The Drive-By Truckers are getting ready to embark on their Home Front World Tour, in support of the new LP Brighter Than Creation’s Dark. Aquarium Drunkard is presenting the 1st two dates in Anaheim (House of Blues) and Los Angeles (the Avalon). We have fifteen pairs of tickets (5/Anaheim, 10/LA) to give away to AD readers.
Winners were notified yesterday; check your email.To enter for a pair, leave a comment below with your favorite Cooley penned tune - and be sure to state which date you’re interested in, Anaheim, CA, or Los Angeles. Also, leave your first/last name - with a valid email address - so we can contact you. Winners will be contacted by the end of the weekend.
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MP3: Drive-By Truckers :: Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife
MP3: Drive-By Truckers :: Space City
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“Carl Perkins’ Cadillac” off of The Dirty South album is one of my favorites. “Life ain’t nothing but a blending up of all the ups and downs…”
(Anaheim)
1 | Steve Albers February 6th, 2008 at 8:22 pmZip City
2 | Traci Leigh February 6th, 2008 at 9:26 pmLA
Definitely the lead off track to The Dirty South album, “Where The Devil Don’t Stay.” (Anaheim)
3 | Patrick Bakker February 6th, 2008 at 9:52 pmGotta say I’m diggin’ “Check Out Time in Vegas” from the recent disc…
thanks (SUNSET STRIP!)!!
aW
4 | Adam Wilkins February 6th, 2008 at 9:58 pmLove Cottonseed. Avalon show
5 | tom February 6th, 2008 at 10:04 pmMy favorite Cooley-penned song in from Decoration Day: Sounds Better in the Song. I like the lyrics: realistic. Sad.
I’m interested in the Feb 11 (Anaheim) Drive By Truckers show.
Doug
6 | Doug Kresse February 6th, 2008 at 10:07 pm“Panties In Your Purse” Incredible opening lines…
7 | Patrick Hayes February 6th, 2008 at 11:23 pm(Avalon)
“Women Without Whiskey”
Avalon show
8 | Josh Maag February 7th, 2008 at 10:06 am“Coming home with a bottle, trying not to break the seal.” (Love Like This)
Great songwriters are able to capture the essence of a song by distilling it to a single image or phrase. Cooley has the uncanny talent for doing just that with lines like the one above making him one of our countries top songwriters in my book.
Patrick’s note above is another great example…
“Saw you standing in the hallway, red plastic cup, and one of those big long cigarettes”
(Anaheim)
9 | Scott Kurth February 7th, 2008 at 11:14 amBest Cooley song…
“Cottonseed”
10 | Lee February 7th, 2008 at 11:41 am“Bulldozers and Dirt” - LA
I ran a small mixtape club for a while a few years ago. My friend Jenni who had just moved to NY made an electronica/britpop-centric mixtape with this little gem stuffed in at the end. The saving grace of the mix.
11 | Shawn February 7th, 2008 at 12:58 pm‘Space City’…fo sho
On a side note, thanks for the heads up on that Silverlake show last night…had an amazing time…
LA
12 | Blair February 7th, 2008 at 1:06 pmZip City is arguably the best song ever to fly down the highway with, windows down and singing along with to the top of your lungs.
Hood/Cooley in ‘08
L.A.
13 | Bill February 7th, 2008 at 1:13 pm“Marry Me”!!!!
Anaheim, please
Thanks!
14 | Bob February 7th, 2008 at 1:24 pmYour Daddy Hates Me
LA show - thanks for this!
15 | Gabe Wilcox February 7th, 2008 at 1:37 pmWhere The Devil Won’t Stay
Anaheim, please!
16 | Cary Christopher February 7th, 2008 at 1:58 pmforgot to include my last name
17 | Blair Hook February 7th, 2008 at 3:09 pmCottonseed!!
Los Angeles (Anaheim would work too:)!) Thanks!
18 | Kevin Williams February 7th, 2008 at 3:20 pm“Bulldozers and Dirt” off of Pizza Deliverance. Bought it from some random indie record shop in Atlanta while on a road trip through the south in 1997.
(LA)
19 | Ryan Raddatz February 7th, 2008 at 3:25 pmMy last name is included in my e-mail!!!
thanks again
20 | Bob February 7th, 2008 at 3:51 pmWould have to be the first Truckers Song I ever heard, Women Without Whiskey, just an amazing song.
(Anaheim)
21 | Edward Kimball February 7th, 2008 at 5:05 pmHey, don’t sell NMAS.s involvement short! One of the best bands around, and Luther is probably my favorite guitarist on the planet.
(Not entering for tickets. Alas, I am on the wrong coast)
22 | Mike February 7th, 2008 at 8:53 pmgravity’s gone
don’t ever let them feel
like saying what you want is unbecoming
if you were supposed to watch your mouth all the time
i doubt your eyes would be above it…
LA!
23 | Mary February 8th, 2008 at 11:55 amsounds better in the song - and i wanna hear that song in hollywood.
24 | neil February 8th, 2008 at 1:26 pmduh, forgot my last name too. whoops. its in my email. my name is my email. yes, my name is hotmail.
25 | neil February 8th, 2008 at 1:59 pmMy favorite Truckers/Cooley song is “The Living Bubba”, from the album Ganstabully.
I’m interest in the 2/12/08 show at the Avalalon In Hollywood.
My name is Chris Rehr and I can be contacted at CRehr@ca.rr.com or Chris.Rehr@gmail.com
The Truckers are bitchin’ and so are you for offering this. And congrats on getting to promote their gig!
26 | Chris Rehr February 8th, 2008 at 5:25 pmIve got my tix to the Avalon show so we’ll see you there.
Cooley tunes - where to start?
Think it has to be “Love Like This” from Pizza Deliverance.
and Saturday morning ill be singing these blues
last night i slept with my boots on again
one cut on my forehead
one on my chin
on the hard oak floor with nothing to cover up with
you got me real good girl and i must admit
you pack a pretty mean punch for such a pretty little dish
and its a shame that most folks dont know love like this
Runner up - “Daddy’s Cup” on The Dirty South
recorded live in one take and the band gets lost at the end “listening to the story”
27 | SteveR February 8th, 2008 at 8:18 pmWomen Without Whiskey. I see I’m not the only one to love this great track.
Avalon - LA
28 | Colin February 9th, 2008 at 1:28 amWife Beater
Avalon…
29 | thrashby February 9th, 2008 at 10:55 pmOops, needed to include the first/last bit. Must read for content..
30 | Ashby Lawson February 9th, 2008 at 11:01 pmPin Hits the Shell
“It’s enough to make a man not want to be nobody’s Daddy”
LA.
31 | Bryan Johnson February 10th, 2008 at 1:44 pmLA date
Space City
32 | JR February 10th, 2008 at 9:13 pm“daddy’s cup”
los angeles - avalon
33 | lauren February 10th, 2008 at 9:14 pmThat mean there were no tickets? Or winners already chosen?
34 | Patrick Hayes February 12th, 2008 at 1:23 amwinners were notified yesterday
35 | Satisfied '75 February 12th, 2008 at 1:48 amDoes anyone have a setlist from the Avalon show? I’m a fan and I STILL didn’t pick up on about 4 of the song titles. Great f-ing show, btw.
36 | Vic Arpeggio February 13th, 2008 at 6:19 pm