The Gobblers Knob

Every blog and website and magazine in the world is amped up for Tuesday’s release of Drive By Trucker’s new disc, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, and rightfully so.  So many writers, bloggers, and pseudo-intellectuals often mimic one another when they put the lazy, restrictive and over-used label of “Southern Rock” on the Truckers.  I have and will always feel that such inattention to detail misses the mark on what is an amazing, rocking, literate, and imaginative Southern Band.  While you can’t escape the sonic and lyrical qualities that often lead the mislabeling lemmings off the cliched cliff from which they analyze, it shouldn’t take anyone long to see that this Skynyrd loving group comes to the table with more than dueling guitars and a rebel flag in hand.  Lead writers, guitarists and singers Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley ooze whiskey and front porch yarn-spinning as they relay tales of family, love, lust, betrayal, crime and punishment all without hyperbole and pandering to irony or what many people think is their core audience.  From what I have heard so far, this album makes amazing use of DBT’s other assets.  Shonna Tucker’s voice is heard more hear than ever, to great effect.  Many feared that the departure of guitar/songwriting hero Jason Isbell would be damaging, however, Isbell’s decision to leave provided the group a chance to flex even more muscle, as this disc is 19 tracks strong.

Go to the bands myspace page to preview some songs, and even click on over to Rhapsody to hear the entire album streaming over the interwebs.    

More exciting than even the release of a new album is the fact that there will actually be an ALBUM for this release.  Vinyl editions of Brighter Than Creation’s Dark will be available on Tuesday as well!

Live Performance of “Two Daughters & A Beautiful Wife” from new DBT’s album