Drive By Truckers/Mayola @ Cains 6/19/10
So, it was my birthday a few weeks ago, and the other BRD dudes bought me tickets to see the DBT dudes (aren’t they just the sweetest little shits?) So, I felt strongly compelled to write this little blurb about the show, because it was so fucking radical. Drive By Truckers are consistently on my regular listening list, no matter what day, season, or mood I am in, and seeing them live does not disappoint. Patterson Hood has a voice that sounds like a mutant harmonica that has been used to smoke pot through, and I mean that as a huge compliment. Mike Cooley, the other vocalist, has a classic, deep, voice that reminds me of gravel roads and Old Crow bourbon (also a compliment). And, of course, the whole band rocks ass on all cylinders. The new album is bitchin, and the new EP that Cooley has spoken word on (“Your woman is a living thing EP”) was an awesome, hilarious prelude to the show.
Ass kicking commenced, playing much from the new album (which is bitchin, by the way), and they ended the main set with a butthole-blistering rendition of “Buttholeville”, only to come back out and play an encore that lasted another 30 or 40 minutes, all balls out country rock ‘n roll. Hell of a show. Pardon the sketchy pics, I forgot my camera, and my Blackberry was too white-collar to get a good shot.
And I didn’t even mention Mayola! These guys are from just up 412 in Stillwater, so they fall in BRD’s Juris-my-diction, and they kicked a lot of ass, as well. I was really impressed with these guys, because they held the crowd’s attention and used it wisely. Also, whatever their bassist is on, I want some, cuz that dude was goin nuts up there, like he was playing to a crowd of thousands, when there were only about 100 there. AND they were handing out free copies of their last EP, which I jammed the other day, and it was pretty radical. Thanks for kicking ass, and for the free CD, dudes! I suggest jamming with these dudes any chance you get.
-Sparky
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