Drive-By Truckers
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True children of the south, Athens, Georgia’s Drive-By Truckers embody the contradictory cultural impulses of contemporary life below the Mason-Dixon line. Natives Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley formed the band in the mid-90s from the ashes of regional favorite Adam’s House Cat, folding their love of punk, country & western, Southern rock, pop and straightahead rock & roll into a three-guitar, multi-songwriter powerhouse. On seven highly acclaimed albums, including Decoration Day, The Dirty South and the massive Southern Rock Opera, the Truckers survey the modern South with a complex blend of realism-tempered regional pride and compassionate but uncompromising analysis. Both celebrating the accomplishments and dissecting the flaws of Southern culture, the band’s intelligent narratives have garnered them a massive audience far beyond regional or national borders, resulting in ever-growing record sales, popular tours and multiple appearances at the major music festivals (including several stints at the Austin City Limits Music Festival). In celebration of the group’s latest album Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, the Drive-By Truckers will hit studio 6A for a set of smart, passionate rock & roll.
