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Story and photos by Jennifer Bronenkant The Drive-by Truckers rolled into town for their first show at Turner Hall Ballroom promoting their eleventh album Go Go Boots. The Trucker's bring their music back home to their Muscle Shoals Alabama roots in this latest work. Here they explore dark tales in music deeply rooted in country/soul and Southern story telling.Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood, the two original members, lead the six piece band in the storytelling alternating turns as lead singers. The show included tracks from Go Go Boots such as "Mercy Buckets," "Cartoon Gold," and "Dancin' Ricky" which was sung by bass player Shonna Tucker. Also from this album, was their cover of Eddie Hinton's simple and soulful "Everybody Needs Love." The set also included many favorites from past records such as "Women Without Whiskey," "Carl Perkins' Cadillac," "Get Downtown" and "Steve McQueen." The crowd enthusiastically jumped right in with "Where The Devil Don't Stay" and "Hell No, I Ain't Happy." This band and their fans really know how to rock in a hot and sweaty devil-may-care sort of way. The main show was a great rock and roll party for sure, but the 45 minute encore brought it all to a fever pitch. Starting with the driving beat of "Used To Be A Cop" which tells the tale of a bitter drug addict who loses everything, then building into a crowd frenzying set of "Birthday Boy," "Let There Be Rock," "Zip City" and "People Who Died." A live performance by the Drive-by Truckers is a heady experience that reminds you why you loved that rock and roll music to begin with. To begin the night, Those Darlins warmed up the crowd with their energetic performance, especially with their sexy closing cover of "Shakin' All Over" in a sassy vocal style reminiscent of Wanda Jackson. |
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