Like so many other great American bands from the 90's and early 00's, it took me a few years before discovering Drive-By Truckers, a Southern Rock outfit hailing from Athens, Georgia. Three albums I bought so far: The Big To-Do (2010), The Dirty South (2004) and Decoration Day (2003). You can really hear the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd influence in the songs, but at the same time it's fresh. Upon further listening (and some reading up), I discovered their style is to use three guitars, or the "three axe attack". Listening to this band makes me happy there's still some pretty fucking good Rock & Roll in the world today.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Another fucking great band: Drive-By Truckers
Like so many other great American bands from the 90's and early 00's, it took me a few years before discovering Drive-By Truckers, a Southern Rock outfit hailing from Athens, Georgia. Three albums I bought so far: The Big To-Do (2010), The Dirty South (2004) and Decoration Day (2003). You can really hear the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd influence in the songs, but at the same time it's fresh. Upon further listening (and some reading up), I discovered their style is to use three guitars, or the "three axe attack". Listening to this band makes me happy there's still some pretty fucking good Rock & Roll in the world today.
