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buffettbride wrote:One of their albums has been promoted in Amazon lightning round sales during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales.

I believe that was their latest, The Big To-Do. Looking forward to the new one in February, Go-Go Boots. Here's a peek at the full cover, Wes Freed does it again:

wow I didn't know this thread still existed. boy this brings back memories.

Nice preview of Go-Go Boots below. Gonna be a busy day at the record store in the weeks to come with new ones on the way from the Decemberists, Pearl Jam, Hayes Carll, R.E.M. and the Truckers...and those just scratch the surface of all the new music we have to look forward to in 2011.

Exclusive Premiere: Drive-By Truckers "The Go-Go Boots - Episode 4: Eddie Hinton"
Watch the Drive-By Truckers love for soul singer Eddie Hinton, and "The Secret To A Happy Ending."


DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, ATO RECORDS

Patterson Hood and crew made a series of mini-documentaries related to the various themes and influences the band explores on their next album, "Go-Go Boots." The eight episodes are a companion to this, their ninth studio album, due out Feb. 15th. The episode below, directed with Jason Thrasher, delves into the band's relationship with the music and mythology of Eddie Hinton -- the obscure soul singer whom Hood described as "if Otis Redding met Howlin' Wolf somewhere in the middle."

"Back in the 60's and 70's, Eddie Hinton lived and recorded in my hometown of Muscle Shoals Alabama where he was a part of the thriving music scene that was based there," Hood explains. "A triple threat (singer, guitar player and songwriter) Eddie participated in hit music by Percy Sledge, Bobby Womack, Aretha Franklin, Boz Scaggs, Dusty Springfield.... Later he made several incredible albums as a solo artist."

Those are the albums you hear through the PA at any Drive-By Truckers show, usually before and after. Hinton was also a troubled soul, having spent time in mental institutions and was at times homeless late in life. "He passed away in 1995 and has since amassed a small but devoted cult following that includes the members of our band."



"We ended up recording a couple of his songs for a tribute single series (from Shake It Records of Cincinnati) during the recording of this album and were so happy with the results we ended up using them on our new album," Hood said. "The recording of 'Everybody Needs Love' and 'Where's Eddie' actually changed the shape of the album we were making and became the impetus for the writing of several new songs for the project." In those nine studio albums the band has never included a cover song before now, using two of their favorite Eddie Hinton songs on "Go-Go Boots."

The same day "Go-Go Boots" comes out on ATO Records the band will also release Barr Weismann's Drive-By Truckers documentary "The Secret To A Happy Ending." The Washington Post said the film "captures the singular blend of grit, sensitivity, stamina and acute songwriting that have led admirers to compare them to Neil Young, William Faulkner, the Replacements and Robert Penn Warren."

Weismann spent several years filming the band living and working, from touring to Thanksgiving, chronicling a period of upheaval in the band's collective history. Far from wary of such an intimate look into his life and band, Hood is full of praise, "The resulting film isn't a typical movie about a band as much as it's a life affirming love letter to the salvation in doing what you love at all costs."

"The Secret To A Happy Ending" screens at the IFC center in NY Feb. 3rd, check here for more listings.

Full length version of Shonna Tucker doing the Eddie Hinton/Donnie Fritts co-write of "Where's Eddie?"

Former member Jason Isbell sits in with the Drive-By Truckers in Huntsville, AL


(l-r) Patterson Hood, Jason Isbell & Mike Cooley


(l-r) Jason Isbell, Patterson Hood & Mike Cooley

Drive-By Truckers
Crossroads
Huntsville, AL
Thursday, January 27 2011

You can listen to a stream of the show here.

Birthday Boy
Go-Go Boots
Where The Devil Don't Stay
Puttin' People on the Moon
Cartoon Gold
Box of Spiders
Pulaski
Mercy Buckets
Marry Me
Boys From Alabama
Three Dimes Down
Play It All Night Long
Get Downtown
It's Gonna Be (I Told You So)
Drag The Lake Charlie
Self Destructive Zones
Sinkhole
Uncle Frank
Hell No, I Ain't Happy (dedicated to Jason from Patterson)

Encore
Heathens*
Carl Perkins' Cadillac
Used To Be A Cop
Zip City
Let There Be Rock*
Buttholeville> State Trooper> Buttholeville*
People Who Died*

* with Jason Isbell on guitar and backing vocals

This is shaping up to be an amazing album.

backstreets77 wrote:This is shaping up to be an amazing album.

It leaked weeks ago but I haven't heard it. I've just been checking out the online episodes as well as The Thanksgiving Filter single they released on Record Store Day on Black Friday. I wasn't too taken with those two songs at first but "Used To Be A Cop" has really grown on me since then. The two Eddie Hinton covers were also released last year as a special tribute 45 via Shake It Records (there's also one from Greg Dulli of the Afghan Wigs) but other than those four tunes I haven't heard any of the other studio versions.

Well I thought the Big to do. Was great one of my favorites from them in the past few they put out. So with that and what you posted video wise I'm excited for this record.

NSFW

Here's the trailer to The Secret To A Happy Ending: A Documentary About The Drive-By Truckers. It's still being shown at various screenings around the U.S. and will be available on DVD on February 15th (the same day Go-Go Boots comes out). I attended the premiere of the film at the National theatre in Richmond, VA last year but what I saw there was still a work in progress, I look forward to seeing the finished film on the 15th. It's highly recommended to not only fans of the Truckers but to fans of rock n' roll in general.

If you are so inclined, you can join an online listening party for Go-Go Boots here at 8 pm EST tonight.

The clip below is from the version of "Buttholeville/State Trooper" that can be found on the Sometimes Late at Night EP that could be found in independent record stores on the day Go-Go Boots was released. It features guest appearances from Cody Dickinson of North Mississippi All-Stars and the Truckers' long time producer, David Barbe.


1. When I Ran Off and Left Her (Vic Chesnutt cover from Go Go Boots Sessions)
2. Used to Be a Cop (recorded live in Atlanta, GA)
3. Everybody Needs Love (recorded live in Madison, WI)
4. Get Downtown (recorded live in Atlanta, GA)
5. Mercy Buckets (recorded live in Atlanta, GA)
6. Buttholeville/State Trooper (recorded live in Atlanta, GA)

Drive-By Truckers on Sound Opinions this weekend:



Show #282: 04.22.11
Southern rockers The Drive-By Truckers pull up to the studio to perform live and talk with Jim and Greg.

More info on showtimes and where Sound Opinions can be heard in your area here. Go here for some video clips from their appearance.

Nice interview with Patterson concentrating a lot on his roots in Alabama and the influence Muscle Shoals has had on the Truckers.

Due on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 from the Truckers' former label, New West Records:



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1. The Living Bubba
2. Bulldozers and Dirt
3. Ronnie and Neil
4. Zip City
5. Let There Be Rock
6. Marry Me
7. Sink Hole
8. Carl Perkins' Cadillac
9. Outfit
10. The Righteous Path
11. Gravity's Gone [Remix]
12. Never Gonna Change
13. 3 Dimes Down
14. Lookout Mountain
15. Uncle Frank [Alternate Version]