Shows! Shows! Shows! After a long time without seeing a show because I was in Mexico, I've seen three in a week in a half. The most important to me of course was Drive By Truckers, at the State Theater in Portland, Maine. I had...
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A couple of weeks ago, several LGM writers descended upon Athens, Georgia. The putative reason was the Drive By Truckers homecoming in Athens, which we had all wanted to go.
The big music story for me in the last few weeks was my annual Drive By Truckers shows, #25-27. The first was at the Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, New.
Last weekend, I had the tremendous pleasure of seeing a really great music festival plus other music related ridiculousness. Next week's post will discuss the music museums I visited. This week, we will focus on the music. I started in Memphis, where I saw my...
I was lucky enough to see my 22nd Drive By Truckers show at the Royale in Boston last Thursday. It was also the last day of classes for me until.
I haven't written a Music Notes column in a long time, largely because I've been traveling so much, often for shows. So let me highlight a couple and then I.
I spent last weekend at Shoalsfest in Florence, Alabama, followed by a trip to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. While there is plenty of music news and interesting articles to report, I am going to delay them all for the next issue, as there is...
This goes out to everyone who wants to talk about something else than politics on Super Tuesday. This is going to be a very heavy Drive-By Truckers based post. Album.
This was quite the last couple of weeks for music in my world Not only did I get lucky enough to listen to some really great albums for the first.
Let’s discuss The Dirty South, the fifth record by the unaccountably brilliant American institution known as the Drive-By Truckers, which turns fifteen (15!) this summer. The Dirty South is an expansive record, 14 deeply-layered songs unfolding over the course of 70 minutes, every second of...
I saw my 13th Drive By Truckers show on Monday in State College, Pennsylvania. It was another very fine show. You'd think they would get tired as they age, but.
That this blog is a huge fan of the Drive-By Truckers is no secret, but part of the reason is that Patterson Hood is such a great songwriter and summarizer.