Thanks for the fresh pic T

Not feeling tops this week folks so this will be a quick one. Tossed this on this AM to power through some work so I could go back to laying around and pretty much got lost. These dudes were not f*cking around in Burlington.

Thanks taper jahdawg.

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01 The Buford Stick
02 Gravity's Gone
03 Why Henry Drinks
04 Women Without Whiskey
05 Sandwiches For the Road
06 Carl Perkins Cadillac
07 Used To Be A Cop
08 Where The Devil Don't Stay
09 Don't Be In Love Around Me
10 Marry Me
11 Buttholeville
12 3 Dimes Down
13 The Company I Keep
14 Panties in Your Purse
15 Heathens
16 Uncle Frank
17 Lookout Mountain
18 Love Like This
19 A World of Hurt
20 Zip City
21 Sinkhole
22 Get Downtown
23 Hell No I Ain't Happy
24 People Who Died

DOWNLOAD - Drive-By Truckers - 2013-03-10 - Higher Ground Ballroom - Burlington, VT - Pt. 1

DOWNLOAD - Drive-By Truckers - 2013-03-10 - Higher Ground Ballroom - Burlington, VT - Pt. 2

Well, I woke up this morning and just had this Drive-By Truckers itch, wanted to get some of that Southern heat in me. But, last night I was listening to Pink Floyd and on my scroll up I hit Patterson Hood and his excellent 2012 release, Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance, and just like that I got wrapped up in the troubadours great story telling in "12:01."

If you're unfamiliar with this man or Drive-By Truckers then download this and give it shot. It gets The Steam Engine overwhelmingly heavy stamp of approval. Excellent music, excellent songwriting, excellent storytelling, and an excellent quality recording (SBD/Mic matrix).

Patterson has dates on the calendar, check them out.

THANK YOU to Martin Medley for taping this gem, it's a great snapshot.

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01 Disappear
02 12:01
03 Leaving Time
04 Little Bonnie
05 Pride Of The Yankees
06 Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife
07 Better Than The Truth
08 Untold Pretties
09 After The Damage
10 Better Off Without
11 Betty Ford
12 Pollyanna
13 Miss Me Gone
14 Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
15 Come Back Little Star
16 Fifteen Days
17 The Righteous Path
18 World Of Hurt
19 Back Of A Bible

DOWNLOAD - Patterson Hood - 2012-12-14 - The High Watt - Nashville, TN

What an awesome, acoustic set from Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley and Jason Isbell. Isbell was still just an up and comer at this point, the three of them share a lot of laughs and burn through some great acoustic workings of a lot of great tunes.

In introducing Jason Isbell, Mike Cooley says "One night me and Patterson used the same towel, he's what we ended up with."

Thanks Jeff Anderson for taping.

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01 Mrs. Claus' Kimono
02 Heathens
03 Pulaski, Tenn
04 Boys From Alabama
05 Marry Me
06 Women Without Whiskey
07 Thank God For the TVA
08 Uncle Frank
09 Superman
10 Sinkhole

DOWNLOAD - Drive-By Truckers - 2001-12-30 - St. Johns Pub - Portland, OR

Photo by: Mike White | DeadlySigns.com

Great solo set by Patterson Hood here, co-founder of Drive-By Truckers. I've been enjoying the hell out of The Dirty South and Southern Rock Opera lately. Starting to "get it."

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01 Intro
02 Wednesday
03 The Home Front
04 Phil's Transplant
05 The Assassin
06 The Range War
07 Frances Farmer
08 Margo And Harold
09 This Fucking Job
10 Pride Of The Yankees
11 Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife
12 Daddy Needs A Drink
13 Hell No I Ain't Happy
14 Assholes
15 Ray's Automatic Weapon
16 The Flying Wallendas
17 Pollyanna
18 E: Back Of A Bible
19 The Avon Lady
20 Feb 14
21 A World Of Hurt

DOWNLOAD - Patterson Hood - 2009-11-04 - Caledonia Lounge - Athens, GA

I unfortunately had to pass on my tickets for this Saturday's Drive-By Truckers show in Chicago. A bit of bummer yes, I'm aching to see them. But, it's for good reason so I'll catch them next time.

This is a very solid New Year's Eve set from Drive-By Truckers, a lot of ground covered here. Enjoy!

Thanks to Mark Lynn over at Three Dimes Down for this one!

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01 Where The Devil Don't Stay
02 The Buford Stick
03 Give Pretty Soon
04 Danko/Manuel
05 Lookout Mountain
06 Carl Perkins'
07 Cottonseed
08 Boys From Alabama
09 Day John Henry Died
10 Goddamn Lonely Love
11 Bulldozers & Dirt
12 Tails Facing Up
13 Marry Me
14 My Sweet Annette
15 Nine Bullets
16 Puttin' People On The Moon
17 *One Of These Days
18 Outfit
19 Sink Hole
20 Daddy's Cup
21 The Living Bubba
22 Granddaddy (Patterson Hood solo)
23 Tornadoes
24 Decoration Day
25 Women Without Whiskey
26 Road Cases
27 Let There Be Rock
28 These Arms Of Mine
29 Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
30 The Sands Of Iwo Jima
31 Zip City
32 Never Gonna Change
33 Ain't Talkin' Bout Love
34 People Who Died
35 Angels And Fuselage

DOWNLOAD - Drive-By Truckers - 2005-01-01 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY

Picture from the excellent Three Dimes Down

 Another awesome show the Truckers. Can't wait to see them at the end of the month.

This show was the Plan 9 25th Anniversary Concert and benefit for the Harvey Family Memorial Endowment. They did ask for a donation with each download but being as that the donation page is no longer active you can support the cause here.

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01 Intro
02 Tales Facing Up
03 One Of These Days
04 Easy On Yourself
05 Feb 14
06 Gravity's Gone
07 Sinkhole
08 Outfit
09 My Sweet Annette
10 Marry Me
11 Aftermath USA
12 Jay World Of Hurt Intro
13 A World Of Hurt
14 Why Henry Drinks
15 John Henry
16 Wednesday
17 Happy Birthday To Ross
18 Shut Up And Get On The Plane
19 Ronnie and Neil
20 Moonlight Mile
21 Let There Be Rock
22 E:Nine Bullets
23 Zip City Right
24 Goddamned Lonely Love
25 18 Wheels Of Love
26 Daddy's Cup
27 Decoration Day
28 Lookout Mountain

DOWNLOAD - Drive-By Truckers - 2006-07-13 - Plan 9 Records - Richmond, VA

This is certainly a treat for any Drive-By Truckers fans! I have to thank Walthers for sending me this and the awesome Drive-By Truckers forum, Three Dimes Down, for sharing this set.

The quality is excellent (soundboard) and as Walthers mentioned, it's fantastic to hear stripped down versions of a lot of these songs.

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01 Intro
02 Loaded Gun In The Closet
03 Uncle Frank
04 Cartoon Gold
05 Where The Devil Don't Stay
06 Behind Closed Doors
07 Birthday Boy
08 Guitar Man Upstairs
09 3 Dimes Down
10 Sounds Better In The Song
11 Space City
12 Self-Destructive Zones
13 72 (This Highway's Mean)
14 Carl Perkins' Cadillac
15 Panties In Your Purse
16 Checkout Time In Vegas
17 Marry Me
18 Zip City
19 Get Downtown
20 Pin Hits The Shell
21 Eyes Like Glue
22 Cottonseed
23 Women Without Whiskey
24 Shut Up & Get On The Plane
25 Love Like This

DOWNLOAD - Mike Cooley - 2011-12-21 - Workplay Theater - Birmingham, AL

I figured with the news of Shonna Tucker leaving Drive-By Truckers it'd make sense to post a farewell set. Shonna was in Drive-By Truckers from late 2003 until yesterday and will forever be remembered for her participation on classic albums like The Dirty South and Brighter Than Creation's Dark.

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Shonna Tucker, former wife of Jason Isbell and Drive-By Truckers bassist, has parted ways with the Athens, GA band. In a blog post on drivebytruckers.com Shonna said:

Hello friends,

Unfortunately, I come to you all with some sad news.

It's time for me to move on to the next great thing, whatever that may be.

I want to thank each and everyone of you, with my whole heart for your overwhelming kindness and support over the years. You are the greatest fans in the world! You really do amaze and inspire me. I can't express how much you all mean to me. Your rock solid encouragement has carried me through, many nights. I have been so lucky to have had the chance to meet and talk with so many of you. Your stories and passion are so incredibly inspirational to me.

I am, without a doubt, not done. I will have a website up and running very soon so that we can keep in touch. I have a whole lot left to say and do, and I can't wait to hear what all of you are up to. This is very difficult, so I'll leave you with this... for now...

Thank you all so much!

Safe travels and Happy Holidays to you all!

See you soon somewhere...

All my love,
Shonna

It seems as if the split was an amicable one, Patterson Hood followed up Shonnas' post with a kind mesasge. Read it over at drivebytruckers.com.

Got some more Drive-By Truckers for y'all! For some time now, as mentioned before, people have been telling me to dig these guys. I wish it didn't take so long. More than one individual has said it's the best live show next to My Morning Jacket, I'm yet to see it, but I'm certainly starting to believe it. 

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