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Ever South – Drive-By Truckers It’s hard for me to believe that it has been so long since I’ve written on this blog. For those who don’t know, I started a Master’s program in early August, which has taken most of my free time that I would use to write. I really hate that. The Read more
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Self Destructive Zones – Drive By Truckers The Drive By Truckers first post-Isbell record, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark is one of their best. There are plenty of songs to highlight and it was hard to choose just one for today’s post, but before I got into this album in it’s entirety, “Self Destructive Zones” was Read more
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Play It All Night Long – Warren Zevon Warren Zevon, one of my all time favorites, discussed before briefly during my live music week a while back on the blog. “Play It All Night Long‘s” satirical nature is probably what is so attractive about the song, opening with the bold statement – Grandpa pissed his Read more
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Panties In Your Purse – Drive By Truckers A couple of months ago, I had the awesome experience of seeing Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers play a solo acoustic show at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, one of the coolest shows I’ve ever been to. If you’ve followed the blog for a while, you know Read more
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I’m sure most everyone is aware of Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay, and I thought it would be fun to share my listening year in review. I will update this post when December stats are released. There’s, of course, some familiar ones in here from the blog, but hopefully some surprises as well! Top Read more
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Three Dimes Down – Mike Cooley (Drive By Truckers) Happy Friday the 13th! I had the pleasure of seeing Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers with about 50 others last night at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur. My buddy and I, who went together, have seen the Truckers a couple of times, but this was our Read more
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Guitar Man Upstairs (Live) – Mike Cooley (Drive By Truckers) Happy Monday! Over the weekend I got to see the Drive By Truckers again, this time performing one of my favorite albums of all time, Southern Rock Opera, in its entirety at The Tabernacle. One of the lighter and fun songs off that album is Read more
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Live at Plan 9 July 13th, 2006 – Drive-By Truckers I featured a Drive-By Truckers song that was really a Jason Isbell song, so I decided to make it up to them by featuring an entire album of theirs. I was debating about which studio album to look at, but ended up going with one Read more
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Decoration Day – Drive By Truckers I don’t think I could ever write any post that aptly does this song justice, as it is an absolute masterclass in storytelling by Jason Isbell. (If you’re not familiar, he got his start with one of my favorite bands ever, the Drive-By Truckers.) I firmly believe that Mr. Read more
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