The Drive-By Truckers are purveyers of Dirty, southern, country-rock at its very best. Much influenced by Lynyrd Skynyrd, it is often their lyrical content that sets them apart.
When the Truckers reappear on this blog, and they will, chances are that those selections will be songs written by Patterson Hood, the main writer for the band. But this song is by Mike Cooley and is arguably his best for the Band.
A straight ahead Southern Rock song, what sets it apart is the awkward elegance of the lyrics. Written from the perspective of an angry 17 year old who 'ain't gettin none" from his girlfriend, Cooley finds the voice perfectly and manages to be profane and poetic at the same time. He snarls the song out and there is real anger in some of the verses. Take this.
Keep your drawers on, girl, it ain't worth the fight
By the time you drop them I'll be gone
And you'll be right where they fall the rest of your life
Real, angry, raw and powerful. The key verse to what is an old fashioned story song, this is the stand-out rock track from their first really sucessful album, Southern Rock Opera.
dude, the old mans music taste suits me fine, pretty much all of it is my bag, granted i aint listened to it all, i'll let you know ;-)
ReplyDeletei am one of bisons kite buddies taking you up on the nikiteforum offer of music minds meeting. impressive playlist. gotta make it collabrative so i can add to your flavour.
no doubt if you read this on sunday 1st nov you got a bang head from the bisons legendary halloween party, hope you stayed outta his greenhouse!
Nice to meet you!
ReplyDeleteDidn't make the party, driving daughter to parties and placating spouse...
I've added a collaborative list - see the links in the first post, but I can guarantee it will not be 90% Dead Free despite the name.
nice 1 stig, i actually like the dead. all good in th playlist bar some of the punk stuff, never got into it.
ReplyDeletenice to find someone with similar music tastes. you a muscian as well?
I've been trying to trick David into listening to the Dead for years. Like the additions to the collab playlist. I presume they were all yours?
ReplyDeleteDropkick Murphys inspired cover - but as close to punk as you can get...