photos by Tim Griffin

Drive-By Truckers @ Stubb's

Y'ALL:
Last Wednesday, I fell down and cut my hand.
Fifteen stitches in my left palm.
Wish I had a cool story, but I don't.
The movie version would have me getting cut by a bottle of rot-gut whiskey in a bar fight.
No doubt defending the honor of someone or another.
My heroics bookended by a scene of me carrying my hand for reattachment by a disgraced former surgeon in the back of a grimy tattoo shop because lack of insurance would preclude being seen by a real doctor.
I would be brave and not cry or complain.

Hurling would be out of the question.

Ahh, the movie version.

Unfortunately, the truth is kind of tame, lame even.
I was picking my daughter up at first grade, carrying a bottle of water.
I tripped and fell (in front of her entire class).
I fell, shattering the glass which I then duly landed upon, pushing shards up into my hand.
My fucking left hand.
Fifteen stitches in my palm.
No biggie. No cut tendons or damaged muscle. Missed that artery (bled like a stuck pig though).
Hurts like hell, but it won't long and I will be as good as new in a month or less.
Unfortunately, I can't play guitar for a few weeks and we have a tour beginning this week.

In the words of Three Dog Night, "The show must go on".
My friend Kevin told me, as I was bleeding all over the playground, awaiting my ride to the Emergency Room, "You guys have too many guitar players anyway."
Nonetheless, to insure everyone's Premium Rock and Roll Experience, we have recruited our friend Will Johnson, from Centro-matic to fill in on guitar, covering the SG through a Fender Vibro-King parts.
I will be in full front man mode, on other words, it's dancing shoes time.
I always wanted to be Phil Mogg, and for the next couple of weeks...

We only have Will Johnson through New Orleans, then we will have to improvise, but that's one of the things we do best, so STAY TUNED.

So come out to this, hopefully once in a lifetime DBT Show.
We guarantee you a great time and a Premiere Go-Go Extravaganza that you'll be telling your Grandkids about (maybe sooner than later).

Oh and Bob, the 9th is my son's birthday and it's GO TIME.

Long Live Rock and Roll and Country Soul.
Captain Hook
(Patterson Hood)
(or is it Dr. Hook?)

An injured Drive By Truckers played a headlining show at Stubb's in Austin on 9/1 with Will Johnson on guitar and with Will Johnson's band Centro-Matic opening. The New Orleans date has now also passed, but the show goes on and DBT continue their tour on 9/7 in Tuscaloosa AL (a benefit for tornado relief).

The current trek never comes east, but in October DBT play a string of shows with Those Darlins not long after Those Darlins play The Bell House in Brooklyn with The Beets and Brothers. Tickets are still on sale for that show. Centro-Matic play MusicFestNW this coming weekend in Portland.

All dates and more pictures from the Austin show, below...

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Drive-By Truckers recently trucked through the area, hitting Wellmont Theater in NJ on Saturday, June 11th with Alejandro Escovedo. If you missed out or were just hoping for a NYC show, your wish is granted. Drive-By Truckers will play a last minute show back at Brooklyn Bowl THIS MONDAY, June 20th at 8pm. Tickets go on sale at noon today (6/16). This show is not as small as their last NYC show, and they recently played Brooklyn Bowl too, but it's still much more intimate than Terminal 5 where they've also recently played. Also, stay tuned to the BrooklynVegan Facebook for a chance to win tickets., and a signed poster (like the above).

The Brooklyn show is one day after they hit the Clearwater Festival up in Croton-On Hudson, and one day before they appear on Letterman. All tour dates below...

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Pete Seeger at Clearwater 2009 (more by )

The 2011 edition of the Clearwater Festival boasts some big names over its two days, June 18th and 19th, in Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. Founder Pete Seeger will be joined by Drive-By Truckers, Martin Sexton, Indigo Girls, Josh Ritter, Arlo Guthrie, Suzanne Vega, Billy Bragg (who plays NYCx3 a month later), and man other artists who are listed elow. Tickets are still available.

In related news, Martin Sexton will play four NYC shows before that Clearwater appearance, as part of a residency at City Winery. Tickets are sold-out for Martin Sexton on June 2nd, 3rd, & 4th at the venue but he just added a fourth late show on 6/4, and tickets are still available.

All Martin Sexton tour dates and the full Clearwater lineup is below.

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The second annual Hopscotch Festival will go down in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, across 12 different venues with over 135 bands, from September 8th through 10th. The lineup this year runs the gamut of independent music... from traditional indie staples (The Flaming Lips, Guided By Voices, Superchunk) to southern-inflected rock (Drive-By Truckers) to noise (Prurient) to hip hop (Beans) to garage (Jeff The Brotherhood) to funk (Budos Band) to metal (Krallice), and everywhere in between (Swans, Rhys Chatham, etc etc). Tickets are currently on sale. Full lineup is below.

Hopscotch happens almost three months after Guided By Voices play a Brooklyn Northside Festival show in McCarren Park (tickets) which is one day after Beirut plays a Northside Festival show on the same McCarren Park stage with... Sharon Van Etten (though she may have been accidentally announced at one point, they officially kept her placement on the bill under wraps until after Saturday's Music Hall of Williamsburg show). Tickets for Beirut/SVE are still on sale, and another opener will be added too.

Guided by Voices (whose Brooklyn show also has more openers coming) are also playing Pitchfork in July with Animal Collective whose Prospect Park show is now on AmEx presale.

Swans' upcoming NYC show is now on AmEx presale too.

Hopscotch lineup below...

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Jason Isbell at Bowery Ballroom(more by Fresh Bread)

Hayes Carll and Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit will team up for a string of co-headlining dates including Bowery Ballroom on April 22nd. Tickets for the NYC show go on AMEX presale at noon (1/26) and regular sale on Friday. Both Carll and Isbell are preparing to release new LPs in the next three months. Carll is prepping to release KMAG YOYO on 2/15 (preorder) and Isbell has Here We Rest due on April 12th.

The Bowery show is one of three NYC-area dates scheduled for Hayes Carll. He'll also appear at Montclair's Wellmont Theater on Feb 11th in support of Levon Helm Band (tickets) and at Housing Works on Feb 15th (the day that KMAG YOYO comes out, tickets). The day after the Wellmont show (2/12) Carll will head up to Woodstock to play Midnight Ramble with Helm, tickets are still available.

Meanwhile, Jason Isbell's OLD unit, Drive-By Truckers, will play Bowery Ballroom on Feb 15th, a much smaller room than they played in their last go-around. Tickets are on sale at noon. The show is one of two record release parties for Go-Go Boots, DBT's new LP which is available for preorder now. The second will go down on March 7 in LA at the Troubadour. Trade your email address for a download of "Used To Be A Cop" from Go-Go Boots now.

All tour dates and some video from Hayes Carll's performance on the Tonight Show a few days ago, are below.

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Patterson of Drive-By Truckers at Canal Room (more by Eric Townsend)

So the plans have been made, you decided you'll be seeing Drive By Truckers at Terminal 5 when the clock strikes 1/1/11 (New Year's Eve) (and you bought your tickets in JUNE). Feel like doubling your dosage of southern-fried rock?

"We are also thrilled to announce a special DEC 30, 2010 show at Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn NY! Tickets go on sale Wed Nov 17 and are ONLY available to Terminal 5 NYE ticket holders. BUY YOUR Terminal 5 NYE tickets NOW for an opportunity to have access to Brooklyn Bowl tickets. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Wednesday December 1 but due to the small capacity at this intimate venue tickets are expected to go fast and may be sold out by December 1st.

Drive By Truckers recently announced a gang of new tour dates for the new year in addition to some new releases! A limited-to-2500 10" of two songs: "The Thanksgiving Filter" and "Used To Be A Cop" will be released on Black Friday (11/26) at your neighborhood independent record store. It's another Record Store Day / "Back to Black Friday" exclusive. Both songs will also appear on a new LP, Go-Go Boots, due via ATO Records on February 15, 2011. And their documentary, The Secret to a Happy Ending, will be released on DVD in conjunction with the album.

All tour dates and a live video for "Used To Be a Cop" from the forthcoming Go-Go Boots, and the new album's tracklist, below...

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2010 isn't even half over (that happens on July 2nd) but there's already a NYE show to put on the calendar: Drive-By Truckers and special guests will play a December 31st show at Terminal 5. Tickets go on AmEx presale Wednesday at noon. General sale starts Friday, June 11th at noon. Heads up on the fact that the price goes up with time ($35 Early Advance Tickets / $45 Limited Advance Tickets / $55 Advance Tickets / $60 starting Dec 29). They're also on sale now through the band.

Drive-by Truckers have North American shows through the summer (some with Tom Petty) and dates in Europe this fall.

Their album The Big To-Do came out earlier this year. The video for their song "This Fucking Job" (or cleanly "Working This Job") comes in two versions with different endings. It's directed by Scott Teem and stars Ray McKinnon (Deadwood, The Accountant, Blind Side, O Brother, Where Art Thou?), who writes the following:

"A friend turned me on the DBT's over a decade ago. I went mad for what they were doing. Not long after someone turned them on to my film, THE ACCOUNTANT, of which they claim to still like. And so, we were mutually admiring without knowing each other. Eventually that changed and I have had their music in three of my succeeding films including THAT EVENING SUN which I produced. Patterson particularly, has become a good friend and when I was approached to be a part of the collaboration in the making of the video, I could not refuse. They have all been such champions of my films so more than anything, I (and Scott Teems) wanted to do something that they would dig... Drunk or sober. They seem to like it. The video shoot was a fair amount of shooting from the hip. We were making some crucial decisions on the fly. Damned exhilarating, it was. But nervy too. Lunch was brought in but I couldn't get "Burger World" out of my mind after seeing the video cop enjoy his burger so much after shooting me (or arresting me). So that's where I went. A last meal of sorts. A damn fine burger, too." - Ray McKinnon

The videos and all tour dates are posted below...

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As previously mentioned, My Morning Jacket landed some opening slots on the current Tom Petty tour including August 24th in NJ (though not MSG). Tickets for the tour are currently on sale (some with no service fee).

My Morning Jacket now has new dates that include Canandaigua, NY (outside Rochester) on August 28th (tickets on sale Friday at noon) and Philly on August 29th. On those headlining dates "the guys will be donating $1 from each ticket to a local charity." All dates and the list of charities are below.

Before those, Jim James will be a part of the Appalachain Voices tour with Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore in July. That includes a July 30th show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets are on sale Friday.

You can also catch Yim Yames on May 26th performing with John Prine on Letterman. MMJ is among those who contributed to a new Prine tribute album entitled Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and Gayngs, Deer Tick, Josh Ritter, Conor Oberst, Drive By Truckers, Those Darlins and others have tracks on the CD too.

The full tribute tracklist, a video of J Vernon covering Prine at the Haiti benefit @ MHOW, and all MMJ tour dates, below...

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"The 2010 Lollapalooza line-up is official: Soundgarden, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, and Phoenix will headline, joined by Social Distortion, MGMT, Jimmy Cliff, Hot Chip, and The Black Keys. With 130 bands on this year's bill, its sure to be a weekend long feast for the ears.

It's a monumental year for Lollapalooza, filled with homecomings, reunions, and first-times. Soundgarden, 1992 and 1996 Lollapalooza alumni, return to the Lollapalooza stage for their first performance since 1997. Green Day will rock Grant Park sixteen years after their first Lollapalooza appearance. While Lady Gaga will headline the festival only three short years after playing the BMI stage at Lollapalooza 2007.

Arcade Fire returns to Grant Park, having played the reincarnated Lollapalooza in 2005. This is the first Lollapalooza for The Strokes - and also their first show in four years. And making their Lollapalooza debut: Phoenix." - Lollapalooza

After extremely accurate early leaks and then much teasing, Lollapalooza oficially announces this year's lineup. Check it out below...

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Pete Seeger @ Clearwater Festival 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)

Clearwater Festival, the annual benefit for the Hudson River environmental group of the same name, will be happening this year at Croton-on-Hudson's Croton Point Park on June 19th & 20th. Pete Seeger, the non-profit's founder, plays every year - joining him this year will be Steve Earle, Rhett Miller, Joan Osborne, Buckwheat Zydeco, Felice Bros and more. More of the initial lineup is below. Tickets to the fest are on sale (and currently almost half the door price). Pictures from last year's day one are HERE and day two are HERE.

A bit farther Upstate in Hunter, NY, the three-day Mountain Jam will be happening June 4th-6th. The lineup for that includes Gov't Mule, Levon Helm & Friends, Drive-By Truckers, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Avett Brothers, Dr. Dog, Les Claypool, Jay Farrar (of Son Volt), These United States, Justin Townes Earle (note dad, playing above) and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger Band (the same, except grandpa). The full current lineup is below, and tickets are on sale.

Later this summer (in July), Camp Bisco will be in Mariaville, NY.

Lineups so far for both fests are below...

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We'll get a more complete press release in the morning (and confirm what is listed below is 100% correct), but in the meantime below is a picture of the 2010 Sasquatch poster (that someone Tweeted) and the lineup as read by Bradford Cox at tonight's Atlas Sound show in Seattle (and being listed all over the Internet)....

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