THE DRIVE BY TRUCKERS WEBCAST FROM BONNAROO

Can't make it out to Bonnaroo this year? Thanks to AT&T, you can catch the Drive BY Truckers performance Webcast LIVE from Bonnaroo on Friday, June 13th at 12:30pm Central exclusively at at tblueroom.com/music. Be sure to check out other live performances during the event and exclusive Bonnaroo 2008 archived footage after the show.

GREETINGS:

The primaries are over, school is out, and it's Time To ROCK!
That's right, we're hitting the road again in a few days, kicking off the 4th leg of The Home Front World Tour 2008 in the hot sunny fields of Manchester TN at our 3rd Bonnaroo appearance.
If last weekend's one-off up in Hunter NY was any indication, it's gonna be a good one.
Everything seems to be well-oiled and shiny as we venture into the summer months.
Our Bonnaroo show will also feature a special guest appearance from our dear friend and collaborator Spooner Oldham who'll be up there playing his Wurlitzer and hopefully singing a song.

If you cant make it to Bonnaroo AT&T blue room will be broadcasting our set LIVE. Click here to watch along from home.

Our June Tour, like last month, will feature our friend Jay Gonzalez playing keys.
We look forward to seeing some old friends and playing some towns we've never played before.

We'll be leaving in late july for our long-awaited EUROPE TOUR.
We've been dying to take this show over there and we promise we'll make it worth the wait.

No rest for the wicked, almost as soon as we return from over-seas we'll be playing The Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco CA at beautiful Golden Gate Park on August 24th.

In September we'll begin the 5th leg of The Home Front World Tour 2008 in a run that will include our 4th appearance at the almighty Austin City Limits Music Festival on Saturday September 24th in Austin TX. Look for more dates to be announced next week!

In other news, New West Records is finally releasing BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK on 180gm vinyl (2 Record Set) on June 24th. I already bought mine (not kidding) and it truly does sound (and look) better than any other format.

Pre Order your copy now at http://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com, the first 50 people to order will receive a copy that has been signed by the band.

We have some new posters and t-shirt designs and some new merch that I urge you to check out.

In other news, I want to congratulate our dear friends in Centro-Matic for the release of their stellar 2 record set new album. They have coupled their new album with a new disc from their wonderful alter-ego South San Gabriel. The album is called DUAL HAWKS and features one disc from each band for a special low price. Both albums are fantastic and everyone who has heard them knows why they are one (two) of our favorite bands in the world.

By all means, go see them live too.

BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK rounds out it's first six months on line to become our best selling and most acclaimed album ever. If you haven't grabbed one yet, give it a spin. We have several songs up on our MySpace Page.

We look forward to seeing Y'all this summer. Drive safe, car pool if possible, and come on out to The Rock Show.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER.
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers


PS: Hey Guys! Suggest Questions for Truckers' Interview with SPIN!

You can be a part of Drive-by Truckers interview with SPIN at Bonnaroo! Send your questions to SPIN through their Myspace page here. Make sure to mention your name, hometown and what band your question is directed to. Watch the interview on SPIN.com and you may just hear your name and question.

Show News

The third leg of The Homefront Tour has begun. DBT is pulling out some favorites that haven't been played in a long time, and throwing down some new stuff. You can find the Chattanooga setlist on the discussion boards at NineBullets.org.

Unfortunately, the Sun Jun 29 show in Edmonton, ALB at the STARLITE has been canceled due to a scheduling conflict. More show dates are on the way.

On January 20th, 2008, DBT fans Steve and Megan Kucera lost almost everything they owned in the Indian Village condo fire. They had no insurance, and their first child is due in July. DBT will have a collection container at the merch booth at the Grand Rapids and Detroit shows. We know money is tight all over, but if you have an extra dime or dollar, please drop it by the merch booth to help these folks out.

See you at the rock show!!

Welcome Ruby Kathryn Morgan!

Congratulations to The EZB and his beautiful wife Kimberly! Their first child, Ruby Kate, was born on Saturday, April 5. She's happy, healthy and beautiful!

Patterson Hood Guest DJs on E Street Radio

Friday, April 11, 4:00 pm ET - Patterson Hood of the Drive By Truckers gets to share his love of all things Springsteen with an hour as guest DJ. You'll hear how he tricked his parents and snuck out to see his first Bruce show – a small act of teenage defiance that changed his entire life. Rebroadcast: Sat., Apr. 12th @ 12 am & 8 am ET.

DBT on Sirius Radio

April 16(17,18,20) – Drive By Truckers (3 pm ET) OUTLAW COUNTRY/63 - Jeremy Tepper

Get in gear with this very special episode of HammerDown Radio, as DJ RigRocker welcomes the Drive-By Truckers to the SIRIUS Studios. It’s a solid hour of live music, including acoustic performances of tracks from Brighter Than Creation’s Dark and unreleased material, as well as selections from extended family members Betty Lavette and Spooner Oldham.
Rebroadcast Thurs., Apr. 17th @ 12 am ET; Fri., Apr. 18th @ 10 am ET; Sun., Apr. 20th @ 8 am ET.

DBT on NPR's World Cafe

Listen to the band on Npr's The World Cafe

Y'ALL:

It's the eve of destruction (self destructive zone) appetite for destruction, kiss destroyer...
Let's just say I'm packing, loaded and ready for a big tour of Rock.

Proud to announce that VINYL is here!
Well mostly, as there's still no word on release date of BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK's impending vinyl release.

GANGSTABILLY, PIZZA DELIVERANCE, DECORATION DAY, THE DIRTY SOUTH and BLESSING AND A CURSE have all become officially released on vinyl for first time in USA. Certainly a long time in coming milestone for me, as I don't even count them until they're out properly on 180gm. vinyl (most with gate-fold sleeves for proper separation, art work as big as a Montana sky, and that sound, oh that sound).

As you know SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA has been out on vinyl for some time but other than a small run of British vinyl a few years back, this marks the first time for most of our titles.

As for BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK on vinyl, we're as anxious as anyone and will gladly keep you posted as soon as we know anything at all. In the planning stages of this vinyl release, I was adamant about the vinyl release including a way to download to mp3, free with purchase. I hear I even went so far as to say that if they couldn't do that, not to bother, so in other words, I'm afraid it's MY FAULT!
Sorry, i sure didn't mean to let my concern for providing a great deal for our fine friends who buy from us stand in the way of progress, but hopefully all of this will be worked out very soon and everyone can enjoy our new album the way it was intended to sound.

Look for vinyl BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK as a two record set with mp3 for the iPod, and beautiful gate fold package sometime SOON.

TOUR BEGINS next monday in Anaheim CA at The House of Blues on Feb. 11 and LA at The Avalon on Feb. 12.
From there we will venture north and across the fine country and onward through march and beyond.
Stay tuned for more tour dates to be announced soon as well as hopefully a TV appearance.

Lots more to talk about and announce on the near horizon, but I'll save that for then and leave this where it is for now.

See You at the Rock Show,
Patterson

New Music, New Fun Stuff

New songs have been uploaded to DBT's MySpace player.
Listen to:
GOODE'S FIELD ROAD
SELF DESTRUCTIVE ZONES
THREE DIMES DOWN
Bettye LaVette - JEALOUSY

If you're not into MySpace, you can stream the whole album on Rhapsody.

Or check out CMT's stand alone listening party:


Check out our EXTRAS PAGE to see the new ringtones and wallpapers New West made!

Pre-Order Bonus!

Pre-order the new album Brighter Than Creations Dark from the official Drive-By Truckers store for your chance to be entered in a drawing for one of 2 grand prizes to include a signed poster, a gift certificate for $100 of merchandise from the official Drive-By Truckers store and 2 tickets to an upcoming headlining Drive-By Truckers show of your choice. In addition, the first 100 people to purchase the Brighter Than Creations Dark CD & T-shirt bundle will ALSO receive a signed tour poster from the Drive-By Truckers.

Contest begins December 20, 2007 and ends January 22, 2008. To guarantee deliver on the release date, domestic customers must select the express shipping option and place their orders by 3 PM on January 18. All pre-orders taken by this time will ship that Friday. The release date delivery option is not available for international customers. Orders that ship by the standard shipping method will take between 3-5 business days to arrive.

Remember, only the first 100 people who order the Brighter Than Creations Dark CD & T-shirt bundle will receive a signed poster, so hurry up and order yours today!

ANNOUNCEMENT from Patterson Hood: 2008

Y'ALL:

As we approach these danged Holidays, we're all busy as can be trying to tie up all of the loose ends from 2007 as we move forward into 2008.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK
As everyone by now knows, New West Records will be releasing our new album on Jan. 22 (Jan. 21 in Europe).
It is 19 songs and over 75 minutes on one CD (2 Vinyl Albums) and we are confident as to it being our best album yet.
Today we're adding two new songs to our MySpace page; you can hear The Righteous Path and I'm Sorry Huston as well as A Ghost To Most.

THE HOME FRONT WORLD TOUR 2008.
We are pleased to announce dates for the first two legs of THE HOME FRONT WORLD TOUR 2008.
The tour, which will be previewed in Athens GA on Jan. 10-13 begins in Anaheim CA on Feb. 11th.
The Feb. dates will be supported by The Felice Brothers. I haven't seen them live, but their songs on myspace are fantastic and my friends who have seen them have raved about how great they are.
The first two shows (Anaheim and LA on the 12th) will also feature support by our dear friends THE NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL STARS.
Anyone who's ever seen them can vouch for them being one of the finest bands in the land.
Support for the second leg (March) hasn't been announced yet so stay tuned.

Mon Feb 11 - Anaheim CA - HOUSE OF BLUES w/North Mississippi Allstars, The Felice Brothers
Tue Feb 12 - Los Angeles - CA - AVALON w/North Mississippi Allstars, The Felice Brothers
Wed Feb 13 - San Francisco CA - MEZZANINE w/ The Felice Brothers
Fri Feb 15 - Portland OR - ROSELAND - w/ The Felice Brothers
Sat Feb 16 - Seattle WA - SHOWBOX w/ The Felice Brothers
Sun Feb 17 - Seattle WA - SHOWBOX - w/ The Felice Brothers
Tue Feb 19 - Boise ID - BIG EASY CONCERT HOUSE - w/ The Felice Brothers
Wed Feb 20 - Salt Lake City UT - THE PALADIUM w/ The Felice Brothers
Thu Feb 21 - Aspen CO - BELLY UP w/ The Felice Brothers
Fri Feb 22 - Denver CO - OGDEN THEATRE w/ The Felice Brothers
Sat Feb 23 - Boulder CO - FOX THEATRE w/ The Felice Brothers
Mon Feb 25 - Omaha NE - SLOWDOWN w/ The Felice Brothers
Tue Feb 26 - Columbia MO - BLUE NOTE w/ The Felice Brothers
Wed Feb 27 - Urbana IL - CANOPY CLUB w/ The Felice Brothers
Thu Feb 28 - Milwaukee WI - PABST THEATRE w/ The Felice Brothers
Fri Feb 29 - St. Louis MO - PAGEANT w/ The Felice Brothers
Sat Mar 01 - Louisville KY - HEADLINERS MUSIC HALL w/ The Felice Brothers
Fri Mar 14 - Memphis TN - MINGLEWOOD HALL
Sat Mar 15 - Nashville TN - CANNERY BALLROOM
Sun Mar 16 - Newport - KY - SOUTHGATE HOUSE
Tue Mar 18 - Millvale PA - MR SMALLS THEATRE
Wed Mar 19 - Toronto ONT - OPERA HOUSE
Thu Mar 20 - Montreal QUE - CABARET MUSIC HALL
Fri Mar 21 - Northampton MA - PEARL STREET
Sat Mar 22 - Boston MA - PARADISE ROCK CLUB
Tue Mar 25 - New Haven CT - TOADS PLACE
Wed Mar 26 - New York NY - TERMINAL 5
Thu Mar 27 - Philadelphia PA - THE FILLMORE @ THE TLA
Fri Mar 28 - Richmond VA - THE NATIONAL
Sat Mar 29 - Asheville NC - ORANGE PEEL

GRAMMY NOMINATION for BETTYE LAVETTE ALBUM
Congrats to Bettye for being nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at this upcoming years' Grammy Awards.
We are proud to be a part of that fine album and wish her luck and hopefully a victory party will be forthcoming.
Congrats also for Bettye being nominated for 3 BLUES MUSIC AWARDS (Formerly the WC Handy Award) including a nomination for Best Album.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK EP will be available at iTunes and all other DSP's (Rhapsody, Yahoo Music, MSN/Zune) on Tuesday 12/18.
Tracks for this EP are: TWO DAUGHTERS AND A BEAUTIFUL WIFE, 3 DIMES DOWN, THE RIGHTEOUS PATH, and THE PURGATORY LINE.
If you buy any track from the EP at iTunes, it will be credited to the purchase of the full album (this is called the Complete My Album program).

EUROPEAN TOUR POSTPONED (for now)
We are very displeased and disappointed to announce that due to circumstances beyond our control, we are having to postpone our European Tour.
As a band that prides itself on almost never canceling shows (less than 10 in 22 years with over 1200 shows played in the last eleven) we take these things very seriously.
We do however plan to reschedule and perform in Europe later in the year.
We are sincerely sorry for any inconvenience that this might have caused and will do everything in our power to make this up to all of you as soon as humanly possible.
We can't wait to bring the new show and new songs over there.
We hope to be rescheduling dates for Holland, Belgium, Spain and The UK in the very near future.

NUCI'S SPACE BENEFIT / BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK played Live in its entirety
Finally a reminder that we will be playing the new album in its entirety LIVE at The Fabulous 40 Watt Club in Athens GA on Jan. 10, 2008.
We are doing this as part of our annual benefit for NUCI'S SPACE Music Resource Center.
The bill will also feature performances by Don Chambers and GOAT and Bo Beddingfield and The Wydelles.
Tickets are on sale now, but going fast.

FINALLY:
We want to thank everyone for their support this past year. 2007 was a busy crazy year (and to think it was supposed to be our year of taking it easy). The Dirt Undcerneath Tour was successful beyond all our best hopes and thanks to each and everyone of you for making this one of our best years ever.

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND MAY 2008 BE YOUR BEST YEAR YET.

See You At The Really Big Loud Rock Show.
Patterson Hood and the Drive-By Truckers Family

Brighter Than Creation's Dark EP

Brighter Than Creation's Dark EP will be available at iTunes and all other DSPs (Rhapsody, Yahoo Music, MSN/Zune) on Tuesday 12/18. Tracks are: Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife, 3 Dimes Down, The Righteous Path, and The Purgatory Line.
If you buy any track from the EP at iTunes, it will be credited to the purchase of the full album (this is called the Complete My Album program).

ANNOUNCEMENT: THE HOME FRONT WORLD TOUR Premiere: Athens GA Jan. 10-12, 2008

We are thrilled to announce the beginning of our 2008 touring season.
We will be kicking The Home Front World Tour 2008 off with a three night stand at our home base Athens GA's Fabulous 40 Watt Club on January 10, 11 and 12.

The first night, January 10th will be a special benefit show for Nuci's Space - Artist's Resource Center
DBT will play their new album BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK live in it's entirety, for what may be the only time ever.
Two of our favorite bands: Don Chambers and GOAT and Bo Bedingfield and the Wydelles will open.

Friday Jan. 11th and Saturday Jan. 12th will be full on Rock Shows and the premiere of our new tour.
Openers will be Glossary (from Murfreesboro TN) on Friday the 11th and The Dexateens (from Tuscaloosa AL) will open on the 12th.
These are two of the best bands in America so don't miss them.

Stay Tuned for announcements of further tourdates in Europe and USA very soon.
See you at The Home Front Rock Show,
Drive-By Truckers

BUY TICKETS STARTING NOV 30 AT 12PM EST

Japancakes Releases new album

Y'ALL:
Just a heads up.
John Neff, our beloved pedal steel maestro has two new albums out now with the band JAPANCAKES.

JAPANCAKES was a great Athens band that has been in hiatus for the past several years.
They recently reformed (or became active again, or whatever the exact wording is) and recorded two albums this summer with Engineer Andy Baker.
For those not familiar with JAPANCAKES' music, it's all instrumental and quite hypnotic. Some if it is downright beautiful.
One of the albums is a mostly original affair called Giving Machines. It's probably my favorite of the two.
The other one is an instrumental reinterpretation of classic My Bloody Valentine album Loveless.
It's quite stunning.

JAPANCAKES features some of Athens GA's finest musicians including Eric Berg, Nick Bielli (of Hayride) Brant Rackley and cellist Heather McIntosh who is just a phenomenal player.
As I said John Neff plays pedal steel throughout and it's always great to hear him play in a different genre of music than that he is most famous for playing.

I believe both albums are available from Darla Records and can most likely be found online at www.japancakesmusic.com (coming soon), the Japancakes MySpace or on iTunes.

Happy Hunting.
Patterson

Notes from Patterson Hood

HOWDY:

First off, CONGRATULATIONS to Ansley and Mike Cooley (Ross and Luke too) for the arrival of their beautiful baby girl DELILAH ROSE COOLEY weighing in at 7 lbs 1.4 oz. on the 14th of November.
I get to meet her in a few days and can't wait.

Just wanted to post a note to wish everyone a safe and hopefully not too crazy Thanksgiving.
Looks like we're about 2 months and 4 days out from release date (1 day less in Europe).
Everyone is busy getting everything together for a big release and extensive tour.
Dates aren't up yet (Hell, I only know a few of them) but I think we'll be in Europe when it drops.
This will be our first trip over in nearly 2 years, which is way too long.
We'll be kicking it off stateside in early February.
We've made this beautiful album and now we're going to see how hard we can Rock that SOB.
Dates should all be announced (at least for the first 3 legs) very soon so stay tuned and keep checking back.

As I've recently said, this new one will be released on vinyl (with reissues of most of our catalog soon to follow).
I recently had to sit down and listen to all of the test pressings to assure maximum goodness.
I took some notes and they are being put up on the DBT site under the discography page, so check em out.

Speaking of the website, Jenn is working on a redesign and it's looking really great.
It incorporates the front and back cover from the new album and shows off a taste of Wes Freed's latest and greatest creation.

BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK will be in stores (and download) CD and 2 Record Set Vinyl on Tuesday January 22, 2008 (Monday January 21, 2008 in Europe).

THE INTERNATIONAL HOME FRONT TOUR kicks off with an American Sneak Peak on January 10th when we will be playing the album live in its entirely (for maybe the only time, certainly a rare event at best) as a benefit for our most cherished cause, NUCI'S SPACE Musician's Resource Center in Athens GA.
The event will be held at The Fabulous 40 Watt Club in Athens.
There will be another band or two (TBA) and we will play the album live at Midnight.
All proceeds will go to the worthy cause (read about it at www.nuci.org.
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON.

Finally, we want to send out condolences to the family and friends of one of our communities most beloved figures.
Ted Hafer owned and operated The Grit , an amazing restaurant and landmark in Athens.
He was a husband and father and great musician and great friend to all who knew him.
He passed away last week and our entire community has been devastated by the loss.
He was always someone who could be counted on to lend a hand in fund raising for any worthy cause and he leaves many a void that won't be easily filled.

To everyone, please have a happy and safe holiday.
Hang in there and we look forward to seeing you soon.

LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers

DO IT FOR JOHNNY - notes from Patterson Hood

DO IT FOR JOHNNY is a back story to a back story with a back story. A multi-layered piece of film art that pulls you in and won't let go. Man fucks up, falls to the bottom then finds redemption, man writes great screenplay about it, man goes to impossible lengths to get screenplay into the right hands, man makes documentary about all of that.
I'm hoping that the film gets picked up by a distributor, becomes a cult smash and leads to the making of the screenplay this doc centers around.
What a happy ending that would be.
A fucking great documentary.
- Patterson Hood (October 1 2007)

DO IT FOR JOHNNY is playing the Hollywood Film Festival Friday, October 19th at 9PM. The screenings will take place at Arclight Cinemas located at 6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. (On Sunset Blvd. between Vine and Ivar).
Tickets will go on sale October 10th, online at http://www.ArclightCinemas.com.

You gotta see Randy and the Mob

One of Patterson's new songs is on the soundtrack of our good friend Raymond McKinnon's new movie, Randy and the Mob. The movie is hysterical and features Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Lisa Blount (there's even some Burt Reynolds) along with a slew of other great people. You may remember Ray as the Oscar Winner for his first short film, "The Accountant", the song "Sinkhole" was based off of (and widely known to be one of our favorite pieces of film, ever). Randy and the Mob will be in theatres this month. Go watch the trailer, and check out the opening cities- and please support this film! You will love it.

Please post this banner or THIS PDF to any sites or lists you are on that might help promote Randy and the Mob. THANK YOU!

UPDATE: RANDY AND THE MOB is coming to Ciné in Athens, GA on October 19. Come see the movie and meet Ray McKinnon!

Spooner Joins DBT for More Fall Dates!

That's right, Spooner is joining the band for a few more dates this fall. You can't miss these shows with the legendary Spooner on keys! The lucky cities are as follow:
Thu Sep 27 - Nashville, TN - Mercy LoungeBUY TICKETS
Fri Sept 28 - Atlanta, GA - Variety PlayhouseBUY TICKETS
Oct 12 - Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay TheatreBUY TICKETS
Oct 13 - New Orleans - Tipitina'sBUY TICKETS
Oct 22 - Chicago, IL - Park WestBUY TICKETS
Oct 24 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom & TavernBUY TICKETS
Oct 25 - State College, PA - The State TheatreBUY TICKETS
Oct 26 - New York, NY - Bowery BallroomBUY TICKETS
Oct 27 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of WilliamsburgBUY TICKETS
Oct 28 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head LiveBUY TICKETS

Child it's tough but your Daddy is a dream Of a Drummer Man

Congratulations to The Drams' amazing drummer Tony Harper and his beautiful wife Lexi for their new baby boy. Can't wait to see the little guy! Boy, do we have some photos to show him when he grows up.

Southern Rock Opera on Vinyl

The Drive-By Truckers' critically-acclaimed double album, Southern Rock Opera, has been re-released on vinyl! Collectors, get you one today.

Truckers Back Bettye LaVette on new album

Bettye LaVette is a soul legend. DBT played her version of "Joy" on the sound system before many, many concerts. Now DBT, along with Spooner Oldham and Patterson's daddy David Hood, have backed Ms. LaVette on her latest album, "The Scene of the Crime," which is due Sept. 25 on Anti-. Read all about it in BillboardBettye's website.

NEW POSTERS BY WES FREED!

Selected cities, where the DBT are playing The Dirt Underneath for two nights in a row, have been chosen to have their own special poster painted by Wes Freed. These posters will be available at shows, or online at the DBT Store

STATEMENT (Great News) 4/20/07

Y'ALL:
Everyone has seen The Godfather (I hope at least a time or two) and knows that a man can't turn down a request on the day of his daughter's wedding.
With that said, last weekend I was in memphis attending the wedding of my dear friend Roxanne Oldham. Her father is Spooner Oldham, who has played keyboards on some of my favorite records ever made. Spooner and my father have played together off and on for 40 years. His is that incredible Wurlitzer part that begins Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved A Man (The Way That I Love You)." He also played on "Do Right Woman" and has co-written some of the greatest songs ever recorded. He has additionally toured and made records with Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Last summer he toured with Crosby Stills Nash and Young. He also played keys on "When The Pin Hits the Shell" on our Decoration Day album.

We had decided some time back that we wanted him to record again with us this summer. With that in mind, last weekend we asked him to come out with us on THE DIRT UNDERNEATH TOUR. He'll be with us in Athens next week and then get in the bus and play for the next two weeks. That way we'll be all tightened up in june when we begin tracking the 8th DBT album.

Additionally, John Neff is all fired up and ready to do some double duty on guitar and pedal steel on our upcoming shows and the next album. He and Shonna will both be stepping up to the mic to help with harmonies and such.

Spirits are high all around, as the songs are continuing to come together and everyone is thrilled and excited to begin this next chapter of the continuing saga that is Drive-By Truckers.

See you soon at a venue near you.
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers

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

VIDEO for AFTERMATH USA

Check out our new video for "Aftermath USA" HEREWes FreedYou Tube. Enjoy!

HOLIDAY SONG

Mrs. Clause's Kimono

Will Johnson, Movie Star!

The DBT and Centro-Maticare tight, as any DBT fan well knows. Centro-Matic has played with DBT at their New Year's shows for several years now, and is an all-time favorite band of everyone in the entire DBT family.

Well, Centro-Matic's front man Will Johnson is a multi-talented man - actually, all the members of that band are - but Will's got a part in a new movie coming out, called Salt Creek County. Looks funny as hell. Check it out

Songs of Adam's House Cat Show

Remember Adam's House Cat? That's the band Patterson and Cooley had way before DBT, and they had some incredible songs. Some of the most rockin' DBT songs were once AHC songs in fact - ButtholevilleLookout Mountainto name a couple - but there were lots of other amazing tunes that rarely see the light of day anymore.

Cooley and Patterson have only gotten together to do AHC songs 2 or 3 times since AHC broke up, but did it again (with The EZB, too!) on December 1, 2006 at Nuçi's Spacein Athens, GA - for a great cause. Sabina Hartley-Burkeis the 7-year-old daughter of some old friends. Sabina was recently diagnosed with a malignant tumor on her brain stem, and of course medical costs are an incredible burden on the family. Here in the DBT camp we're all too aware of the insane problems with medical costs in this country, and doing whatever we can to help bring attention to them is important to all of us.

Earlier in the evening, at 7pm, world-class magician Steve Trashperformed his magic show for kids of all ages. It was a huge success! Steve Trash had us all laughing and amazed at his magical talents.

T-Shirts were donated by Rob at the best little t-shirt shop in the world, Aztec Graphics. Employees from Digital Insight and friends and fans of the band all came together to help with everything from taking donations to loading equipment. The whole night ended up bringing in almost $5000 for the Sabina fund, and a great time was had by all! If you missed it, check out the message boards on ninebullets.orgto find recordings, and please don't forget to donate to the Sabina Hartley-Burkefund!

Get DBT Updates on your phone

DBT now has a mobile club that fans can use to sign up for regular updates from the band.

Just text 'DBT' to phone number 32852 and follow the instructions to sign up for the VIP Drive-By Truckers mobile club. You will have access to an exclusive ringtone download of 'Aftermath USA' as well as up to the minute news from the band.*

*Standard messaging rates apply. Complete details at http://blessingandacurse.com/tones

Drive-By Truckers in Concert on NPR

NPRhosts the full DBT performance live from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., recorded on Saturday, July 15, 2006. Listen in!ALSO, check out NPR's Weekend All Things Considered which ran on Saturday (7/29)for a short interview and live, in-studio versions of "Outfit" and "World of Hurt".

Tour Notes

Patterson's written up some tour notes from this last run they did, so we made a Tour Notes page that he and other DBT members can add to, so you should definitely keep checking back for updates. Check it out!

COMES WITH A SMILE

Dirty South outtake 'Great Car Dealer War' now available (thanks www.ninebuillets.org!)
Looking for more from the Dirty South? Issue #20 of UK magazine Comes With A Smileincludes a CD with a previously unreleased DBT track! Another great Patterson tune, 'The Great Car Dealer War' was recorded during the Dirty South sessions, and tells the story of a hired arsonist in north Alabama.

A taste of the lyrics...

Didn't kill nobody, didn't mean no harm. Just making money and having fun.
Didn't kill nobody, but I know the score. I just start the fires in the great car dealer war.