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Drive-By Truckers: The Dirty South

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On August 24, 2004, “New West” label released “The Dirty South”, the fifth Drive-By Truckers album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by David Barbe.

Personnel:

  • Mike Cooley – lead and backing vocals, guitars, banjo, harmonica
  • Patterson Hood – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano
  • Jason Isbell – lead and backing vocals, guitars, 12 string electric Hagstrom guitar, mellophones, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, B3 organ
  • Shonna Tucker – bass, backing vocals
  • Brad Morgan – drums, percussion
  • David Barbe – piano, Fender Rhodes, B3 organ, backing vocals, direction, recording
  • Clay Leverett – backing vocals
  • The Minor Hill Singers – (Jason Isbell, Kimberly Morgan, Shonna Tucker) – backing vocals
  • The State Line Chain Gang – percussive auto parts

Track listing:

  1. Where the Devil Don’t Stay – Mike Cooley
  2. Tornadoes – Patterson Hood
  3. The Day John Henry Died – Jason Isbell
  4. Puttin’ People on the Moon – Petterson Hood
  5. Carl Perkins’ Cadillac – Mike Cooley
  6. The Sands of Iwo Jima – Patterson Hood
  7. Danko / Manuel – Jason Isbell
  8. The Boys from Alabama – Patterson Hood
  9. Cottonseed – Mike Cooley
  10. The Buford Stick – Paterson Hood
  11. Dady’s Cup – Mike Cooley
  12. Never Gonna Change – Jason Isbell
  13. Lookout Montain – Paterson Hood
  14. Goddamn Lonely Love – Jason Isbell

Drive-By Truckers: Decoration Day

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On June 17, 2003, “New West” label released “Decoration Day”, the fourth Drive-By Truckers studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Chase Park Transduction Studios” in Athens, Georgia, and was produced by David Barbe.  

Personnel:

  • Mike Cooley – vocals, guitar
  • Patterson Hood – vocals, guitar
  • Jason Isbell – vocals, guitar
  • Earl Hicks – bass
  • Brad Morgan – drums
  • David Barbe – guitar, keyboards, Wurlitzer, upright piano, engineer, mixing
  • John Neff – pedal steel
  • Shonna Tucker – upright bass 
  • Spooner Oldham – Wurlitzer
  • Scott Danbom – fiddle
  • Clay Leverett – harmony

Track listing:

All tracks by Patterson Hood, except where noted.

  1. The Deeper In
  2. Sink Hole
  3. Hell No, I Ain’t Happy
  4. Marry Me – Mike Cooley
  5. My Sweet Annette
  6. Outfit – Jason Isbell
  7. Heathens
  8. Sounds Better in the Song – Mike Cooley
  9. (Something’s Got to) Give Pretty Soon
  10. Your Daddy Hates Me
  11. Careless
  12. When the Pin Hits the Shell – Mike Cooley
  13. Do It Yourself
  14. Decoration Day – Jason Isbell
  15. Loaded Gun in the Closet – Mike Cooley

Bright Eyes: Lifted of the Story in the Soll, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

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On August 13, 2002, “Saddle Creek” label released “Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground”, the fourth Bright Eyes album. It was recorded December 2001 – January 2002, at “Presto!”, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Conor Oberst– voice, guitar, piano, rhodes, organ
  • Mike Mogis– banjos, bells, hammered dulcimer, vibraphone, glockenspiel, mandolin, guitar, dobro, pedal steel
  • Andy LeMaster– electric guitar, keyboards, vocal harmonies
  • Ted Stevens– electric guitar
  • Maria Taylor– piano, organ, vocal harmonies
  • Matt Maginn, Casey Scott– bass
  • Matt Focht, Clint Schnase, Mike Sweeney– drums
  • Clark Baechle– drums, clarinet
  • Clay Leverett – drums, vocal harmonies
  • Jiha Lee– flute, vocal harmonies
  • Chris Brooks – piano
  • Sean Cole– harmonica
  • Julee Dunekacke– French horn
  • Margaret Fish – bassoon
  • Orenda Fink– trumpet, vocal harmonies
  • Jason Flatowicz– trombone
  • Katie Muth– oboe
  • Tiffany Kowalski– violin
  • Gretta Cohn– cello
  • Todd Baechle, Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Choir – vocal harmonies

Track listing:

  1. The Big Picture
  2. Method Acting
  3. False Advertising
  4. You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will
  5. Lover I Don’t Have to Love
  6. Bowl of Oranges
  7. Don’t Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come
  8. Nothing Gets Crossed Out
  9. Make War
  10. Waste of Paint
  11. From a Balance Beam
  12. Laura Laurent
  13. Let’s Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved)