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Favorite Drive-By Truckers song?

tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
edited April 2010 in Other Music
Mine has to be "Decoration Day."

That entire album is excellent.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    I don't have just one, but here are a few of mine:

    Feb 14
    The Day John Henry Died
    Heathens
    3 Dimes Down
    A Ghost To Most
    Easy On Yourself
    Daddy Needs A Drink
    Daddy Learned To Fly
    Space City
    Let There Be Rock
    Ronnie and Neil
    Birmingham

    I guess if I really had to narrow it down to one, it'd probably be Heathens. Cannot wait to see them on May 12th. :D
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    Great list, "Heathens" is definitely up there for me.

    Two more songs that are up there: "Outfit" and "Lookout Mountain."
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    tcaporale wrote:
    Great list, "Heathens" is definitely up there for me.

    Two more songs that are up there: "Outfit" and "Lookout Mountain."

    Indeed. Truthfully, you can't go wrong with DBT.

    Have you heard any of Patterson's solo stuff? I'm curious as to how it is.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    ...and on second thought, I wanted to add that I personally think the version of "Heathens" from their Live at ACL album is a textbook example of musical perfection.

    The keyboard...
    the pedal steel...
    Hood and Cooley's guitars... :geek:
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    To be honest, I just got into this band recently, so there's still some more material I have to listen to. I haven't heard their early albums or Patterson's solo material. I haven't heard a whole lot of their live boots, either.

    I'm glad I started to listen to them though!
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    tcaporale wrote:
    To be honest, I just got into this band recently, so there's still some more material I have to listen to. I haven't heard their early albums or Patterson's solo material. I haven't heard a whole lot of their live boots, either.

    I'm glad I started to listen to them though!

    You've made a wise choice. I haven't heard their early releases either. :oops:

    The earliest I've listened to is Southern Rock Opera.

    They are a great, hard-working band. Their new album is pretty damn awesome too.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    Yeah, the new one is fantastic.

    I think I read that they recorded a bunch of other material at the same time for a future release, but I could be confusing them with a different band; does anyone know what I'm talking about?
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    tcaporale wrote:
    Yeah, the new one is fantastic.

    I think I read that they recorded a bunch of other material at the same time for a future release, but I could be confusing them with a different band; does anyone know what I'm talking about?

    I'm pretty sure I've heard that too. THat they've basically got an entire album ready to go, they're just waiting to release it.

    The great thing about being a DBT fan is their load of material. I've yet to get their early albums and their B-sides...which I've heard is quite good too.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    72 (This Highway's Mean)....or Zip City...or Hell No! I Ain't Happy....or Three Dimes Down.....or Women without Whiskey....or Angels and Fuselage.....or George Jones Talkin' Cell Phone Blues.....or Wednesday.....or This Fuckin' Job
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    tybird wrote:
    72 (This Highway's Mean).

    YES!!!
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Hard to pin down.

    •"Outfit"
    •Live Version of "18 Wheels Of Love"
    •"Late For Church"
    •Zip City

    There are a lot of favorites for different reasons.

    Going to Chattanooga next weekend...I will not, in fact, throw myself off "Lookout Mountain". ;)

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    tybird wrote:
    Angels and Fuselage

    Man...that's a good song. What a way to end an album.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

    Wishlist Foundation: http://wishlistfoundation.org
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    tybird wrote:
    Angels and Fuselage

    Man...that's a good song. What a way to end an album.

    PBM

    "...and I'm scared shitless of what's comin' next..."
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Lets see...

    I'll go by album, it's not easy.

    Gangstabilly: Steve McQueen. Such a kickass song live, although any number of other tracks on this album hold the test of time.
    Pizza Deliverance One of these Days
    Southern Rock Opera: Days of Graduation --> Ronnie and Neil. First tracks I heard of this band, and immediately sets the tone.
    Decoration Day: Marry Me.
    Dirty South: Puttin' People on the Moon
    Blessing and a Curse: World Of Hurt
    Brighter than Creations Dark: The Righteous Path
    Fine Print: George Jones Talkin' Cell Phone Blues
    The Big To-Do: After the Scene Dies

    Less than a month for me till the next rock show. May 6th. I'm hoping we get Living Bubba/People Who Died. Seen the DBT 5 times, never seen either of those songs live.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    PissBottleMan wrote:

    Going to Chattanooga next weekend...I will not, in fact, throw myself off "Lookout Mountain". ;)

    PBM

    Just in case, I'll take your records and tapes. But not your credit card bills.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

    http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
    spotify:user:merkinball
  • SavedFuckerSavedFucker Posts: 215
    people on the moon..

    ..and i'm an Isbell fan
    i'll trade you my tee shirt for a grilled cheese
  • Red LukinRed Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    Stupid question


    It's too freakin hard!! :o:lol:
  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    One of my favorites is Danko/Manuel, a great tribute to The Band.
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    If I had to narrow it down it would probably come down to Lookout Mountain and A Ghost to Most
    But, as someone else, THIS IS A STUPID QUESTION!! :D

    Other favorites would be
    Space City....has personal meaning
    Three Dimes Down
    Marry Me
    Shut Up and Get On the Plane
    Goddamn Lonely Love
    Gravitys Gone
    Easy on Yourself
    The Righteous Path
    COTTONSEED
    Carl Perkins Cadillac

    Current favorites off the new one are
    Birthday Boy
    After the Scene Dies

    This is such a great band it's damn near impossible to pick the best and there are really no wrong answers.
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • Grandmas JamGrandmas Jam Posts: 1,860
    Either Ronnie and Neil or Lookout Mountain
    Ryan Crooks insists upon himself
  • Grandmas JamGrandmas Jam Posts: 1,860
    Grandmas Jam wrote:
    Either Ronnie and Neil or Lookout Mountain
    Oh and you cant forget 18 Wheels of Love live
    Ryan Crooks insists upon himself
  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    KevDylan wrote:
    One of my favorites is Danko/Manuel, a great tribute to The Band.
    Yes! I forgot about this one!
  • spnoonespnoone Posts: 633
    probably decoration day. telling the hatfields and mccoys from the perspective of the son whose father's sins are visited upon him is brilliant. but if i have to pick sides between patterson, cooley and isbell, it's patterson. cooley and isbell have about 10-12 great songs each. patterson may have a slightly lower batting average, but he's got at least 25. and for whoever asked about patterson's solo albums, murdering oscar is excellent, killers and stars is not.
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