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Members:
Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, Brad Morgan, Jay Gonzalez, Matt Patton
Based in: Georgia
Based in: Athens
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Drive-By Truckers are an American rock band based in Athens, Georgia. The band’s constant touring has developed a dedicated following.
Two of five current members (Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley) are originally from The Shoals region of northern Alabama and met as roommates at the University of North Alabama. The group also has roots in Richmond, Virginia.
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In 2005, they performed at Lollapalooza along with artists such as Billy Idol, CAKE, Dashboard Confessional, Hard-Fi, The Black Keys, Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, Weezer, Kasabian, Tegan and Sara, The Killers, and Widespread Panic.
In 2007, Drive-By Truckers backed up Bettye LaVette on her comeback album, The Scene of the Crime, which was released on September 25 on Anti Records. On it, LaVette transforms country and rock songs written by Willie Nelson, Elton John, and Don Henley, among others, into mini-dramas.
On September 30, 2016, the band released American Band. A 2017 article in Australia’s Overland literary magazine suggested, with reference to American Music, that “no-one in the modern era is making stronger protest music than this Athens, Georgia band”.
On April 12, 2022, Drive-By Truckers announced their fourteenth studio album, Welcome 2 Club XIII. The same day, the title track was released as the first promotional single. The title derives from the venue where founding members Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley performed at the start of their careers.
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Drive-By Truckers‘ musical style has incorporated elements of rock and roll, Southern rock, country, punk rock, pop punk, blues, soul, Southern soul and R&B.
The band cites influences such as The Clash, Richard Hell and The Voidoids, Goodie Mob, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Hank Snow, Hank Williams Jr., Red Sovine, Red Foley, Merle Haggard, Tom T. Hall, Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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