Welcome to another installment of Mixed Tape Monday, where I will WOW you with my wonderful compilation of music:
Today’s topic is People’s Names:
Song: Ruby’s Two Sad Daughters
Artist: Walt Wilkins
Album: Fire, Honey, & Angels
Song: Sherry Darling
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: The River
Song: Melissa
Artist: The Allman Brothers Band
Album: Eat a Peach
Song: Jolene
Artist: Ray LaMontagne
Album: Trouble
Song: Suzie Blue
Artist: Ben Harper
Album: Burn to Shine
Song: Oh, Josephine
Artist: The Black Crowes
Album: War Paint
Song: Capn Kirk
Artist: Bob Schneider
Album: I’m Good Now
Song: For Emma
Artist: Bon Iver
Album: For Emma, Forever Aga
Song: Mr. Larkin
Artist: State Radio
Album: Us Against the Crown
Song: Meanwhile, Rick James
Artist: Cake
Album: Comfort Eagle
Song: Suite Judy Blue Eyes
Artists: Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Album: Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Song: Amie
Artist: Damien Rice
Album: O
Song: Elias
Artist: Dispatch
Album: Silent Steeples
Song: Carl Perkin’s Cadillac
Artist: Drive-By Truckers
Album: The Dirty South
Song: Johnson’s Love
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Album: Hillbilly Deluxe
Song: Amelia
Artist: Erin Ivey
Album: Sweet Little EP
Song: Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down
Artist: Interpol
Album: Turn On the Bright Lights
Song: Kathleen
Artist: Josh Ritter
Album: Hello Starling
Song: Slow Down Jo
Artist: Monsters of Folk
Album: Monsters of Folk
Song: Oh Maria
Artist: Mudcrutch
Album: Mudcrutch
Great music awaits!
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Today, let us rejoice in the three axe attack of Drive-By Truckers.
Drive-By Truckers Discography and best song per album:
- Gangstabilly (1998)
- Pizza Deliverance (1999)
- Alabama Ass Whuppin (Live 2000)
- Southern Rock Opera (2002)
- Shut Up and Get On the Plane
- Decoration Day (2003)
- The Dirty South (2004)
- A Blessing and a Curse (2006)
- Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (2008)
- Live from Austin, TX (2009)
- The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities and Rarities (2009)
- The Big To-Do (2010)
Top 3 Drive-By Trucker Albums:
- Brighter Than Creations Dark
- A Blessing and a Curse
- Decoration day
Top 10 Drive-By Trucker Songs:
- Gravity’s Gone
- Self Destructive Zones
- Decoration Day
- Outfit
- A Ghost To Most
- Nine Bullets
- Cottonseed
- The Righteous Path
- Monument Valley
- Carl Perkin’s Cadillac
As a little bonus, I will add another category that involves lyrically genius.
Drive-By Truckers Genius Lyrics:
- The hippies rode a wave putting smiles on faces, that the devil wouldn’t even put a shoe
Caught between a generation dying from its habits, and another thinking rock and roll was new
Till the pawn shops were packed like a backstage party, hanging full of pointy ugly cheap guitars
And the young’uns all turned to karaoke, hanging all their wishes upon disregarded stars
- Reverend Bob is pointin’ his finger Mom and Dad follow every last word
All this hollerin’ makes me wonder does a whispered prayer get heard?
Reverend Bob is preachin’ out thunder fire and brimstone pouring down
Me, I’m wondering what’s for dinner waitin’ for 12 o’clock to come round
Everybody’s got their own Heaven They all find it their own way
I am an angel
- Those little demons ain’t the reasons for the bruises on your soul you’ve been neglecting
You’ll never lose your mind as long as your heart always reminds you where you left it
And don’t ever let them make you feel like saying what you want is unbecoming
If you were supposed to watch your mouth all the time I doubt your eyes would be above it
- It’s all about where you put the horizon said the Great John Ford to the young man rising
You got to frame it just right and have some luck of course and it helps to have a tall man sitting on the horse
Tell them just enough to still leave them some mystery a grasp of the ironic nature of history
A man turns his back on the comforts of home the Monument Valley to ride off alone
- Stop that dope smokin! stop that masturbation!
Take the Lord into your heart and stop that fornication.
We’re building us an army, gonna knock out Satan.
Visa or Mastercard, our operator’s waiting.
Too much sex, too little Jesus.”
“Read, review, and respond.
Great music awaits!
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The music of the Drive-By Truckers is a pounding mix of southern rock and alt/country. From a musical perspective, they are one of the few current bands that have and utilize three guitarists. They also generously share the writing and vocal responsibility between Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, bassist Shonna Tucker, and from about 2002-2007 (former) guitarist Jason Isbell. All four have pretty distinct sonic styles and really make the music interesting.
The Drive-By Truckers were co-founded by Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley in the musical Mecca of Athens, Georgia in 1996.
Deeply rooted in their southern heritage and more than a little influenced by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Drive-By Trucker’s embrace and at times enhance the myths of the South. They unabashedly sing about all of the things that are a caricature of the southern lifestyle. They do this with insightful and intelligent lyrics, moving harmonies, the occasional pedal steel and lots of guitars.
Drive-By Truckers Discography
- Gangstabilly
- Pizza Deliverance
- Southern Rock Opera
- Decoration Day
- The Dirty South
- A Blessing and a Curse
- Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
- The Fine Print (A Collection of Oddities and Rarities 2003-2008)
Top 5 Drive-By Truckers Songs according to Butler (Albums listed to right of song):
- Nine Bullets (Pizza Deliverance)
- Shut Up and Get on the Plane (Southern Rock Opera)
- Carl Perkin’s Cadillac (The Dirty South)
- The Great Car Dealer War (The Fine Print)
- The Righteous Path (Brighter Than Creation’s Dark)
A great live band, I saw them recently in Dallas at the House of Blues and several years ago in Austin at Austin City Limits Music Festival. Both shows were fantastic.
Give the Drive-By Truckers a spin and let me know what you think.
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