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Drive-By Truckers and a splinter group - jazzboCR - 02-01-2015
That splinter group being former lead guitarist--Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit,
DBT: Alternative country (which means a go-back to the times when a band [Black or White] playing rural venues played a little bit of everything--keep'm drinking, keep'm dancing was the order of the day). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-By_Truckers Site: http://drivebytruckers.com/ 12 albums in 16 years, all highly rated. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/drive-by-truckers-mn0000201668/discography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU7H4ot7WIs << Talking about the real ("The Dirty South")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-WE87LFu5s << some pithy comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEW5p3vGo10 << classic lyric--"It's getting hard to find a place to root for sin..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P6DpigzSPk << subtle, aren't they?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q-Ma6UlrtA
SEMI-BONUS: The 2 leads and songwriters in a radio interview/perf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIQdsR05YEM << two others available on YouTube
Jason Isbell No heavy-duty split, just a desire to have his own sound and band. He succeeded. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jason-isbell-mn0000562615/biography and http://www.jasonisbell.com/
His tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V_vBPaI1d0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdZVcDt5MpU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBps5Qr1D4E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc2WZr8oTW8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZlzQurZRdg << very important show if your "garden" is 500 acres and you are tired of suffering rodents
BONUS: Full show from Moulton, Alabama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flg9zvNj27Y
There's quality and then there's quantity--rarely the twain shall meet...