Came across this while looking for an appropriate existing thread for a question. DBT and Slobberbone teaming up on Cortez the Killer. Happy for/jealous of all of you Shoalsfest attendees this weekend!

Now what the hell was my question?

After having missed a couple of the shows, I'm so glad I caught Patterson's most recent (at the 11th hour, literally). I appreciate the insight he offers into where he was (physically and mentally) when a song was written. Impactful show and I can't stop thinking about it today. "Protest songs are f...

The Bitter Southerner Podcast Episode 7: Progress, Heartbreak & Art: the TVA The Tennessee Valley Authority’s dams brought electricity to the rural South, and in our region’s lore, it looms huge: the classic story of people vs. progress. We explore the progress, heartbreak and art of the TVA with gu...

Fun but tough question! Prompted me to take inventory - I'm missing a few that I need to add while I still can. For me, SRO Act I Side A: DAYS OF GRADUATION RONNIE AND NEIL 72 (this highway's mean) DEAD, DRUNK, AND NAKED GUITAR MAN UPSTAIRS Question: Do any DBT albums other than Go-Go Boots have etc...

Sorry I missed you! I was there as well, first time at Track 29. I was impressed with the sound quality. Show was fantastic. Highlights for me: Baggage, Imagine and Used To Be A Cop - the band looked like they were really having fun, like they knew they were producing some really cool sounds. How ab...

FANTASTIC photos! Thanks so much for sharing here.

I'm in awe of all you smart, talented folks who contributed items to the auction. I was the winning bidder on a couple of items including a digitally enhanced photograph mounted on foam board that I am absolutely in love with. I would like to contact the artist but I neglected to take down the name....

Guilty as charged on slacking a bit… Random observations from the show: Kyle Craft - Wow! Oozes talent. Big, huge voice filled the Mother Church nicely. I don’t know anything about the process for choosing openers but DBT has given me many gifts through the years including this one. Sound for DBT wa...

1. schlanky 2. Uncle Rickey 3. CooleyGirl 4. Tequila Cowboy 5. Lurleen McQueen 6. Bill in CT 7. Smitty 8. Ladonna 9. Beaverdam (plus his father-in-law) 10. litdimly (Paige) Looking forward to it! Not completely unrelated, does anyone know the approximate address of the factory/warehouse where SRO w...

Indeed! I don't want to be a night one casualty again. I've been training (standing more than sitting) and have put on a few pounds for the occasion. I had hoped to take off work this year but will have to go to ATL for some meetings on Thursday then a few meetings in Athens on Friday. I'll look int...

After a three year hiatus Richmond Fontaine has once again teamed up with producer John Askew and has just wrapped up work on their new album You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing To Go Back To, due out in 2016.

http://richmondfontaine.com/press-bio

I got this in an email from the Ryman today: The opening act will take the stage each night at 8:00 p.m. followed by Jason Ibell at 9:15 p.m. I will be there tomorrow night! Hope to make it by Robert's to meet you all and thank you in person for the Jason SOTWs. I don't have much to add but have bee...

From Augusta last night - my first outdoor show I suck at set lists but I think I've got the opener and last two songs correct - everything else is out of order and it's entirely possible I missed one or two so hopefully someone will chime in and improve it: SSC Pauline Hawkins (a Pauline Hawkins in...

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.

Night one casualty here. Just want to say THANK YOU to all of you wonderful folks for taking care of me. I'm fine - just got a little overheated and dehydrated. BP was 90 over 70 which is a little lower than my norm. I'm home, drinking coconut water. Even stranger, husband dreamed earlier this week ...

Sound was outstanding to my ears, from the left of the stage. Early highlights for me included Cooley's guitar on Daddy Needs a Drink and Hood's guitar on Women Without Whiskey. Their vocal harmonies throughout - I remember thinking that I hope they know how good they sound. Mickey Raphael - wow - a...

I heard him perform Rachel's Song by James McMurtry. It was at a solo acoustic show at Red Clay in Duluth, GA in June, 2012. I still get chills when I think about it.

I'm planning on Macon:
Music Ambassadors welcomes Mike Cooley—songwriter, singer, guitarist and co-founder of Drive-By Truckers—to Macon on Saturday, December 6. Cooley will play a rare and intimate house concert at a historic home in Macon's College Hill Corridor.

In!

Semi-related, have we ever discussed renaming the band? Personally I love the name but if I'm recalling correctly, Patterson has expressed something less than love for the name now. If not Drive-By Truckers then what? CHJ?

James McMurtry - No More Buffalo

Went to see Lydia Loveless/Old 97's last night (Thursday, May 29) in Atlanta. Lydia was a no-show. I was disappointed but things happen. When I bought the tickets, I felt that the schedule was ambitious/hellish (New Orleans/Atlanta on consecutive nights) but that may have nothing to do with nothing....

Ex Hex

This was last Friday, February 28th, Peter Buck/Alejandro Escovedo. Kevin Kinney joined a few minutes later with Honeysuckle Blue (I think Patterson had left at this point but I was not in the best form so if you hear differently from someone else, I'd believe them).

Can't believe I get to do this again tonight - I'm happy that so many folks made it safely and heartbroken for those who could not. Hopefully, those en route will make it yet. The musicianship - just incredible. Watching/hearing those guitars - I can't get enough. Loved it all but Space City absolut...

Enough Rope - Chris Knight
House and 90 Acres - Chris Knight
Space City - DBT
Where've You Been - Kathy Mattea

Great suggestions from The Avon Lady - Viva! is wonderful.

Please be aware that Pulaski Heights BBQ is BYOB for now - it's kinda good news so long as you know beforehand.

Power Lunch at The National (or vegetable plate if you are there in the evening - a little pricey to me but that's relative I suppose).

There is probably a more logical location for this but I'm putting it here because of the fantastic album art behind Warren and his lesson learned about introducing yourself to folks that you want to meet. Maybe I'll actually introduce myself to beantownbubba this year.... http://www.cnn.com/video/d...

In his essay in The Bitter Southerner (http://bittersoutherner.com/patterson-h ... htCdz8bgsI), Patterson writes, "my partner Mike Cooley wrote a fair share, including the two best songs" (referring to SRO).

So, which two are the best in Patterson's opinion?