Photo from DBT’s 2011 Lexington show Article by Scott Whiddon On Oct 20, 1977, just three days after the release of Street Survivors, a Conair CV-300 carrying the members and crew of Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed into a Mississippi swamp. En route to Baton Rouge, LA from Greenville, SC, three band members – including lead singer [...]

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#30: Trailblazer @ Al’s Bar [Original Post] Man, what a great first Trailblazer show for me to catch. On record he can occasionally get a little noisy for my taste, but this set didn’t get too far from his solid guitar rock base. Solid songs and a great performance made this one of the best [...]

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“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun. It might be cliché to start a piece of writing about the Drive-By Truckers with a moment from the American South’s favorite novelist. Yes, DBT is certainly a band obsessed with the past – both literal and imagined – yet [...]

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As someone who wasn’t overly familiar with the Drive-By Truckers, seeing them put on an incredible show at CD Central made me wonder what I’d been doing with my life that was so important that I couldn’t listen to every DBT album. Really, it was a fantastic. When Patterson played “Asshole,” it was what I [...]

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Just a friendly reminder that you can catch the Drive-By Truckers doing a FREE instore performance at CD Central today at 4pm. It’s not full band — I think it’s Patterson and whoever plays accordion — but I’m sure the place will be packed any way. Drive-By Truckers Saturday April 9th CD Central 377 S. [...]

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When I heard that the Drive-By Truckers were playing back-to-back nights at Buster’s in Lexington, I immediately told my boss at the record store to try to get them for an instore. We just got word back that they’ll be swinging by sometime on Saturday to play a free show at CD Central. No word [...]

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Drive-By Truckers will be playing April 8th and 9th at Buster’s in Lexington. Tickets go on sale Wednesday at noon. Maybe we’ll luck out and they’ll want to play an instore at CD Central on Saturday while they’re in town! Drive-By Truckers w/Dylan LeBlanc April 8 & April 9 Doors 8pm; Show 9pm $25adv (each); [...]

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