booked on Drug Charges in Ariz

Lil Wayne was arrested on three felony drug charges Wednesday after federal agents said they found illegal drugs, including cocaine, on his charter bus at a checkpoint in southwestern Arizona.

After posting more than $10,000 bond, the rapper signed autographs for fans outside a bondsman's office.

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300 Pounds of Hongry

I've held off posting the story about the momma humpback whale and her baby taking a detour through the Golden Gate and SF Bay and up the Sacramento River for fear of jinxing the two.

It looks like they are headed back to the open ocean. Woo-hoo! If they could just wait until 5:30 P.M. today to go under the GGB I'll get to watch them a block away from where I live.

Mother and calf rollick in S.F. Bay in sprint to Pacific:

"The two humpback whales that captured worldwide attention for their two-week sojourn in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta returned to San Francisco Bay on Tuesday and came within only a few miles of the Golden Gate and their Pacific Ocean home.

By nightfall Tuesday, the mother and calf faced a swim of less than 8 miles to the narrow channel under the Golden Gate Bridge -- but they weren't leaving the bay just yet. Instead, the pair spent the early evening parading close to the Tiburon shore, delighting onlookers outfitted with binoculars. Then, they appeared to settle for the night just off Larkspur."

Check out the map of their journey. It really is amazing they made it all the way up the Sac. River.

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If you like this website or you like other websites and you like to send email for free and you like the ability to create a website or blog at no to minimal cost or you'd just like to support, well, Freedom of Speech and you would like to fight against the further corporatization of our government, then.....

Do something! Participate in your democracy by signing a petition. It is a great and easy way to have your voice heard.

Public Airwaves for the Public Good:

"The federal government is on the verge of turning over a huge portion of our public airwaves to companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast--who will use them for private enrichment instead of the public good.

These newly available airwaves are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to revolutionize Internet access -- beaming high-speed signals to every park bench, coffee shop, workplace, and home in America at more affordable prices than current Internet service. Phone and cable companies don't want this competition to their Internet service--they'd rather purchase the airwaves at auction and sit on them.

In June, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will make a major decision: Use the public airwaves for the public good, or turn them over to big companies who will stifle competition, innovation, and the wireless Internet revolution. We're urging the FCC to mandate that whoever wins the auction cannot stifle competition and innovation.

Can you sign this petition to the FCC today, and send it to your friends?

A compiled petition with your individual comment will be presented to the Federal Communications Commission."

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If society is going to devolve then I want it to REALLY devolve.

The Dutch are setting a standard here, that I thought, for sure, the U.S. of A. would be the first to do.

Game shows for vital organs.... YES!

Next up: Hunting human prey in an updated version of Survivor.

Dutch show has kidney donation contest:

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch reality show that claims to be trying to draw attention to a shortage of organ donors said Tuesday it would go ahead with a program in which a terminally ill woman will choose a contestant to receive one of her kidneys.

The program, 'Big Donor Show,' has been attacked as unethical and tasteless. One member of the Dutch parliament suggested the government should block Friday's broadcast.

'We know that this program is super controversial and some people will think it's tasteless, but we think the reality is even more shocking and tasteless: waiting for an organ is just like playing the lottery,' Laurens Drillich, chairman of the BNN network, said in a statement."

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That's some pig: Boy, 11, shoots 1,051 pound hog

In related news, another local boy captured a 500 pound wild chicken while his father has grown 50 pound coffee beans. Not to be outdown the wife and mother has developed a process to cook pancakes that will cover a king sized bead.

These folks along with the hogzilla boy will be joining forces to host the largest weekend breakfast buffet in the history of mankind.

Mmmmmm bacon. (it was mentioned that 500 pounds of sausage will be produced from hogzilla... no shit)

h/t to Naomi at Slacker Country

"MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) -- Hogzilla is being made into a horror movie. But the sequel may be even bigger: Meet Monster Pig.

An 11-year-old boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9 feet 4, from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Think hams as big as car tires.

If the claims are accurate, Jamison Stone's trophy boar would be bigger than Hogzilla, the famed wild hog that grew to seemingly mythical proportions after being killed in South Georgia in 2004."

Of course his dad created a website for him:

BIGGER than Hogzilla

"300 pounds. As tall as she is round.
And every pound of that body's so fine
I can hardly believe that its all mine
It's all mine!"
Eddie Hinton - 300 Pounds of Hongry

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Eddie Hinton - Dangerous Highway

Better late than never....

First, I want to say an early HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Matt (The Matador) DeFilippis, DBT's sound man extraordinaire and to Sloan Simpson of Southern Shelter.

On to the show....

Sunday, March 4, 2007:

Deryle Perryman and Moises Gonazles' documentary on Eddie Hinton, titled Dangerous Highway was shown at the NoisePop Festival two weeks ago. The viewing occurred at the Artists Television Access Center, located in San Francisco's Mission District.... where the hairstyles cost 20 times the wardrobe and hipster doofusism is alive and well (my apologies to all of my Mish brothas and sistas out there, but, come on, you know the hipster doofus label applies.... not that there's anything wrong with it!)

The memories are already a bit blurry (yeah, I know its only been two weeks, but, I work on limited RAM).

Showtime was 2 p.m. and I headed down to the Mission early in order to secure tickets.

The lovely and talented Sheryl Gould of Rock Candy Jewelry Design met me at the venue.

I introduced myself to Deryle and Moises a few minutes before show time. I'd never met Deryle before, so all I did was listen for that northern Alabama accent. Sure enough, I found him through his voice.

Deryle is originally from Florence, Alabama. He went to Coffee High School with a few of my relatives. (I attend Coffee many, MANY years later). More on Deryle and Moises and the documentary here, here and here.

My very short review on the documentary:

A fantastic look into the life and times of not only Eddie Hinton, but the remarkable music scene that occurred in Northwest Alabama during the last half of the twentieth century. Interviews with Jimmy Johnson, David Hood (hell, about all the Swampers) Dick Cooper (a lot of time is spent with Dick Cooper, who sports a Muscle Shoals Sound t-shirt through-out the doc) and a ton of other historical figures from that time and region. The accents were very familiar and comforting and the stories were sometimes sad but often very funny. Not only are these men able to produce amazing music, they are first class story tellers as well.

Speaking of amazing story tellers, Patterson Hood is prominent in the doc. Patterson explains the history as it was passed down to him and clarified many a thing for me that Patterson sings about in Sandwiches for the Road, DBT's song about Eddie.

We saw the 75 minute version of the doc, but other versions have been up to 105 minutes.

It was a great watch on a great, but troubled musician who, like many a talent before and after, passed way before his time.

I'll keep you posted in the event the documentary becomes available for purchase.

Excellent work, Deryle and Moises. I tip my hat to both of you!

Deryle before the screening

Deryle and Moises at the after party

The documentary wasn't the only treat in store that day. The fine folks at the record labels Jackpine Social Club, Well Worn Records, and the NoisePop folks hosted an Eddie Hinton Tribute after party at Annie's Social Club.

Sheryl and I hopped a cab to Annie's with Nick Tangborn, owner of the record label Jackpine Social Club and who also spent the past week awake working on the formal launch of the BitTorrent website (Nick, you brought back so many memories of the Dot-Com heydays of working 100 hours non stop and highly intoxicated. Ah, those raucous late Nineties). Also, Nick's lovely partner Rosemarry Pepper (best name evah) was along for the ride. Rosemary was a main power that be'd for the NoisePop festival. Absolutely lovely people both and it was a pleasure to meet and hang out with 'em. Good damn peoples.

In the cab ride, Nick told me the story of how Spooner Oldham got his nick-name. Really funny stuff.

Once we arrived at Annie's we met up with Sheryl's friend Shana with her bud from New York, James.

Outside Annie's Pre-show

Elvis Wept.

This velvet Elvis was first thing I saw upon entering Annie's. Apparently, a girl who works/owns/really not sure of her titled, is a velvet painter and she had some incredible nekkid lady velvets that, for some stupid reason, I didn't take a picture of.

The Crowd Gathers.

The lights are dimmed.

Here is the line-up of musicians for the tribute:

Mike Therieau Band (Featuring Dave Gleason)

Ray (featuring Chuck Prophet, Eric Moffit, Jon Weiss, Pete Straus)

Bart Davenport

Chris Von Sneidern

Tom Heyman

Eric Shea (ex-Mover, ex-Parchman Farm)

I got to hang out and chat with Mike Therieau, who gave me one of his excellent CDs when the night ended. Also, with Tom Heyman, who also gave me one of his excellent CDs, titled Deliver Me.

Here's a neat story about Tom Heyman. I stepped outside during a break in the music with Nick and Tom Heyman to smoke a grit. The conversation was of course, music. Tom mentioned that he was from Philly originally and I mentioned that I was very much into a Philly band at the moment called Marah. Nick laughs and points at Tom and says that Tom briefly played with Marah in the late 90's. Small musical world, it tis.

The night was filled with great music, great conversation, a great new friends. The perfect evening.

New West Recording artist Chuck Prophet

Raffle winner.

Mike Therieau and Band

If you've never listened to Mike Therieau, you should definitely go grab his album titled 'Living from a Suitcase'. Mike has got a great blues/rock voice and all involved are incredible musicians. My favorite song off the album is 'Midnight Apt. #9 Blues'.

Pat Johnson and Mike Therieau

Dave Gleason

Pat Johnson

Dave Gleason

The next few pictures were when I turned Sheryl loose with the camera. I flipped the flash on 'cause I figured the artist wouldn't get mad at Sheryl flashing them. Me, they'd get mad. Sheryl, not so much.

I'm at a lost for the key board player's name but I was told he's toured with The Counting Crowes and Bryan Adams.

It was a great occasion, particularly having some home cooking in San Francisco. The documentary and the music made me feel like I was back in the Tennessee Valley along the Singing River.

Thanks to all involved!

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Eddie Hinton Documentary and Tribute - 3/3/07

Hey Folks. Not often that this occurs, but due to the perfect storm of web/job related responsibilities, I haven't finished the post for the Eddie Hinton Documentary and Tribute that took place in SF last Sunday. I'll have it finished this weekend so check back.

Here's few pics in the mean time.

Chuck Prophet

Mike Therieau

DBT WIR - 3/2/07

Update: Check out Patterson Hood's MySpace!

Eddie Hinton

Gonna be down and dirty today.

Going to see the Eddie Hinton documentary, Dangerous Highway, this Sunday. Deryle Perryman and Moises Gonzalez, the producers of the doc will be in attendance and I just might be grabbing a drink with those fellas tonight. Here is the info on the showing:

Dangerour Highway at NoisePop

Info on the after party which should be a blast!

Sunday, March 4^th, Doors at 4pm

$5 cover, $3 cover w/movie ticket stub

Annie’s Social Club

917 Folsom Street, SF

Jackpine Social Club, Well Worn Records & Noise Pop Film Presents:

A Post-film reception for the documentary screening of

Dangerous Highway

A Music Tribute to Eddie Hinton

Featuring the Bay Area’s finest blue-eyed soul

singers-songwriters-guitarists:

Mike Therieau Band (Featuring Dave Gleason)

Ray (featuring Chuck Prophet, Eric Moffit, Jon Weiss, Pete Straus)

Bart Davenport

Chris Von Sneidern

Tom Heyman

Eric Shea (ex-Mover, ex-Parchman Farm)

PLUS:

DJs

Free Raffle for Eddie Hinton CDs

Fried Chicken!!!

Eddie Hinton was a session guitarist non-pareil. He played lead guitar for Muscle Shoals Sound rhythm section from 1967 to 1971. What most people didn't know at the time was that Hinton was also a talented singer, songwriter, arranger and producer in his own right. In the late '60s, Muscle Shoals was something of a hit factory for Atlantic Records recording artists, under the careful, patient tutelage of legendary producer Jerry Wexler. Hinton was just 22 when he was invited to the Shoals area by fellow songwriter and producer Martin Greene. The Hinton/Greene songwriting and producing team produced several country/soul hits, including "Cover Me," and "It's All Wrong But It's Alright" for Percy Sledge. Eddie also wrote the huge hit “Breakfast In Bed,” performed by Dusty Springfield!

Eddie Hinton's cadre of secret fans know what the world is about to find out; Eddie Hinton may be the greatest unknown musician you've never heard. Hinton, widely regarded in the industry as the finest blue-eyed soul singer-songwriter-guitarist, played on more than 200 albums (Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, Boz Scaggs, Staple Singers, Waylon Jennings and many more) and wrote hundreds of songs that were covered by Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge, Dusty Springfield, The Box Tops, Bobby Womack and countless others.

Documentary screening of “Dangerous Highway”, takes place March 4^th,

2:00 PM, $8 tickets

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS (ATA) is located at 992 Valencia St, San Francisco

http://www.noisepop.com/2007/film.php

For more information on Eddie Hinton, Check out:

http://www.myspace.com/eddiehintonzane

Extra bonus random Eddie Link.

DBT

The funniest response to a question on the DBT board ever!

Statement:

'Ant (on a diet that limits my alcohol, eggs, and bacon)'

Question:

What about titties and ass? Does the diet limit those, too?

Response:

dbts : Message: Re: [dbts] Re: Bacon Bourbon/Whiskey (No DBT... yet):

No. You are allowed to consume as much ass and titties as you can with this diet. But, for me, it's more like the cardio phase of a regular workout. You see, I'm married...with children. I'm constantly chasing the ass and titties. It keeps my heart rate up just like an aerobic workout. But somehow the ass is mysteriously out of reach. I never can seem to catch up to it. Man but when I do, it's like a tornado. 30 seconds of huffing and puffing...and then the house is destroyed. It's high intensity like a sprint. Who ever finishes first is the winner. And I'm really good at that type of race. I always win!!! But, it doesn't sit well with the wifey when I jump up and throw my hand in the air like I just roped a small steer in a rodeo and shout 'YES!'. So, then it's off to the races through the house in an attempt to avoid being stabbed with a shank. It's a shame most folks don't ever know love like this.

Ant

The Drams

dbts : Message: Fwd: [TheDrams] Battle of the Bands: "

Be sure to cast your vote for The Drams at the following Battle of the Bands website:

Why you should cast a ballot for The Drams:

TheDrams : Message: Casbeers - San Antonio:

"Halfway through I am the Cosmos, the venues PA overheated and they lost vocals.

Instead of quiting, they turned their heads up and sang as loud as they could.

It couldnt have sounded better. "

Dexateens

The Dexateens must be the punk crossbreeds of the Southern rock pack. These boys out of Tuscaloosa craft their music with the kind of earnestness that marks a singer-songwriter, yet they unleash a guitar fury that smacks of classic "I-know-it-when-I-hear-it" Southern rock mixed with blissful feedback that evokes Crazy Horse's proto-punk Rust Never Sleeps.

Music Stuff

Via Ed McDonald - DBT Yahoo Group:

YouTube - Battle of The Album Covers

Via "sleep_creek" - DBT Yahoo Group

dbts : Message: Best alt.country Songs of All Time (Minor DBT Content):

"From Raleigh News & Observer music writer David Menconi's blog:

Fun With Bracketology

With March approaching, one's thoughts turn toward the madness tocome. While you're pondering where your favorite basketball team will wind up in this year's NCAA tournament bracket, here's a fun little time waster: 'The Enlightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything,' which compiles 101 tournament-style brackets ranking everything from James Bond gadgets to women's magazine sex cliches.

The book's editors also enlisted Grant Alden and former Durham resident Peter Blackstock, co-editors of No Depression magazine, to break down the best Alt-Country Songs. The 32-song field includes tunes by Drive-By Truckers, Alejandro Escovedo and Doug Sahm. But the winner is Raleigh's own Whiskeytown, whose 'Angels Are Messengers From God' edges Lucinda Williams' 'Changed the Locks' in the finals:

In the end, there was no stopping 'Angels' and its alt-country-defining couplet: 'So I started this damn country band/'Cuz punk rock was too hard to sing.' Besides, Ryan Adams comes from Duke country, and they always win.

We'll see about that."

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DBT WIR 2/8/07

Big Update!
Updated 2 & 3@ bottom of Patterson's post

This will appear on DBT's website today but some very gracious folks have allowed me to post it here first. Thanks, guys!

DBT - THE DIRT UNDERNEATH
(stories and songs sitting down / tales facing up)

Y'ALL:

Nearly six years ago, DBT played a show at Pine Hill Farms up in North Carolina. The monthly event (now, long defunct) was held at a farmhouse on a beautiful piece of land outside of Chapel Hill NC.

It was written up in No Depression and had a built in following.

We were invited to play there shortly after the release (1st time) of Southern Rock Opera. We played sitting down and acoustic. We drank huge quantities of beer and whiskey and deconstructed the SRO album (and many other albums worth of songs) over a 4+ hour period. Bootlegs of the highlights have been very popular among collectors and the show seems to be a very fond memory among folks who were there (none of whom can actually remember it). Such is how things like that go.

We play very loud and for many good reasons.

The show itself has morphed far from where we originally set out from and in ways that I largely find thrilling.

I love the ridiculous cathartic bombast of it and the way I feel like someone beat the ever loving shit out of me when it's over.

That said, I do sometimes miss how the songs get buried in the process and have always dreaded and feared a day when the whole thing becomes a caricature of itself.

This year is the first time since before SRO that we aren't out promoting a new album. We are all committed to taking some time at home to recharge, write and spend some Family Time.

We also wanted to go out a do something a little different. Maybe revisit some songs in a different light, maybe try out some new stuff on a smaller scale, maybe tell some stories and sing some songs. Pull up some chairs, have a few drinks and tell some stories to each other and some friends.

We know how to do that but just never really get around to it.

THE DIRT UNDERNEATH is a show I've been wanting to do for a long time.

It's roots come from that Pine Hill Farms show I mentioned (the first one, not the 2nd one, which actually was kind of a drunken clusterfuck).

Shonna plays a mean upright bass. Maybe we can get Cooley to play that banjo he plays so well in the studio. We all know some stories and can sing some pretty harmonies when we're not singing over a wall of guitars (Oh glorious guitars).

It's not a permanent thing, just a handful of dates (TBA SOON). A chance to reconnect with some songs and maybe each other a bit.

That way, when we go back out with The Rock Show, it will be fresh and new to us again. Like Rock and Roll is supposed to be.

Contrary to rumors, there are NO CONFIRMED DATES YET but hopefully there will be soon.

See You There.
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers

Fuck, this is going to be awesome. I mean awesome........

2nd Update:

Folks over on REM's board Murmur.net started a thread about this. There's a picture from the 2nd Pine Hill Farm show (the clusterfuck) that Patterson references. Check it out.

3rd Update via Jenn B.

Wes Freed is working on a poster for this tour that will surely be badass, as well - forgot to add that. They will be limited, unfortunately, but they will be killer.

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Patterson posted this on DBT's website the other day....

Drive-By Truckers:

Y'all:

Just a mention, you might remember that David Barbe and I recently co-produced the next album by one of my favorite bands; Tuscaloosa Alabama's THE DEXATEENS.

That album, 'Hardwire Healing' has already been really well-received in Europe and finally it is coming out here in The USA next tuesday, Feb. 6 2007.

The album's single, 'Naked Ground' is being featured in several prominent national samplers and they have just completed a video for the great song 'Neil Armstrong'.

I picked up the album at Amoeba Records yesterday after work and boy-fucking-howdy! I don't have the ability to write music/album reviews where I define each song and how it sounds to me. I'm best at going to shows and writing about the experience from a fans perspective.

But I would like to comment on Hardwire Healing. Dang, that first song Naked Ground just grabs you by the balls and makes you snarl. For me the album is some cross between Deliverence and Zepplin. Not the sound track of Deliverence but the feel of the movie. McPherson and Smith's vocals are crazy haunting. The entire album rocks much and if you haven't gone out and bought it yet, you should.

Of course, now I've got to go buy their previous albums. Being a part of the DBT family can break your ass with as many fantastic bands in orbit.

The liner notes of the album were written by Patterson and it tells the tale of two of the band mates bitter break up and subsequently not speaking to each other for two years. They mended fences and immediatly went into the studio to record this album. That tension and resolution and mended hurt are very apparent in this album and increases the listenability a hun'erd fold.

I can't wait to see these boys live.

Check out what the pro's are sayin' about 'em. They were Spin.com's 'Band of the Day' a couple of days ago.

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DBT Press Room

I've always thought PPOTM was DBT greatest protest song and I'm glad to see someone else thinks the same way.


Best American Protest Songs:

2. "Puttin' People on the Moon," Drive-By Truckers. The DBTs show what can happen if you allow politicians to distract you from the true problems of society. The song is the story of a man living near Huntsville, Ala., who is struggling to get by and eventually "took to runnin' numbers for this man I used to know. And I sell a few narcotics. And I sell a little blow."

Side note, here....

I'm loving this hiatus 'cause apparently Patterson been watching the TV at home and getting PISSED about the current sorry state of affairs in this country. This is exactly how Jubilee Dive came about and y'all know I love that album.

If you haven't, you need to periodically check in and see what new songs Patterson has written. Go here to see.


Here's a snippet from his latest called 'The Home Front'.

Now they’re saying on the flat screen
They ain’t found a reason yet
We’re all bogged down in a quagmire
And there aint no end to it
No Nine Eleven or Uranium to pin the bullshit on
She’s left standing on the home front
The two of them alone

Alright, breathe JPW, today is a DBT WIR day not a politics day...... 1.... 2.... 3.....4.... ok, better now.

From the DBT Yahoo Board:


TV Guide DBT Mention - Jimmy Olsen's Favorite Band:

"There is a small article in this week's TV Guide about an actor from Canada named Aaron Ashmore who plays Jimmy Olsen on the show 'Smallville'. In the section of his bio titled 'Person (living or dead) He'd Like to Meet' he says, 'The band Drive-By Truckers. They're a Southern rock-and-country band that a friend of mine introduced me to. I've been listening to them a lot lately and they have great lyrics. I'd love to have my own private concert and pick their brains.'"

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DBT getting air play on KFOG here in San Francisco:

KFOG: Shows - Sunday Night Jam:

"January 28, 2007

9pm

Papa Mali - Do Your Thing - Do Your Thing
Moe - Tailspin - The Conch
Drive-By Truckers - Carl Perkins' Cadillac - The Dirty South
New Orleans Social Club - Fortunate Son - Sing Me Back Home
Tommy Guerrero - War No More - From the Soil to the Soul
Stockholm Syndrome - Couldn't Get It Right - Holy Happy Hour
Grateful Dead - Eyes of the World - Live at the Cow Palace / NYE 1976
Garage A Trois - A Frame - Emphasizer
Ozomatli - Can't Stop - Don't Mess with the Dragon"

Also, I got behind a car on my way home from work on Tuesday and I noticed 3 bumper stickers. One was a Grateful Dead sticker and another being an environmental "Stay Green" sticker. Nothing out of the ordinary in San Francisco.

The third sticker was a bit hard to see so I crept up on this vehicles ass and all be damned if it wasn't a Drive-by Trucker's Southern Rock Opera bumber sticker. The only other one of those I've seen is on Jenn B's card and I'm not sure if hers is a SRO sticker.

Much love in the Bay Area for DBT.

Jason and Patterson, y'all remember that when booking tours for the solo shows! I know it is a far piece to travel but, really, is any distance too great for love.... and rock?

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Award nominations for DBT

The Nominees For the 1st Annual Music Blog Awards:

"If you're a music blogger who did not participate in the nomination process, you are still eligible to vote in the finals. Just email us your name, blog, and your choices in each category. Vote for one and only one nominee per category. Votes are due Monday, February 12th at 11:59 PM."

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From the cradle to the grave.....

Nine Bullets:

"Just 5 1/2 weeks old and he already digs the Truckers. "

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Jason Isbell

I can't wait to change the name of the blog to Alabama Ass Siren.....

J.I. has picked up some dates with Son Volt:

Jay Farrar - Tour

Also, here's a video from on of the bands that will be touring with Jason:

Hackensaw Boys

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Eddie Hinton and n'em

Deryle Perryman forwarded this blurb to me so we could learn more about his doc partner, Moises. As the blurb says, "Moises has been cranking them (documentaries) of late and is hotter'n an Alabama July...."

Deryle and his unindicted co-conspirator, Moises Gonzalez, have produced a documentary on Eddie Hinton that is getting play at various film festivals across the country. While this is Deryle's first documentary since 1981, Moises has been cranking them of late and is hotter'n an Alabama July afternoon--or a San Antonio August afternoon, since that's where he hails from. His 2001 effort "Cuba - Next Exit", a personal narrative documentary on growing up Cuban-American, was awarded the "Primio Mesquite Award " at the 25th San Antonio CineFestival as well as a "New Voices,New Mexico Award" from the Santa Fe Film Festival.
His 2004 documentary "Light Heavy", on the boxing career of Light Heavyweight Champion Bobby Foster was awarded the "Audience Choice Award" at the Alibi Film Festival and took home a cash prize cash prize from the Governor's Cup at the Santa Film Festival.

I'm getting excited about seeing Dangerous Highway.

Deryle wanted me to invite y'all to the after party, too.

AND DON'T FORGET TO INVITE YOUR READERS TO THE EDDIE HINTON TRIBUTE PARTY FOLLOWING @ ANNIE'S SOCIAL CLUB FOR A GUARANTEED , CERTIFIED, SATISFACTORY GOOD TIME..WITH LIVE MUSIC TO BOOT, uh huh.

More Eddie Hinton info from the every knowledgable Jayne Clamp. Thanks Jayne!

Here's a song written by Jerry Joseph about Eddie Hinton. The song is called 'Thanks and Praises'. Click the link to read the lyrics:

Jerry Joseph Song Lyrics

Also, here are some MP3 online of a collaboration between Colemand and Hinton. I'm grooving on "Where you come from" at the moment.

LostAndFound

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Other Music News

Looks like The Shoals is making a push to become the 'Hit Making Capitol' of the world again. 'Bought goddamn time!!!

Sultans of sound | TimesDaily.com|Florence, AL:

"Nutt is working with The Fiddleworms on a new studio album.

He's also worked with Mobile-based Ugli Stick, local artist John Paul White, Clarence Carter, Russell Smith, of the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Angela Hacker, Jimmy Buffett and the Drive-By Truckers."

Jimmy Nutt probably could have opened his recording studio anywhere in the U.S..

But after visiting the Shoals in 1999, he decided to open "The Nutt House" in Sheffield, the home of the hit producing Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.

"I really fell in love with the place," Nutt said.

Nutt's studio, which opened about a year ago, is one of a handful of commercial recording studios operating in the Shoals.

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Music cruises lure fans and bands

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I grew up a big fan of the Police.....


The Police reunite for Grammys :

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Police will reunite to open the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 11, The Recording Academy said on Tuesday, fueling speculation that the hit 1980s band is planning a reunion tour."

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Jerry Garcia's widow sues over estate:

"SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - The widow of the Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia is suing to gain access to unpublished tapes of her late husband's musical performances."