http://threedimesdown.com Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:13:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Boys From Alabama Solo… http://threedimesdown.com/2012/02/21/the-boys-from-alabama-solo/ http://threedimesdown.com/2012/02/21/the-boys-from-alabama-solo/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:11:08 +0000 Mark Lynn http://threedimesdown.com/?p=2790 If you also like your trucker’s on the solo tip look for Patterson at The Double Decker Festival in Oxford Mississippi on April 28th on a festival bill that also includes Iron And Wine,Mavis Staples,Deer Tick,and The Funky Meters. Patterson will be headlining The Finster Festival at Howard Finsters’s Paradise Garden in Summerville Georgia on Cinco De Mayo. And speaking of solo shows,folks down south along with crazy people who drive and get on planes will have the chance to see the Stroker Ace unplugged as Cooley kicks off a two show run at The Earl in Atlanta on Wednesday followed up by a Sold Out one off at The Melting Point In Athens Friday night. There’s no telling what will go down over the three nights but Im hoping for more zoophilia references and no ZZ Top.

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Here’s some more footage shot and recorded by the 3DD crew last month at the 40 Watt. DBT in the zone right here with Play It All Night Long into Marry Me from the sweet part of the January 13th Rock Show. More to come. 

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Happy Valentine’s Day y’all from the man himself.  Read more about Eddie Hinton by checking out Dick Cooper’s excellent article over at Swampland.  Don’t wait until the next time you are at the Rock Show and Eddie is playing on the PA,do yourself a favor and check out his music for yourself.

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]]> http://threedimesdown.com/2012/02/10/nashvilles-streaming/feed/ 0 Have You Ever Seen The Blue Ridge Mountains Boy… http://threedimesdown.com/2012/02/08/have-you-ever-seen-the-blue-ridge-mountains-boy/ http://threedimesdown.com/2012/02/08/have-you-ever-seen-the-blue-ridge-mountains-boy/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:48:34 +0000 Mark Lynn http://threedimesdown.com/?p=2771  DBT’s first of what I would guess to be many festival dates over the summer was announced today as the DBT Rock Show will be hitting the Floyd Fest Stage on Friday July 27th. Some of the other artists playing the four day festival between July 26th-29th are Jackson Browne,Allison Krauss And Union Station,Leftover Salmon,Gary Clark Jr,Ricky Skaggs, Dawes,and a whole lot more. See the official Floyd Fest site for the complete line up and ticket information.

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Fri Apr 06 Birmingham,AL Workplay Theatre
Sat Apr 07 Birmingham,AL Workplay Theatre
Tue Apr 10 Pensacola,FL Vinyl Muic Theatre
Wed Apr 11  Gainesvllle,FL Florida Theatre
Thu Apr 12 Tampa,FL Ritz Theatre
Fri Apr 13  Orlando,FL The Beacham
Sat Apr 14  Charleston,SC Music Farm
Tue Apr 17 Charlottesville,VA Jefferson Theatre
Wed Apr 18 Norfolk,VA The Norva
Thu Apr 19 Chapel Hill,NC Cat’s Cradle
Fri Apr 20 Wilmington,NC Greenfield Amphitheatre
Sat Apr 21 Atlanta,GA Tabernacle

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I never realized how well these two songs really go together. Like Stacey eventually told that preacher to fuck off,moved the hell out of Tennessee,went to California with some big dreams,maybe got a job doing some fornication and came back dead. Well if that’s a stretch for you because it is for me with maybe just a glimmer of truth it is always nice to hear Too Much Sex(Too Little Jesus) and Pulaski especially back to back. Both oldie goldies in the DBT cannon and both sounding so good on the middle night of the recent 40 Watt stand.

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Patterson,The Ezy-B,and Jay Gonzalez along with some help from The Futurebirds took to the rooftops of Athens to protest the building of a new Walmart a stones throw away from downtown. Standing on top of Wuxtry Records for a live run through of After It’s Gone not only did they pass the audition but more importantly they took the cause right into the heart of downtown. As much as I loved the first video what we have here is powerful and documents the vibrancy of downtown Athens as much as anything can. In a little over a day After It’s Gone has received some nice press from Billboard magazine and an interview with Patterson on MTV Buzz. After It’s Gone has also been added to the rotation one of my favorite satellite radio stations Sirius XM’s Outlaw Country. Learn more about the issue and download the song and video of After It’s Gone at Protect Downtown Athens.

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Lifted with pride and permission from the DBT Facebook Page:

Y’ALL:

As some of Y’all might know, an out of town developer is attempting to build a huge mixed use development right next door to our beautiful downtown Athens. The location is a prime piece of land nestled up between our historic downtown and our river, greenway and planned Rail to Trails development.

I’m not going to get into the ramifications of all of that here, except to say it presents a tremendous set of missed opportunities and poses a host of negative implications for our beloved downtown and the local businesses that reside there.

I have written a new song about my love for this town that has given me so much and the threat that I see to our very way of life here. That might sound overly-dramatic, but I travel around this country a lot and I can tell you that what we have here is very unique and can not be taken for granted. Many of our friends who travel every year to Athens to see our annual 40 Watt / Nuci’s Space Homecoming can vouch for what a special place this is.

I recorded the song at The 40 Watt Club during our weekend there backed by members of DBT. Then some very special friends from our music community pitched in and came to Chase Park Transduction to contribute some magic. 13 players, ranging from over 30 years of Athens Music history joined in and our friend Jason Thrasher filmed it.

We have launched an amazing new site with lots more information:

http://protectdowntownathens.com/

We are offering DBT fans the song early right now at drivebytruckers.com.

The video can also be seen here.

Tomorrow, I would love for y’all to Tweet (@protectathens) and Facebook and spread it around to as many people as you think might enjoy it.  We are trying to do this tomorrow in a concerted effort.

And please check out the Protect Downtown Athens website to get the facts ( and nothing but the facts) about what is going on in our beloved Athens.

Thanks Always,

Patterson Hood

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Coming up this Thursday night at the Fabulous 40 Watt ThunderCrack will be performing a set of Springsteen songs. At this point you might be going cool but who the hell is Thundercrack? Consisting of members of DBT’s road crew and also including Jay Gonzalez and The Ezy-B’s twin brother Ted Morgan(The T-B) Thundercrack will compete in the Nuci’s Space sponsored Athens Business Rocks battle of the bands. If you are not in Athens you can vote for ThunderCrack online by making a donation here. If you are going to the show at the 40 Watt make sure you tell folks at the door you are there to see ThunderCrack to help them win.

Thundercrack is

Matt DeFilippis(pictured)   Damon Scott

Matt Etgen   Craig Lieske

Paul McHugh  Jay Gonzalez

Ted Morgan   Big Guy Cole Taylor

Phil Carpenter

 

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