This is the first of a new series on HearYa called "Under the Covers." I've been listening to great cover songs that I feel are better than the originals , and it's high time to unearth them. The first installment is Patterson Hood's "The Assassin," performed by Jason Isbell. Drive-By Truckers front man, Patterson Hood, has a wonderful and emotional stripped down solo album called Killers and Stars . The standout track for me is "The Assassin," a song about killer losing his taste for killing. The reason I love Patterson Hood's songwriting is [...]
Our weekend bootleg series continues with this solo set from the Drive-By Truckers frontman... Patterson Hood 01-07-2006 Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company Asheville, NC Disk 1: 1 - A Blessing and a Curse (false start) 2 - A Blessing and a Curse 3 - Feb 14 4 - Miss Me Gone 5 - Pay No Attention To Alice 6 - Frances Farmer 7 - Bulldozers and Dirt 8 - The Deeper In [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Degenerettes : 2008-04-16, Baltimore [mp3,ogg,flac] "Female Trouble" [mp3] other Degenerettes music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Elf Power : "Paralyzed" [mp3] from In a Cave Elf Power : "Spiral Stairs" [mp3] from In a Cave other [...]
Off The Record is a recurring, feature here on the Drunkard, that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native. Off The Record gathers some of my favorite [...]
This has been getting some blog love today and I thought I'd mention it. On December 1 in Athens Patterson Hood took part in "Under the Covers II". "Underneath The Covers 23 was a benefit for AIDS Athens , with several Athens bands covering their heroes' stuff. Patterson Hood did selections from Bruce Springsteen's Darkness On The Edge Of Town . You can hear/download the entire set (mp3 or flac) over on Sloan Simpson's totally awesome site Southern Shelter . [...]
Earlier this week, the always excellent Southern Shelter posted Patterson Hood's live tribute to Bruce Springsteen's classic 1978 LP Darkness On The Edge Of Town. Recorded December 1st at the 40 Watt club, in Athens, Hood was performing in support of the "Underneath The Covers 23 benefit supporting AIDS Athens. Hood was [...]
"Underneath The Covers 2" was a benefit for AIDS Athens , with several Athens bands covering their heroes' stuff. Patterson Hood did selections from Bruce Springsteen's Darkness On The Edge Of Town (don't worry, Clarence Clemons wasn't represented). In addition to usual cohorts John Neff , Brad Morgan and David Barbe , Patterson enlisted Jay Gonzalez ( Nutria ) for the crucial keyboard parts. Track 1 - Badlands Track 2 - Something In [...]
Just a little bit left . . . "Black and Blue" (1976) A significantly underrated Stones album. Hey Negrita-Tupac vs. The Rolling Stones (mash up) Some Girls (1978) Miss You-The Concretes Let There Be Rock/Miss You/Let There Be Rock-Drive-By Truckers Before They Make Me Run-Patterson Hood Beast of Burden-Pearl Jam Beast of Burden-Alejandro Escoveda [...]
. . . Continuing where we left off, with the 70s, including the greatest rock double album in history. "Let it Bleed" (1969) Featuring one of the greatest songs ever written, "Gimme Shelter." Gimme Shelter-Back Forty Gimme Shelter-Local H Gimme Shelter-Phil Lesh and Friends Let It Bleed-Mumbouli You Can't Always Get What You Want-The Radiators "Sticky Fingers" (1971) [...]
Anything else? Yeh, it's one of those moods, and I probably shouldn't write even this much. Good tunes are present, though, so here goes. iKiLLCaRs - MTV mp3Patterson Hood - Burning Hell (REM cover) mp3 - from Finest Worksongs: Athens Bands Play the Music of REM 120 Days - Get Away mp3 The Apples in Stereo - Can You Feel It? (Full Length Edit) mp3 The Jealous Girlfriends - Something In The Water
Patterson did a few new songs which are likely candidates for the new DBT album due early next year. Track 1 - The Righteous Path Track 2 - That Man I Shot Track 3 - Since Tony Went Track 4 - Uncle Disney Track 5 - Demonic Possession Track 6 - Pay No Attention To Alice Track 7 - A World Of Hurt Track 8 [...]
Black Swans : "Change" [mp3] from Change! (out November 6th) ( stream the album ) other Black Swans music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Drive-By Truckers : 2007-07-17, WXPN [mp3,ogg,flac] "Daddy Needs a Drink" [mp3] other Drive-By Truckers music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws The Followers : "Has Its Moments" [mp3] from [...]
The Athens, GA music and arts festival, Ath-fest, is less than a week away (June 20-24), but unlike last summer I will not be in attendance this year. Too bad, too, as The Whigs and Drive-By Truckers are headlining this years fest...and both bands pack a wallop of a live show. Having resided in [...]
I recently got a pretty cool little press release via email regarding a tribute to one of my favorite bands of all time, R.E.M. A group of Athens artists are getting together to release Finest Worksongs: Athens Bands Play The Music Of R.E.M. later this month on May 29th. The best thing about this tribute to me is how much Patterson Hood of the Drive By Truckers contributes. Hood performs 5 songs in all, including "Burning Hell" and "So. Central Rain", which is a [...]
Finest Worksongs: Athens Bands Play The Music Of R.E.M. is being released on May 29, 2007, on Iron Horse Records and athensmusic.net. It's a recording of a September 12, 2006, charity tribute concert that raised money for the Community Connection of Northeast Georgia and Family Connection/Communities in Schools. It'll have stuff by lots of folks, including Liz Durrett, Tin Cup Prophette, Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers), and some actual members of R.E.M. (oooooh! A Stipe Sighting!) This is a Warner Bros. Records release, but I'm making an exception to the indie-only rule because this [...]
So on the night of September 12, 2006, at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, there occurred a tribute concert to the city's most famous sons, R.E.M. . The entire story of the evening can be read here , but the upshot was that eight Athens bands spent the evening covering R.E.M. songs and the band themselves - including original drummer Bill Berry - played a two-song set and sat in with many of the other performers. The bulk of that evening's performances, except for R.E.M.'s songs and a few others, has been collected on [...]
ok first things first. you would think that as a guy that spends 75 percent of his day online that i would have found out about this little piece of dbt news before today. i dont blame jason for leaving the mighty dbt cause quite frankly, if i were him, i would not have been cool with playing third fiddle to patterson and mike, as awesome as they are. in other jason news, his solo record sirens of the ditch is being released on july 1o on new west records. he is streaming three [...]
Following James Murphy's push for "North American Scum," LCD Soundsystem is giving consumers a slew of options for the next single off Sounds Of Silver , "All My Friends." Depending on the format (7" or CD), you'll get LCD covering Joy Division's "No Love Lost" ( Bowery folks know ), a new Soundsystem track called ""Freak Out/Starry Eyes," or cover versions of "All My Friends" by John Cale or Franz Ferdinand. That's a headache to contemplate, so instead of sifting through the various formats and options, head to myspace.com/lcdsoundsystem now and take a [...]
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