April was a good month for music, but it did provide a lull in what has been an incredible start to the new year. That being said, there are still quite a few albums worth checking out, and as much as I hate grouping recommendations into posts like this, other aspects of life are...
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March was another great month for music releases, and as much as I hate grouping recommendations into posts like this, other aspects of life are getting in the way of individual recommendations. These types of posts will have to serve as ‘better than nothing’ for the time being. Arliss Nancy – Simple Machines (Suburban...
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After spending eight years as the sole female member of Drive-By Truckers, Shonna Tucker has decided to go her own way. Serving as the bands bassist since Earl Hicks left after Decoration Day, Tucker took over the third singer-songwriter duties when Jason Isbell left in 2007 due to various reasons, chief among them his...
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One thing about people in Colorado, they LOVE their jam bands! I just read a joke somewhere about ‘death, taxes and Widespread at Red Rocks’. I have had to explain that I don’t smoke pot just as many times as people have tried to convince me on the merits of the 27 minute jam. ...
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When I interviewed Patterson Hood before this Drive-By Trucker weekend in Denver, I asked him about the ‘harsh realities‘ of the road. Those realities that almost broke up the band and were documented in A Secret To A Happy Ending. The answer he provided led me to believe that touring was no longer an...
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Patterson Hood was kind enough to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule to answer some questions about The Go-Go Boots Tour, our Mile High City, film making and the road in general. His Drive-By Truckers will be at the Ogden Theatre Friday, March 18th and Saturday, March 19th. You can purchase...
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Drive-By Truckers – Go-Go Boots (ATO, 2011) It’s that time of year again. It’s Drive-By Truckers time. The webisodes, the rock shows and the new album. But before getting into all that let’s set the baseline. I want you to know where I’m coming from before you read my review of DBT’s newest album,...
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I first saw a screening of Secret To A Happy Ending: A Documentary about The Drive-By Truckers back in June of last year, not long after we threw the Denver Listening Party for their newest album, The Big To-Do. Also not long after the back-to-back Rock Shows. Seven months later I have had a...
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When we saw Lucero last month, Ben Nichols started the encore by performing a new, untitled song. Later in the night he informed me there were about 17 songs written but they had to get off the road to record. Well, they arn’t off the road, but today we can hear one of those...
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The Drive-By Truckers marketing machine has ramped up for the release of The Go-Go Boots on February 15th. You can preorder the album now, you can watch the first webisodes and download the first single below and check the dates of the upcoming tour to see if they are coming to your town. We...
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What can I say about a Lucero show that I haven’t already said here, here and here? Well, nothing really. They came through town again for the 3rd or 4th time this year and they put on a 2 hour kick-ass show and then they walked off stage, out the front door of the...
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