Drive-by Truckers - Brighter than Creation's Dark

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  • YefaYefa Posts: 1,133
    I'm going to the 5 shows starting tomorrow...

    Northampton
    Boston
    New Haven
    New York
    Philadelphia

    I'm going by myself to Northampton, with a friend & a friend of his who are fans to Boston, with a coworker who has never seen them to New Haven, with 2 friends who have never seen them to NYC, and 2 friends who are fans to Philly.
    Is anyone else on the board going to these shows? I'm really excited and plan to get there in time to check out The Whigs.

    ashtrayrock - Yo La Tengo is one of the best bands to come out of the American indie scene of the 1980s. They are still going strong and their music is worth a listen.
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  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    holy shit....... they are finally coming here!!!

    http://www.sledisland.com/
    09/04/05 - Calgary, AB
    08/02/07 - LOLLA!!!
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    bharQ wrote:
    holy shit....... they are finally coming here!!!

    http://www.sledisland.com/
    Congrats....enjoy the experience that is a DBT show.
    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.
  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    whats great is they are virtually unknown here... this festival will be at many different bars so its a chance to see em possibly at a small venue!

    good way to pop the cherry haha
    09/04/05 - Calgary, AB
    08/02/07 - LOLLA!!!
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    I'm listening to the album for the second time as we speak, awesome stuff.:)
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • Red LukinRed Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    I'm listening to the album for the second time as we speak, awesome stuff.:)

    For me the new album gets better with every listen. I love it.
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Red Lukin wrote:
    For me the new album gets better with every listen. I love it.

    I've never been keen on female country style singers they tend to all sound the same I'm Sorry Huston does nothing for me, but I love Homefield Advantage it is an amazing track.:)
    I think every Trucker album gets better with each listen.:D
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • Yefa wrote:
    I'm going to the 5 shows starting tomorrow...

    Northampton
    Boston
    New Haven
    New York
    Philadelphia

    I'm going by myself to Northampton, with a friend & a friend of his who are fans to Boston, with a coworker who has never seen them to New Haven, with 2 friends who have never seen them to NYC, and 2 friends who are fans to Philly.
    Is anyone else on the board going to these shows? I'm really excited and plan to get there in time to check out The Whigs.

    ashtrayrock - Yo La Tengo is one of the best bands to come out of the American indie scene of the 1980s. They are still going strong and their music is worth a listen.

    Went to the New Haven show. One of the best concerts i've been to in quite a while!! The whigs did a great job opening up as well.

    We ran into a bit of bad luck afterwords though....our parking garage was closed so i had to call my fiance to come pick me up :eek: She was NOT happy haha. It was worth it though...great show!!!
    "Everyone is a patriot in some form or another.... i prefer the intelligent ones."

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  • spnoonespnoone Posts: 633
    I've never been keen on female country style singers they tend to all sound the same I'm Sorry Huston does nothing for me, but I love Homefield Advantage it is an amazing track.:)
    I think every Trucker album gets better with each listen.:D

    i totally agree on huston. i was hoping it'd be a grower but it ain't. she mumbles. but i do kinda like home field advantage and purgatory line. i really think her best singing is on 2 daughters.
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    spnoone wrote:
    i totally agree on huston. i was hoping it'd be a grower but it ain't. she mumbles. but i do kinda like home field advantage and purgatory line. i really think her best singing is on 2 daughters.

    2 Daughters is an awesome opener, great track and Shonas backing is perfect.
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • NakedClownNakedClown Posts: 545
    Shonna's backup on the whole album is ridiculously good...

    Opening Act, Two Daughters, Monument Valley....

    haunting...
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    NakedClown wrote:
    Shonna's backup on the whole album is ridiculously good...

    Opening Act, Two Daughters, Monument Valley....

    haunting...
    Great and haunting....
    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.
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Looks like the West Coast and Canadian folks will be some DBT live shows this summer:

    Sun June 15 - Bellvue CO - Mishawaka
    Tue June 17 - Santa Fe NM - Santa Fe Brewing Company
    Wed June 18 - Flagstaff AZ - Orpheum Theatre
    Thu June 19 - Tuscon AZ - Rialto Theatre
    Fri June 20 - Solana Beach CA - Belly Up
    Tue June 24 - Sacramento, CA - Empire Room
    Wed June 25 - Bend OR - Midtown Ballroom
    Thu June 26 - Spokaneo, WA - Big Easy
    Fr June 27 - Vancouver BC - Biltmore Cabaret
    Sat June 28 - Calgary ALB - Sledd Island Festival
    Sun June 29 - Edmonton ALB - Starlite
    Tue July 1 - Winnipeg, MB - The Garrick
    Wed July 2 - Minneapolis MN - First Avenue Nightclub
    Thu July 03 - Milwaukee WI - Summerfest
    Fri July 04 - Rothbury, MI - Rothbury Festival
    Sat July 5 - Des Moines IA - Western Gateway Park


    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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  • NakedClown wrote:
    Shonna's backup on the whole album is ridiculously good...

    Opening Act, Two Daughters, Monument Valley....

    haunting...

    Yeah, the harmony at the end of Opening Act makes the song for me.:)
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Looks like the West Coast and Canadian folks will be some DBT live shows this summer:

    Fri June 20 - Solana Beach CA - Belly Up

    PBM

    Excellent, and a friday night to boot!
    "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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  • ISUalISUal Posts: 40
    Looks like the West Coast and Canadian folks will be some DBT live shows this summer:

    Sun June 15 - Bellvue CO - Mishawaka
    Tue June 17 - Santa Fe NM - Santa Fe Brewing Company
    Wed June 18 - Flagstaff AZ - Orpheum Theatre
    Thu June 19 - Tuscon AZ - Rialto Theatre
    Fri June 20 - Solana Beach CA - Belly Up
    Tue June 24 - Sacramento, CA - Empire Room
    Wed June 25 - Bend OR - Midtown Ballroom
    Thu June 26 - Spokaneo, WA - Big Easy
    Fr June 27 - Vancouver BC - Biltmore Cabaret
    Sat June 28 - Calgary ALB - Sledd Island Festival
    Sun June 29 - Edmonton ALB - Starlite
    Tue July 1 - Winnipeg, MB - The Garrick
    Wed July 2 - Minneapolis MN - First Avenue Nightclub
    Thu July 03 - Milwaukee WI - Summerfest
    Fri July 04 - Rothbury, MI - Rothbury Festival
    Sat July 5 - Des Moines IA - Western Gateway Park


    PBM

    That Des Moines date is part of the 80/35 music festival, in its first year, and also features Flaming Lips, the Roots, and Yonder Mountain, as well as some great local bands like Radio Moscow. I am planning on the greatest 4th of July weekend of my life...
    "I know I was born, and I know that I'll die, but in between is mine..." Ed
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    ISUal wrote:
    That Des Moines date is part of the 80/35 music festival, in its first year, and also features Flaming Lips, the Roots, and Yonder Mountain, as well as some great local bands like Radio Moscow. I am planning on the greatest 4th of July weekend of my life...
    Congrats.....can't go wrong with some live DBT!!!!
    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.
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Picked up my Solana Beach tix. Now I just have to wait for two months.

    Found this quote over on Nine Bullets, part of a larger review of a Patterson solo show:

    ...Patterson then launched into a long story about how “in 1994, about the time O.J. Simpson was making his infamous drive in the Bronco, and River Phoenix had just died and Kurt Cobain had just blown his brains out, and Eddie Vedder was about to take over the world and maybe we’d be better off if he had…”,and “Clinton was in the White House and we didn’t know just how good we had it, although I’m not asking for him back…I sat down and wrote this song…” – Heavy and Hanging
    "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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  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    nice!! calgary show is on a saturday...... can't wait to finally see them :D
    09/04/05 - Calgary, AB
    08/02/07 - LOLLA!!!
  • augustwestaugustwest Posts: 739
    merkinball wrote:
    Picked up my Solana Beach tix. Now I just have to wait for two months.

    Found this quote over on Nine Bullets, part of a larger review of a Patterson solo show:

    ...Patterson then launched into a long story about how “in 1994, about the time O.J. Simpson was making his infamous drive in the Bronco, and River Phoenix had just died and Kurt Cobain had just blown his brains out, and Eddie Vedder was about to take over the world and maybe we’d be better off if he had…”,and “Clinton was in the White House and we didn’t know just how good we had it, although I’m not asking for him back…I sat down and wrote this song…” – Heavy and Hanging

    cool find

    eddie did take over the world...mr hood is just in denial ;)
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Holy crap, I can't believe I was so late joining the DBT party! I just recently bought Brighter than creation's dark and I was blown away!

    I haven't been able to stop listening to 'A Ghost to Most' for the last week, what an incredible song. There are so many other on there that get me going but for me that is just amazing.

    Also, I just order the 40 Watt dvd and am stoked to be able to see them at Bonnaroo after having dowloaded a few bootlegs. I am definitely a fan now....better late than never i guess
    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
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Also, I just order the 40 Watt dvd and am stoked to be able to see them at Bonnaroo after having dowloaded a few bootlegs. I am definitely a fan now....better late than never i guess

    Man, that is a good DVD. I've missed them live a few times around me here lately...can't wait until they swing by again.

    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
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Holy crap, I can't believe I was so late joining the DBT party! I just recently bought Brighter than creation's dark and I was blown away!

    I haven't been able to stop listening to 'A Ghost to Most' for the last week, what an incredible song. There are so many other on there that get me going but for me that is just amazing.

    Also, I just order the 40 Watt dvd and am stoked to be able to see them at Bonnaroo after having dowloaded a few bootlegs. I am definitely a fan now....better late than never i guess
    You really need to see them outside of a festival, if you get the chance. Great, great, great band...both live and in the studio.
    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.
  • tybird wrote:
    You really need to see them outside of a festival, if you get the chance. Great, great, great band...both live and in the studio.

    I'm so pissed they're not hitting Ireland on their European tour. :(
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    tybird wrote:
    You really need to see them outside of a festival, if you get the chance. Great, great, great band...both live and in the studio.

    Yeah, I'm a stone's throw away from the Nashville area, but I'm not a festival person. I'd rather see them at the Cannery Ballroom or the New Daisey in Memphis.

    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
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Yeah, I'm a stone's throw away from the Nashville area, but I'm not a festival person. I'd rather see them at the Cannery Ballroom or the New Daisey in Memphis.

    PBM
    I am by no means a festival guy either and always prefer a real show to a festival. I used to go to the Beale Street Fest every year, 6 or 7 years in a row, and it got to be such a pain in the ass it just wasn't worth it. Plus, the teeny boppers seemed to be taking over.
    Memphis is my favorite place in the world though -- not that I've seen a whole hell of a lot of it -- and I wish I could afford to get up there every weekend for a show. I live about 45 minutes north of Jackson, MS
    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
  • NakedClownNakedClown Posts: 545
    merkinball wrote:
    Picked up my Solana Beach tix. Now I just have to wait for two months.

    Found this quote over on Nine Bullets, part of a larger review of a Patterson solo show:

    ...Patterson then launched into a long story about how “in 1994, about the time O.J. Simpson was making his infamous drive in the Bronco, and River Phoenix had just died and Kurt Cobain had just blown his brains out, and Eddie Vedder was about to take over the world and maybe we’d be better off if he had…”,and “Clinton was in the White House and we didn’t know just how good we had it, although I’m not asking for him back…I sat down and wrote this song…” – Heavy and Hanging


    Merkin - how is the venue in Solana Beach? I may have to make the drive down...
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    NakedClown wrote:
    Merkin - how is the venue in Solana Beach? I may have to make the drive down...

    The Belly-Up is a great, great place for a live show. Good beer, great atmosphere. My favorite place in SD for a show. Was just there last night for Kathleen Edwards and saw a bunch of DBT flyers around the venue. Stage is a few (2-3) feet off the ground, so you get a much better vibe then a HOB show where you are more removed from the band.

    Bring earplugs, I remember the last time the DBT played there (Dirty South Tour) my ears were ringing for days afterwards.
    "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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  • Red LukinRed Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    I'm jealous, besides Bonnaroo it doesn't look like I'll be seeing these guys again anytime soon. The Toronto show rocked so hard I feel I gotta see these guys again - maybe next year?
  • NakedClownNakedClown Posts: 545
    merkinball wrote:
    The Belly-Up is a great, great place for a live show. Good beer, great atmosphere. My favorite place in SD for a show. Was just there last night for Kathleen Edwards and saw a bunch of DBT flyers around the venue. Stage is a few (2-3) feet off the ground, so you get a much better vibe then a HOB show where you are more removed from the band.

    Bring earplugs, I remember the last time the DBT played there (Dirty South Tour) my ears were ringing for days afterwards.

    I won't lie - I'm a little in love with Kathleen Edwards... may try to get out and see her tomorrow night at The Troubador...
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