State Of The Hood…
This was posted on the DBT Facebook page :
Greetings and Thanks from Patterson / DBT
Thanks to everyone who came out and Rocked with us. The majority of the shows were SOLD OUT and nearly all were extremely well attended. I never ever take that for granted, and especially in this rough economy. THANKS!
I want to thank our hard working crew. Matt D. has assembled one of the most incredible crews of any band in history and each one of them works unbelievably hard from morning until late at night to put this show on and mostly make it ‘look’ easy. It’s not, ever, especially for them, but that’s how they roll.
THANKS Damon, Colin, Cole, Craig, D. Paul, and once again, Matt D. since he does two jobs that are historically done by two people.
Also want to thank our amazing management, booking agents, publicist, web mistress and social media expert, office staff, interns, label, attorney, business manager, accountants and all of the other people who enable us to take this show on the road and keep it there for year after year. THANKS!!!
Thanks to all of the local promoters and crews and bus drivers and all of the other tour personnel. THANKS.
I also want to thank Matt Patton and David Barbe for jumping in there into the lions den and making it absolutely Rock.
David didn’t even get a single band practice before jumping up and nailing our NYE and Homecoming shows.
He knew the songs from having been Producer on so many and the hundreds of times he heard everything certainly paid off. It helps that he’s a world class player and such a close friend. Matt Patton is an old friend who’s playing I have long admired. We sent him a list of 70 songs to learn on his own and he got to practice with the full band one time before hitting the stage in Denver. He has done an incredible job (and learned a bunch more songs that weren’t on the list, on the fly at sound checks). He’s also been a very fun presence on the bus which is also of utmost importance when you spend so much of your life on a yellow submarine. THANKS!!!
I haven’t counted the number of shows we have played since the beginning of THE BIG TO-DO TOUR; 2 years ago, but I know there were a bunch and that’s not even counting the numerous record store in-stores and radio station performances, and the other shows that require the same attention as the actual show, usually on a show day. It adds up. I know we had less then two weeks between the end of THE BIG TO-DO TOUR and the beginning of THE GO-GO BOOTS TOUR and yet we pulled off two very different types of shows kept the momentum going for over two years. We’ve essentially been on the road for 14 years straight and our two previous attempts at a hiatus ended up being very busy years.
This year is going to be busy as well, but a nice long break from touring is very welcomed indeed. We do have a small handful of shows this year and we intend to make each one of them special.
Let the break begin.
I know there is lots of things going on:
Neff is always busy when we’re at home as he is very in demand as a musician and ping pong champion.
Jay has his incredible album to promote and hopefully more of those amazing videos to make.
Matt Patton has his great band (Model Citizen) and a ton of activity as a session bassist. Hopefully some more Dexateens shows also.
Barbe is constantly producing and being a professor.
EZB is attempting to launch his case building empire (Pretty Road Cases) and has lots of work with me coming up.
Hopefully Cooley will play another solo show here and there and it’s only a matter of time before Pixar calls to make him the voice of that redneck lone wolf that will put him on every lunch box in America.
I have a new solo album coming out in September and am busy planning all kinds of cool shit to do for that.
I am playing this coming weekend in Huntsville AL and Oxford MS with a brand new band called The Mystic Rumblers.
The name derives from Rumble, which is part of the title of my new album, and The Mystics, which was the name of my Dad’s band before he became a session player in the early 60’s. (He also had a band in the late 80’s called The Mystic Soul Bubbas).
This is the very first time that my Dad and I have ever played an entire show together and I am beyond excited. Hopefully there will be more to come in the future.
Also in the band, EZB, Jay Gonzalez and Jacob Morris, who plays cello and is a fantastic musician and new friend.
Once again, I just want to say THANKS for everything. This has been an amazing bunch of years and I look forward to many more great times on the roads up ahead.
Much Love, Respect and Rock,
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers
23, April 2012 (Athens GA USA)
PS: We all want to congratulate our friends ALABAMA SHAKES for their TOP TEN DEBUT. An awesome and much deserved milestone.
Solo Shows Rumbling In The Distance…
In addition to some festival sets and a few Athens dates Patterson recently added a three city solo tour. Starting off in Richmond on June 15th inside The John Marshall Hotel in The Virginia Room(also the site of my senior prom twenty five years earlier) followed up by shows in Baltimore on Saturday,and The Birchmere on Sunday. Tickets for the three solo shows go on sale April 27th. See y’all on the solo tip.
Fri Apr 27 Huntsville, AL CROSSROADS Patterson and the Mystic Rumblers
featuring David Hood, Brad Morgan, Jay Gonzalez and Jacob Morris
Opening: Doc Dailey and Magnolia Devil
Sat Apr 28 Oxford MS DOUBLE DECKER FESTIVAL Patterson and the Mystic Rumblers
featuring David Hood, Brad Morgan, Jay Gonzalez and Jacob Morris
Sat May 05 Summerville GA FINSTER FESTIVAL Patterson Solo
Thu May 24 Athens GA Melting Point Patterson and the Downtown Rumblers
featuring Brad Morgan, Jay Gonzalez, David Barbe, John Neff, Jacob Morris and Claire Campbell
Opening act: Old Smokey
Fri May 25 Athens GA Melting Point Patterson Hood and the Downtown Rumblers
featuring Brad Morgan, Jay Gonzalez, David Barbe, John Neff, Jacob Morris and Claire Campbell
Opening act: MOTHS
Fri Jun 15 Richmond VA The Virginia Room Patterson Solo
Sat Jun 16 Annapolis MD Metropolitan Kitchen and Lounge Patterson Solo – 2 shows, 7pm & 10pm
Sun Jun 17 Alexandria VA The Birchmere Patterson Solo
Saturday Is Record Store Day…
Whether you are going for that Patterson Hood And The Downtown 13 7 inch,the Joey Ramone,the Buck Owens coloring book with the flex discs or that 40 minute Dark Star from the Grateful Dead’s Europe ’72 tour that you just have to have today is Record Store Day so go buy some records,YOU’LL HAVE THEM FOREVER.
A Blending Of All The Ups And Downs..
Hot off the tape and right out of the can and onto the YouTube is this version of Carl Perkin’s Cadillac from Wednesday night at The Norva. If you turn this one up to at least eleven it’s sure to get you to banging your head maybe about half as hard as Matt Patton does.
There’s Nothing You Can Say…
Here’s DBT and Megafaun saying goodbye to Levon “in style” last night at The Cat’s Cradle. Somebody said last night’s Rock Show in Chapel Hill was one for the books,read all about it over on our message board. Thank you Levon, we are sure gonna miss you.
Stone Temple Cooley…
Check out these two new STP commercials featuring Cooley narrating over Lookout Mountain and also Where The Devil Don’t Stay. This is a pretty bad ass way to earn some mailbox money. But what would be truly bad ass would be if I could get him to record my my cell phone greeting”…call me back and we’re gonna talk about it,we’re gonna get on into it,whoaaa….”
With A Smile On…
What we have here is more awesomeness from the recent 4o Watt shows. Audio and video from the 3DD crew. Words,sound,lights and music,DBT
The Rock Show Is On The Road…
Coming off an awesome couple of shows in Birmingham this past weekend DBT begins a well timed run of Rock Shows through Florida and on up the coast before the tours finale onRecord Store Day in Atlanta on April 21st. Check out the set lists from last weekends ROCK in the Magic City and if you are in the South East or in possession of an airplane or car make sure you
get to the spring 2012 version of the Rock Show while you can.
April 6th, Workplay Theatre,Birmingham,AL
After the Scene Dies,Marry Me,Birmingham,Self-Destructive Zones,Buttholeville–>State Trooper,Where the Devil Don’t StayTornadoes
A Ghost to Most,Aftermath USA,Love Like This,Heathens,Women Without Whiskey,Ronnie and Neil,Get Downtown,Sinkhole,
3 Dimes Down,Hell No, I Ain’t Happy,Encore:Birthday Boy,Girls Who Smoke,Zip City,Dead Drunk and Naked,Guitar Man Upstairs,
Lookout Mountain,People Who Died
Listen To Big Tom’s Recording Streaming On Our Home Page Below
April 7th, Workplay Theatre,Birmingham,AL
I Do Believe,Gravity’s Gone,Puttin’ People on the Moon,When the Pin Hits the Shell,Wednesday,Uncle Frank,Everybody Needs Love,Cartoon Gold,Box of Spiders,Women Without Whiskey,A World of Hurt,A Ghost to Most,Goode’s Field Road,Where the Devil Don’t Stay,Used to be a Cop,Self-Destructive Zones,Hell No, I Ain’t Happy,Encore:Marry Me,The Company I Keep,Zip City,Let There Be Rock,Shut Up and Get on the Plane,Angels and Fuselage
Download Big Tom’s Kick Ass Recording Here
Word From The Hood…
The latest word from the Hood may have gotten trapped in the inner tubes of the inner web last week and bounced around but it came out at the exact right time so as not to disturb the space time continuum of the Rock Show. Basically if you want to see a Rock Show before the end of the year then the South East is a good place to be. Behold:
Y’ALL:
Home and unpacking and catching up from a very successful March Tour with about a week and a half before the April Tour begins. I want to Thank our dear friend Matt Patton for kicking total ass out there with us. Looking forward to Rocking a lot more with him next month (and beyond).
Great tour, with a majority of shows selling out and crowds that were not only big, but really big fun to play for. Thanks also to Robert Ellis for putting on a great show every night. His album “Photographs” is killer and well worth checking out if you haven’t already..
Thanks to the mighty Booker T. Jones for coming out to the LA show and joining us for our encore set. I can’t even describe the feeling of being about half way through a version of “Green Onions” on stage and realizing that Booker T. is standing right there behind me throwing it down. Truly one of the greatest songs of the 20th century and he wrote it as a teenager. It was already a classic when I discovered it in a key scene in the movie American Graffiti. I was 8 and still can vividly remember the moment when that song came on and I have been in love with it ever since. Scarily enough, Booker has probably written better songs, but few will ever write one so monumental. Cheers (until next time).
Now we are about to embark on another tour and it should be just as killer. We kick off in Birmingham (it’s been years) playing Workplay with our dear friends Centro-matic. This is a historic pairing, as our two bands are best friends and it really happens all too rarely (and probably won’t again for a very long time). Then they will high-tail it down to Florida with us for a week or so of Rock and Hijinks before parting our company. Then we are joined for the final part by Megafaun. I have been a huge fan if that band since their 2009 album and their self-titled last one is in my top 10 for last year. I got to see them live in Toronto a few years back and it’s a fantastic show. Don’t Miss.
We will be ending this run with a Homecoming of sorts at The Tabernacle in Atlanta. We haven’t played that room in 3 1/2 years and it’s been quite a while since we even played Atlanta. It’s a great room and although it won’t be the very last show of the year, it is close. After this run we will only be playing a few sporadic one-offs and maybe a weekend or two for the remainder of the year and possibly well into next year.
Thanks again to everyone out there for all of your continued support. The band will be laying low in the coming months, but all of us will be very busy. There should be some good things to announce in the coming months so please stay tuned. Get out and get those tickets and lets bring this thing home in style.
See You at The Rock Show.
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers
PS: Our dear friends ALABAMA SHAKES‘ debut album is finally about to come out on April 10 on ATO Records. It’s an excellent record and well worth checking out. BEST OF LUCK TO THEM!
1-2-3-4 Down In Alabama…
The Rock Show is back this weekend as DBT begins the second half of their spring tour at the Work Play Theatre in Birmingham on Friday. The Workplay was the site of Cooley’s now classic pair of solo shows in December and is basically a hometown gig for the Stroker Ace.Also on Thursday night before the tour starts Patterson will be at the University Of Alabama for a free performance and conversation with NPR music critic Ann Powers and American Studies professor Eric Weisbard. Stay tuned for details over on our message board as it all unfolds. See y’all at the Rock Show.