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“Almost to a one, the real greats always build a universe that’s bigger than their personal concerns.” A Discussion About Story Songs with Singer-Songwriter, Drive-By Trucker and All-Around Stalwart Patterson Hood

By Elizabeth Nelson

In General

On December 5, 2023

Photo of Patterson Hood by Andy Tennillee ICYMI! To celebrate the recent Paranoid Style single "Print the Legend," I talked "story songs" with one of the kings of the genre: Patterson Hood from the Drive-By Truckers! We discuss Tom T. Hall, Townes Van Zandt and...

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“All the Usual Suspects Are Acting Weird:” A Song-By-Song Consideration of the Drive-By Truckers’ new record ‘Welcome 2 Club XIII’

By Elizabeth Nelson

On June 10, 2022

It's been twenty-five years, give or take, that the world has enjoyed the highly specific miracle of the Drive-By Truckers and no one is more shocked than them. Their remarkable.

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