Why can't Cooley sing anymore? What happened? Is it strictly an age thing?coornelius wrote:Surrender Under Protest is on Spotify, YouTube, etc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB4aP31heQE
Appears the album will be called American Band.
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- Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:54 am
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: New songs thread
- Replies: 196
- Views: 88361
Re: New songs thread
- Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:16 pm
- Forum: Former Band Members
- Topic: Isbell ... 4 Nights at the Ryman
- Replies: 52
- Views: 28396
Re: Isbell ... 4 Nights at the Ryman
I'll be there Friday only. Friends: if you haven't already secured accommodations for Fri and Sat, good luck. I had hoped to stay downtown but the few rooms I could find are out of my range - apparently Vandy has a home game and I waited too late. The Titans home game on Sunday is more likely the c...
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:31 pm
- Forum: Former Band Members
- Topic: Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free 7/17
- Replies: 673
- Views: 227230
Re: Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free 7/17
Bro-Country? I don't think that word means what you think it means. I meant the video and not the song. Though I'm not a fan of the song either. I edited my post to say "truck commercial" rather than "bro-country" as I think that's more accurate. I can live with that description. Not enough boobs a...
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:59 pm
- Forum: Former Band Members
- Topic: Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free 7/17
- Replies: 673
- Views: 227230
Re: Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free 7/17
Bro-Country? I don't think that word means what you think it means.
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:10 am
- Forum: Former Band Members
- Topic: Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free 7/17
- Replies: 673
- Views: 227230
Re: Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free 7/17
SMTF is a double LP also. Gatefold. The whole deal.tinnitus photography wrote:well to be fair to Wilco, with the exception of AM, Summerteeth and WTA i think they have all been double LP pressings.
i bought the two Loose Fur records for $13 and $15. Go Drag City!!!
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:38 am
- Forum: Former Band Members
- Topic: Jason Isbell-Foothills Festival
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2660
Re: Jason Isbell-Foothills Festival
It was excellent. Probably one of the better Isbell shows I have seen.
- Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:25 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: English Oceans At Six Months
- Replies: 154
- Views: 37517
Re: English Oceans At Six Months
I haven't listened to EO in months. I can't see that changing much.
- Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:34 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: English Oceans Discussion Thread
- Replies: 2566
- Views: 613442
Re: English Oceans Discussion Thread
Actually I'm going back through this thread reading song meanings. I feel like I do better when I have a really good grasp on the song and I often need to read others opinions to get that grasp. Just read RevMatt's description of 'Primer Coat' and listened to it again. Total gut punch. I have two da...
- Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:26 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: English Oceans Discussion Thread
- Replies: 2566
- Views: 613442
Re: English Oceans Discussion Thread
I've decided to put the album on the shelf for a week or two. I've listened to it in its entirety every day since release and it's just not happening for me. So I'm going to take a break and come back to it in a week or two.
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:26 pm
- Forum: Former Band Members
- Topic: Ranking Isbell's Albums
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6795
Re: Ranking Isbell's Albums
What does everyone think of the live album? I wish it was recorded with the current edition of The 400 Unit plus Amanda. Jason's solos sound much better when there is rhythm guitar underneath. 1) Here We Rest 2) Southeastern 3) Sirens 4) Self Titled For me, the horns on the live album make the albu...
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:20 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: English Oceans Discussion Thread
- Replies: 2566
- Views: 613442
Re: English Oceans Discussion Thread
I haven't listened to a single second of the new record. One of the joys in my life is getting a new album and opening it and listening to it from start to finish and taking it as a new experience. I'll be waiting for the official release and then have to go combing through this thread to find out e...
- Tue Dec 17, 2013 2:45 pm
- Forum: Former Band Members
- Topic: Jason Isbell and the 400 - Florence - Dec 14
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2822
Re: Jason Isbell and the 400 - Florence - Dec 14
The horns really make Super 8 a different song. I loved it.
- Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:24 pm
- Forum: Former Band Members
- Topic: Jason Isbell and the 400 - Florence - Dec 14
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2822
Re: Jason Isbell and the 400 - Florence - Dec 14
Sounds like there will be a horn section at this show. That's exciting.
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:25 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: It really IS a 26 mile drive
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4177
Re: It really IS a 26 mile drive
You can do it just to say you've done it I guess, but there is absolutely nothing to see in either community.
- Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:05 am
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: Muscle Shoals Documentary
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4367
Re: Muscle Shoals Documentary
Hey, somebody in the Shoals is finally doing something that makes sense, showing the Muscle Shoals documentary at the only theater in the area.
http://www.timesdaily.com/news/local/ar ... f6eda.html
http://www.timesdaily.com/news/local/ar ... f6eda.html
- Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:21 pm
- Forum: Former Band Members
- Topic: Elephant
- Replies: 43
- Views: 11731
Re: Elephant
The vulgar part of the song is not that word, but cancer. Cancer is vulgar. Extremely vulgar if you've had to sit and watch someone die from it. I think he uses that word to snap the listeners head around a little bit. And then get to the gist of the song.
- Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:24 am
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: The story behind the song Decoration Day
- Replies: 26
- Views: 13080
Re: The story behind the song Decoration Day
The Song of the Week thread is full of people who don't know the real story just making guesses about things based on the song lyrics.
- Fri Jun 21, 2013 3:20 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: DBT Albums - Week 8 Decoration Day
- Replies: 68
- Views: 48209
Re: DBT Albums - Week 8 Decoration Day
Here's a picture of the grave of the man that Hollan Hill killed in the song Decoration Day
- Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:26 pm
- Forum: Former Band Members
- Topic: Jason Isbell: Southeastern Album Thread
- Replies: 383
- Views: 166089
Re: Jason Isbell: Southeastern Album Thread
I've been listening to Elephant at least once a day trying to 'get it' like the rest of you who think its one of his best songs. Haven't gotten there yet. I'll keep trying though. I like the idea but the execution is lacking.
- Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:52 am
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: dbt tracks week 23 - Uncle Frank ---> T.V.A.
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39996
Re: dbt tracks week 23 - Uncle Frank ---> T.V.A.
I get what you are saying. Jason's been known to take some license with his story songs. In Decoration Day where he says his (the character) daddy's grave isn't marked, it really is marked. It even says "King of Mt Zion" on it. And if I'm going to be overly-critical, Cooley's song isn't 10...
- Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:36 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: dbt tracks week 23 - Uncle Frank ---> T.V.A.
- Replies: 52
- Views: 39996
Re: dbt tracks week 23 - Uncle Frank ---> T.V.A.
Does it bother anybody else that TVA is historically inaccurate? 1) TVA didn't build Wilson Dam 2) Wilson Dam was finished before the creation of TVA and the presidency of Roosevelt. He could have helped build one of the other dams I guess, but Wilson is the largest and the only one that might have ...
- Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:35 am
- Forum: Former Band Members
- Topic: Jason Isbell: Southeastern Album Thread
- Replies: 383
- Views: 166089
Re: Jason Isbell: Southeastern Album Thread
I definitely get a Ryan Adams vibe on some songs too. Relatively Easy is one that really makes me think of Ryan Adams, but its post-Love is Hell crappy Ryan Adams. So far, I'm not liking this as well as Here We Rest. Too much hype with all of the 'career defining masterpiece' talk I guess. There hav...
- Thu Apr 25, 2013 1:36 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: Track of the Week #59 - Great Car Dealer War
- Replies: 20
- Views: 23247
Re: Track of the Week #59 - Great Car Dealer War
Basic backstory: In the late 70s, a lot of car dealers burned here in the Shoals. I assume the name "Big Jim Stevens" comes from the current Chevy dealership in Muscle Shoals, Jim Bishop, and current one in Florence, Nelda Stephenson. "Big Jim Stevens" in the song is actually a m...
- Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:07 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: Johnny Neff Quits
- Replies: 316
- Views: 100994
Re: Johnny Neff Quits
A couple of thoughts that nobody cares about: 1) Robert Randolph and Neff don't play the same style of steel at all. Neff plays traditional pedal steel. RR only uses the pedals to change the tuning and not in a traditional way such as to change the pitch of one string while the pitch of another stri...
- Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:33 pm
- Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
- Topic: Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
- Replies: 522
- Views: 167489
Re: Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
My favorite album of the year so far as well. Love the purple vinyl and love the album as a whole. Everything You Took and Righteous Ragged Songs are killer
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:49 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: DBT Track #72 Sinkhole
- Replies: 38
- Views: 26017
Re: DBT Track #72 Sinkhole
I gotta be honest, I don't care for the live version when they slow it down at the end instead of just blowing straight through the song. It loses the energy and power for me.
- Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:18 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: A little pre-DBT history for yall
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1385
Re: A little pre-DBT history for yall
beantownbubba wrote:If I'm recollecting correctly, there's a bunch of pages of Peter Guralnick's masterful Elvis bio devoted to Elvis's first appearance at the Hayloft and what an impact it had on Elvis's developing style/approach/image.
Wrong Hayloft Opry.
- Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:42 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: A little pre-DBT history for yall
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1385
A little pre-DBT history for yall
In the Liner Notes for The Dirty South, Patterson says (loosely paraphrasing) that "Mike Cooley discovered Rock n Roll when his father took him to see Carl Perkins at the Hayloft Opry in downtown Tuscumbia Alabama." Well, my father played in the house band at the Hayloft Opry. Here is a ne...
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:39 am
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: Go Go Boots at the Six Month Mark
- Replies: 148
- Views: 34193
Re: Go Go Boots at the Six Month Mark
I love THE SONG "Pulaski", but I don't care for the arrangement. I heard live recordings of Cooley doing this on acoustic as far back as 2001 and I liked those versions much more than the one on Go Go Boots. Still a great song. Yeah, I feel the same. In fact, I find myself liking each new...
- Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:53 am
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: DBT playing in The Shoals
- Replies: 80
- Views: 18339
Re: DBT playing in The Shoals
Pretty lame crowd for most of the show. As mstaper noted, I'm sure the "elderly " had a lot to do with that though.