"Drive-By Truckers are [t]he best hard rock band in America"

[Dawson Leery]

Eine Band irgegendwo zwischen Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Whiskeytown, The Jayhawks, My Morning Jacket und Steve Earle auf der einen und Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Rolling Stones und The Replacements auf der anderen Seite.




DBT ist nichts für zwischendurch obwohl die Natur der Musik durchweg geradeaus ist. Wenn man sich aber ein wenig auf die Geschichten einlässt und auf die Figuren von denen erzählt wird erkennt man recht schnell wie smart und ergiebig die Texte sind und wie schnell man sich in den Geschichten wiederfindet und so manch Person aus dem eigenen Leben wiedererkennt.

Einfach intelligent, aufrichtig und wichtig in Beziehung auf die gesellschaftlichen Berichte und Äußerungen in denen Leuten eine Stimme gegeben wird die in der heutigen Musik keine mehr haben, weder in den Top 40 und im restlichen Mainstream, noch außerhalb.

DBT sind einfach eine Band, die Songs schreibt die zu unterstützen sind weil diese von Charakteren handeln die es Wert sind unsere Unterstützung zu erhalten. Es ist einfach unheimlich erfrischend so eine smarte, umsichtige und aufgeweckte Gruppe zu haben die über Dinge singt über die normalerweise solch gescheite Musiker meistens nicht schreiben.






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Southern Rock Opera should be required listening not only for fans of the genre, but anyone interested in the history of '70s rock, or even the history of the South in that decade.

More the story of [Patterson] Hood than Skynyrd, this is thought-provoking music that also slashes, burns, and kicks out the jams. Its narrative comes to life through these songs of alienation, excess, and, ultimately, salvation, as seen through the eyes of someone who lived and understands it better than most.

Somber and smart, Decoration Day also manages to kick like a mule, and if isn't the same sort of masterpiece as Southern Rock Opera, it's strong enough to suggest the Drive-By Truckers may have a handful of masterpieces up their sleeves.

Believe it -- the Drive-By Truckers are the best, smartest, and most soulful hard rock band to emerge in a very long time, and while The Dirty South isn't always good for laughs, it has too many great stories and too much fierce, passionate rock & roll for anyone who cares about such things to dare pass it up.

Without polishing away their personality, producer David Barbe and mixer John Agnello get the band's three-guitar onslaught on tape with equal shares of muscle and clarity, while the tight interplay between the players suggests the Rolling Stones at their Sticky Fingers/Exile on Main St. peak as much as the DBTs' oft-cited role models Lynyrd Skynyrd.
A Blessing and a Curse doesn't try to tell one big story, but 11 small ones that follow a similar trail through 21st century America, and if it isn't as ambitious as the three releases that preceded it, it still confirms that the Drive-By Truckers are still what they were before making this record: the best hard rock band in America today.

[L]ess than three weeks into 2008 it's hard not to escape the feeling that with [Brighter Than Creation's Dark] we may already have the best album of the year.

Women without Whiskey

If I make it through this year, I think I'm gonna put this bottle down
[...]
You know the bottle ain't to blame and I ain't trying to
It don't make you do a thing it just lets you
When I'm six feet underground, I'll need a drink or two
[...]
If morning's a bitch with open arms and night's a girl who's gone to far
Whiskey is harder to keep than a woman and it's half as sweet
But women without whiskey, women without whiskey
Whiskey is hard to beat

Marry Me

Rock 'n Roll means well, but it can't help tellin' young boys lies

The Day John Henry Died

John Henry was a steel-driving bastard but John Henry was a bastard just the same.
An engine never thinks about his daddy and an engine never needs to write its name.

Anspieltipps:

• The Three Great Alabama Icons
• Marry Me (Rockpalast-Stream [RealAudio] der Studioversion)
• Where the Devil don't stay
• The Day John Henry died [last.fm full title]
• Ronnie and Neil [last.fm full title]
• Carl Perkins' Cadillac
• Women without Whiskey [last.fm full title]
• Puttin' People on the Moon

ein komplettes 2 Stunden 36 Minuten Konzert in Radioqualität zum Runterladen (143 MB)
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