Conversation with Wes from back in 2011. He was one piece of work: https://jambands.com/features/2011/08/3 ... wes-freed/

Funny you should mention the groove, Crusty, because that's the best way I've come up with to describe the differences between the shows: Hartford rocked, Portland was more like an extended groove, until the point at it rocked the fuck out (see my description of the "encore" in my previous post). I...

Crusty!! :D :D Hope to meet you tonite. Hey, man - Just got home and saw this now on the 'puter (too wound to sleep just yet) ... I don't own an iAnything (still a flip phoner) so I'm not much for webbing on the road. If you saw a big, tall, white-haired guy with a big grin, that was me; wife and I...

CooleyGirl wrote:Rock show tonight! Don't miss the Seratones!

Aye! Crusty ... back from the dead!

Since I spent the last couple of years recording and touring my sensitive music *wink* it's time to break out the fuzz, turn the amps up loud and play some ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC!! Marc Ford's taking the Neptune Blues Club into the studio this month - and if you want to lend a hand, it's all right her...

Thanks, y'all - tickled it gets the 3DD stamp of approval. I hadn't been doing much music-related writing; been burrowed into saltwater-sodden projects ... but when I listened to the review copy of IGTBA , I knew it deserved some words. And those two guys are the best to talk to ... just an easy con...

Merry Christmas, y'all! New feature on the boys in the latest issue of Relix mag - talking with Patterson and Cooley about the making of IGTBA , not analyzing shit too much, and the beauty of 60-cycle hum: http://brian-robbins.com/drive-by-truckers-live-alive/ http://brian-robbins.com/wp-content/upl...

Goddamn. I just did this interview with Mac for Hittin The Note mag: http://www.hittinthenote.com/IanM-Nov14.asp I waited over 40 years for a chance to tell him "Thank you" - and before we hung up, he called me "a lovely man." And laugh - oh, didn't we laugh. Give 'em flowers whi...

Don't know where this should be (feel free to moderate as needed), but here's the view from here: http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2014/12/02/drive-by-truckers-english-oceans-deluxe-black-ice-verite And then comes the clincher – the moment when nothing else matters except the heart. As Morgan tak...

Had a chance to interview him a couple years ago after his autobiography came out. Bobby was a hoot-an-a-half and totally gracious ... he considered himself lucky to have shared the company of all the players he stood alongside of: “My life has been as unrehearsed as a hiccup, man." One of the ...

Review up on Jambands.com: http://www.jambands.com/reviews/dvds/2014/11/26/jason-isbell-live-at-austin-city-limits And then comes one of the moments that will make you glad this is a video, rather than simply an album. As wonderfully recorded as this performance was, it’s the ability to see Jason’s ...

Just up on GuitarWorld.com: The Bottle Rockets’ Brian Henneman: Rickenbacker Romance and Amplifier Angst Reuniting with the one that got away, the lifespans of parakeets and the recipe for Instant Keith Richards: http://www.guitarworld.com/bottle-rockets-brian-henneman-rickenbacker-romance-and-ampli...

Brian Henneman Of The Bottle Rockets: 20 Weird Dog Years And Still Countin’

Interview: http://www.jambands.com/features/2014/06/21/brian-henneman-of-the-bottle-rockets-20-weird-dog-years-and-still-countin

I already got some hate mail. Excerpt from my Jambands review of the Gregg Allman All My Friends tribute concert: Biggest “What The Hell Was That All About?” Moment : Let’s face it: “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More” would be a tough cover for anyone to tackle. The original version was the opening cut on ...

Jawin' with Cooley & Hood in the latest issue of Hittin' The Note (#81):

Thanks, y'all - but with an album like that, this is the easy part.

By the way, hadn't visited for a bit and didn't know about the bingo card ... yikes.

Interview with Jay coming up online; Cooley & Hood down the road for Hittin' The Note mag.

If you like crunch with your twang; if you think it’s a crying shame that Hank Williams Sr. never lived long enough to won a Nudie suit; if you think the ultimate gig would be Johnny Cash fronting The Bottle Rockets – or Uncle Tupelo at their cowpunkiest – then you, my friend, need to listen to The...

Jimbo's new one is wicked: A little over a year ago Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition laid White Buffalo upon us – a multi-faceted album that captured the soul of the :::HANK:::KEITH:::JIMI::: holy trinity. A time capsule-worthy collection of interplanetary honky-tonk at its best, White Buf...

Damn straight. From release week back in January: I bet I could make you smile just by listing off the members of the Hard Working Americans: Duane Trucks on drums, paired up with bass monster Dave Schools; Chad Staehly on keys laying it down alongside of Neal Casal on guitar; and Todd Snider out fr...

All kinds of English Oceans projects coming up. In the meantime, doing some cleanup - some AAW from the current issue of Hittin The Note mag (#79): http://brian-robbins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DTB.AAW001.jpg Link to the piece: http://brian-robbins.com/drive-by-truckers-alabama-ass-whuppin/

The Cooleyisms start right in early on "Shit Shots Count":

"Trophy tail wives taking boner pill rides for the price of a happy meal ..."

The thing about the Dexateens (the blessing and the curse, in its way) is they have never tried to be anything except themselves. Given the Alabama-based band’s tried-and-proven abilities to rock like the sun is never going to rise again and then turn around and play it all raggedy-assed sweet like...

1. Shit Shots Count
2. When He''s Gone
3. Primer Coat
4. Pauline Hawkins
5. Made Up English Oceans
6. The Part Of Him
7. Hearing Jimmy Loud
8. Til He's Dead Or Rises
9. Hanging On
10. Natural Light
11. When Walter Went Crazy
12. First Air Of Autumn
13. Grand Canyon

Much appreciated, folks. I'd want to hear if it missed the boat, as well - I don't come here for rubdowns.

Hey - if any of this stuff should be tucked somewhere else instead of hogging up its own thread, go for it, by all means.

Apart from all that: extry gravy for all!

On the band, her bass heroes, being a "crazy donkey lady" and not really A Tell All: http://www.jambands.com/features/2013/11/25/shonna-tucker-eye-candy-a-tell-all-life-on-the-farm/#.UpPFC_avwt5

Twenty years? Twenty years? Yeah, twenty years. The Bottle Rockets have been doling out the crunchy twang; the twangy crunch; the tug-at-your-heart, kick-you-in-the-ass, and make-you-think sorta lyrics (the kind that undermined their best efforts to make you think they’re just a bunch of simple goo...

Shonna interview coming up on Jambands.com ...

Jenn wrote: I swear I should not say, and I am goddammit not saying this shit to seem cool cause I get to hear it in progress or whatever the fuck, but the new record is just so... I can't stop... I swear to god. Cannot. stop. listening. I'm going to wake up sober and delete this, so just know - go...

... plus the Cooley/Johnny Cash thing; the song Patterson's most proud of; and why it's always good to have Triple-A when you have a beat-to-shit van: http://www.jambands.com/features/2013/09/20/patterson-hood-alabama-ass-whuppin-drive-by-truckers-upcoming-studio-album-and-thank-god-for-triple-a/#.U...

Stand back, world – armed with a longstanding songwriting talent and a newfound clarity, Jason Isbell is on a roll. Remember when John Hiatt got a hold on things all those years ago – and the result was Bring The Family ? Southeastern is that same caliber of masterpiece. Review's up on Jambands: ht...