**Official Drive-By Truckers Thread**

[mposey34]

so this could be fun

Isbell tweet about possible release of Ryman shows

and in case you missed it, his record store day release is a re-release of Live at the Twist and Shout

[Cobo]

Only three more weeks until Chicago rock shows! We rented an air bnb two blocks away from the Thalia. It's going to be an incredible weekend.

[AlexK79]

Originally Posted by Cobo

Only three more weeks until Chicago rock shows! We rented an air bnb two blocks away from the Thalia. It's going to be an incredible weekend.

I absolutely cannot wait for these shows!! I am in dire need of some rock shows. So psyched for Thalia Hall too, just a perfect venue, and you can't beat the $8 'Beer and a shot' deal!

[Cobo]

Originally Posted by AlexK79

I absolutely cannot wait for these shows!! I am in dire need of some rock shows. So psyched for Thalia Hall too, just a perfect venue, and you can't beat the $8 'Beer and a shot' deal!

Uh ohhhhhh...

We did get caught smoking dope at the last Thalia rock show but luckily we were just asked to put it out and didn't get kicked out.

[AlexK79]

Originally Posted by Cobo

Uh ohhhhhh...

We did get caught smoking dope at the last Thalia rock show but luckily we were just asked to put it out and didn't get kicked out.

It's such a small place I'd be afraid to smoke in there, I think I am gonna stick with some edibles before the show.

I am assuming they still have the "beer & shot" deal at the bar, thought it's been awhile since I was there. It was decent stuff too, not like a High Life and well whiskey. There were 3 beer options (all tall boys), Daisy Cutter I think and not sure what the others were and then 3 booze options and you can just pick whichever two you like.

[AlexK79]

So ready for the rock shows in Chicago this weekend! Everything I have been reading online has them absolutely on fire on this run too.

Somebody in the DBT Facebook group was live streaming one of the shows last week and they brought Erika out and did a version of 'When The Levee Breaks' that was unreal, really hope they do that again tonight or tomorrow.

[Cobo]

What an effin show last night, damn near a dream set for me. I went into this weekend wanting four songs: 72, dead drunk, guitar man, and tornadoes. Got three of them last night. That buttholeville with state trooper, my sweet Annette ...southern thing!!! Just wow.

Alex, we should try to meet up tonight.

[AlexK79]

Originally Posted by Cobo

What an effin show last night, damn near a dream set for me. I went into this weekend wanting four songs: 72, dead drunk, guitar man, and tornadoes. Got three of them last night. That buttholeville with state trooper, my sweet Annette ...southern thing!!! Just wow.

Alex, we should try to meet up tonight.

I'll shoot you a PM with my cell #. I might be getting there a bit late tonight (in time for DBT of course...) Great set last night! Patterson was less talkative than usual I thought. Matt also wasn't his usual smiling self, he was just kind of head-down jamming all night.

LOVED getting Days of Graduation before Ronnie and Neil. Never seen them do that live before. A rare Southern Thing, My Sweet Annette blew me away. Midset Buttholeville was a treat.

Chicago N1 Set:

Guns of Umpqua
Ramon Casiano
Puttin' People On The Moon
Gravity's Gone
Days of Graduation
Ronnie and Neil
3 Dimes Down
Buttholeville/State Trooper
'72 (This Highway's Mean)
Dead Drunk and Naked
Guitar Man Upstairs
The Southern Thing
Surrender Under Protest
Darkened Flags on the Cusp of Dawn
First Air of Autumn
My Sweet Annette
Love Like This
Runaway Train
Shit Shots Count
Pauline Hawkins
Women Without Whiskey
What It Means
Filthy and Fried
The Righteous Path
Shut Up And Get On The Plane

[AlexK79]

Great weekend in Chicago! When Zip City was the opener last night, I knew it was gonna be a fun one.

Chicago N2 set:

Zip City
Lookout Mountain
Surrender Under Protest
Baggage
When The Pin Hits The Shell
Do It Yourself
Kinky Hypocrite
The KKK Took My Baby Away
Sinkhole
Made Up English Oceans
Guns of Umpqua
A Ghost To Most
Tornadoes
Women Without Whiskey
The Living Bubba
3 Dimes Down
The Company I Keep
Shit Shots Count
Southern Accents -->
Ever South
'72 (This Highway's Mean)
What It Means
Ramon Casiano
Hell No, I Ain't Happy
Rockin' In The Free World

[mposey34]

is that Cooley birds on the new DMB album cover? Can only mean one thing, that Dave is gonna cover DBT on the new album.

[mposey34]

Originally Posted by AlexK79

Great weekend in Chicago! When Zip City was the opener last night, I knew it was gonna be a fun one.

Chicago N2 set:

Zip City
Lookout Mountain
Surrender Under Protest
Baggage
When The Pin Hits The Shell
Do It Yourself
Kinky Hypocrite
The KKK Took My Baby Away
Sinkhole
Made Up English Oceans
Guns of Umpqua
A Ghost To Most
Tornadoes
Women Without Whiskey
The Living Bubba
3 Dimes Down
The Company I Keep
Shit Shots Count
Southern Accents -->
Ever South
'72 (This Highway's Mean)
What It Means
Ramon Casiano
Hell No, I Ain't Happy
Rockin' In The Free World

that's a fantastic set

[AlexK79]

Originally Posted by mposey34

that's a fantastic set

It was a GREAT two nights. If I was going to lodge one small complaint, it's that we got several repeats from Cooley over the 2 nights, and didn't get some Cooley favorites like Marry Me and Birthday Boy. Would have liked to have seen the repeats of Surrender, Ramon Casiano, or 3 Dimes Down swapped out for some of the tunes we didn't hear.

[mposey34]

FUCK YES

Studio Assassin from Isbell!

Sirens of the Ditch Deluxe Edition

[justinandimcool]

Amanda Shires
I’ve never liked her but her new album may have outdone anything Isbell has over done. Sweet Lordy what a masterpiece

[AlexK79]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

Amanda Shires
I’ve never liked her but her new album may have outdone anything Isbell has over done. Sweet Lordy what a masterpiece

Wow, really?! That wasn't even on my radar but I am compelled to check it out now with a statement like that....

[WidespreadMule3]

Saw these guys officially for the first time. I passively saw them last year at a festival. They were enjoyable. Not my favorite but I didn't hate it.

[justinandimcool]

Originally Posted by AlexK79

Wow, really?! That wasn't even on my radar but I am compelled to check it out now with a statement like that....

Thought I was overreacting, but a couple more listens and I firmly believe this

Let me know what you think

Isbell’s has dozens of individual songs that are classics and will always be classics, but IMO because he can be so predictable and comfortable in his writing he hasn’t been able to execute a full album like this yet.

[AlexK79]

Originally Posted by WidespreadMule3

Saw these guys officially for the first time. I passively saw them last year at a festival. They were enjoyable. Not my favorite but I didn't hate it.

I feel like this would be my reaction also if I just saw them randomly without knowing any of their catalog. They're a band that kind of requires you to really dig into their music to truly appreciate. Once you do though, it's unbelievably rewarding.

[AlexK79]

Hmm, what's the official release date on the Amanda Shires record? Doesn't appear to be on Spotify. Most recent album there is from 2016.

[justinandimcool]

My bad I posted in the aotd thread but not here https://www.npr.org/2018/07/26/63148...-to-the-sunset

[AlexK79]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

My bad I posted in the aotd thread but not here https://www.npr.org/2018/07/26/63148...-to-the-sunset

Ahh nice, thanks.

[dontdrink36]

Saw them open up for Tedeschi Trucks a couple weeks ago and was thoroughly unimpressed. Maybe I just didn't get it but they sounded like awful generic southern rock to me. What am I missing?

[justinandimcool]

Originally Posted by dontdrink36

Saw them open up for Tedeschi Trucks a couple weeks ago and was thoroughly unimpressed. Maybe I just didn't get it but they sounded like awful generic southern rock to me. What am I missing?

I often wonder what brings me back, and to me it’s both variability of melodies and depth of writing. Two things you can’t really appreciate unless you’ve delved into the whole catalog, similar to many bands I’ve listened to including DMB

Otherwise yeah, most of the songs they prefer to play live sound pretty generic

[AlexK79]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

I often wonder what brings me back, and to me it’s both variability of melodies and depth of writing. Two things you can’t really appreciate unless you’ve delved into the whole catalog, similar to many bands I’ve listened to including DMB

Otherwise yeah, most of the songs they prefer to play live sound pretty generic

As I mentioned a few posts back, they are absolutely a band that you have to put some time and attention into, but when you do it's so rewarding. Seeing them live without knowing their stuff, or even just listening to a few songs randomly, it's not going to hit you.

For me it was a journey. I was prompted to finally check them out after I just kept seeing their name mentioned in different places. It felt like every time I read their name, it was always attached to some hyperbole like "best rock band in America," or "most intelligent rock band in America."

I went to AllMusic and read their biography, and then started reading the reviews of all of their records. The gushing praise had my interest really piqued at that point. The next time I was at Best Buy (this was a decade ago... ) they had a copy of Southern Rock Opera for $9.99, so I grabbed it. That album is A LOT to digest. The concept was intriguing. The first time I listened through, I wasn't immediately floored, but I enjoyed it enough to listen again. The second time through I started to really dig into the narrative and understand the concepts and issues they were trying to address via the story. A few listens later they had me hook, line, and sinker. I remember ordering Decoration Day, Dirty South, and BTCD from Amazon and just diving in full force at that point. It was like this boundless treasure trove of AMAZING songs and stories. The first new release after I became a fan was The Big To-Do, and I remember running out on my lunch break to buy it on the release day. I saw them live for the first time on that tour and they absolutely blew me away. I've been a fanatic ever since.

[recentlyJTR41]

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Braves post game concert on Saturday. Ahhh yeah

[Cobo]

Might have to catch both Nashville shows on the Fall Tour.

[AlexK79]

Originally Posted by Cobo

Might have to catch both Nashville shows on the Fall Tour.

That sure looks tempting. I solo road-tripped down from Chicago for the 2-nighter at the Cannery back in 2012 and it was an absolute blast.

[AlexK79]

Looks like a new batch of Cooley solo dates is up for this Fall! 2 shows in the Chicago area for me, and on my birthday weekend! Fitzgerald's in Berwyn on 12/7, SPACE in Evanston on 12/8. Paired with the rumored DMB show at Allstate on 12/9, that would make a helluva bday for me.

[AlexK79]

Full list, all on sale this Friday:

11.28 - Marietta, GA - Earl Smith Strand Theatre
11.29 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
11.30 - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
12.1 - Charlottesville, VA - The Southern
12.3 - Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall
12.4 - Boston, MA - City Winery
12.5 - New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
12.7 - Chicago, IL - SPACE
12.8 - Chicago, IL - FitzGerald's

[mja271]

Any news about a potential new album yet? Just about at the 2 year mark since American Band and they've pretty steadily been releasing new music every 2-3 years.