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I’d been hearing about this musical group called the Drive-By Truckers (sometimes referred to as DBT) for quite some time, but I’d never taken the opportunity to check them out…until just recently.
Their newest CD (“Go-Go Boots”) was on special at Amazon.com, so I had a listen to several of the thirty-second samples they give you access to, just to get an idea of their sound. I didn’t have to hear more than three or four of the tracks before I knew that I needed to go ahead and make a purchase, so that’s exactly what I did, as fast as my mouse-clicking finger could get me there. A few minutes after the last sound file had made its way onto my hard drive, I knew I was in possession of something special.
The DBT have been described as “alternative country,” “alternative rock,” “southern rock,” and even “cowpunk.” (You always know a band’s going to be good when experts have a hard time pigeonholing it.) Patterson Hood, guitarist, lyricist, one of the group’s founding members, and all-around swell guy, has even called the DBT a “noir band.”
I’ve embedded the Truckers performing one of my “Go-Go Boots” faves, a song called “Where’s Eddie?” Have a look and listen.
Is that good or what?! My other favorites are “I Do Believe,” “Dancin’ Ricky,” “Used to Be a Cop,” “The Thanksgiving Filter,” and “Mercy Buckets.” Actually, though, there’s not a throwaway track to be found on the whole compilation!
If you’d like to hear a bit more, with the possibility in mind that you might end up taking the same route I did, go here and you’ll get your chance.
