mojoman
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About a year ago I was at a local audio shop checking out some speakers. It was a slow day and the sales rep and I got to talking about bands we liked. He said his favorite band was the Drive By Truckers. I pretty much forgot about this until I read a review of Decoration Day, the DBT latest cd. I came across it cheap at half.com and decided to try it out. It was a great southern/country roots rock cd so I went out and bought A Southern Rock Opera, their magnum opus based upon coming of age in the South and the recorded works of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Another excellent effort and got me thinking that this band is probably pretty good live.
Well, as luck would have it, they played last night at small bar in Chapel Hill and they were AWESOME. One if the best rock-n-roll shows I've seen in years. With three guitars, a bass and drums they blew the roof off the place, clocking in at just under three hours of non stop rock. Just when you'd think they had reached the peak of the show they'd start another song and take the intensity to another level. A friend summed it up when he said, "I thought I was going to have to go beg them to stop."
The crowd was decidedly college age and we were a bunch of old farts in our 40's and 50's. It was funny, a guy and his girlfriend bought us a beer because they thought it was cool that a couple of people old enough to be their parents would come to hear rock & roll in a bar.
Anyway, if the Drive By Truckers come through your town I highly recommend you check them out and if you're old enough, maybe someone will buy you a beer.
Well, as luck would have it, they played last night at small bar in Chapel Hill and they were AWESOME. One if the best rock-n-roll shows I've seen in years. With three guitars, a bass and drums they blew the roof off the place, clocking in at just under three hours of non stop rock. Just when you'd think they had reached the peak of the show they'd start another song and take the intensity to another level. A friend summed it up when he said, "I thought I was going to have to go beg them to stop."
The crowd was decidedly college age and we were a bunch of old farts in our 40's and 50's. It was funny, a guy and his girlfriend bought us a beer because they thought it was cool that a couple of people old enough to be their parents would come to hear rock & roll in a bar.
Anyway, if the Drive By Truckers come through your town I highly recommend you check them out and if you're old enough, maybe someone will buy you a beer.
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