From the DBT website
Y'ALL:
It's with a wide range of emotions and feelings that I'm announcing that we have parted ways with Jason.
The split, which I consider extremely amicable is the result of a period of personal and artistic growth from all sides which has left us with differing dreams and goals.
Jason joined our band, mid-tour, in the fall of 2001, shortly after the release of our 4th album (Southern Rock Opera). His impact on the band was immediate and profound, bringing an awe-inspiring combination of vocal range, guitar dexterity, and amazing songwriting and leading us into an era of creativity that has resulted in three albums that I will be proud of for as long as I live.
Life in a band is always a delicate balancing act of personal and musical chemistries. Having been in bands for most of my life, I still marvel that any band stays together for longer than a year. Especially if the band in question spends anywhere from 150-220 days a year on the road, as our band has done since 1998. That said, I have also likened this band to a family. A big, messy, sometimes dysfunctional one, but a family full of love all the same. It is in this spirit that I plan on Jason continuing to be a part of our lives wherever our roads and dreams take us in the immediate future.
Jason is about to embark on a tour (including a leg of dates with Son Volt) with his stellar band and will be releasing (finally) his amazing solo album "Sirens of the Ditch" <> . We all are wishing him nothing but the absolute best on every step that plays before him.
Cooley and I will have played together for 22 years this summer and DBT is about to begin it's 12th year of existence on the very day that we will be going into the studio to begin recording our 8th album. Cooley recently sent me a demo of five new songs and yesterday I demoed nine new ones for consideration. In addition to Shonna and Brad (who is coming up on ten years in the band) John Neff will be playing with us full time, playing both guitar and pedal steel. John was a founding member of the band in 96 and has already played on four of our albums and has been on the road with us, full time for going on two years.
It is my sincere and and adamant hope that everyone will support all of us, and by that I mean our band and Jason's, as we deal with this transition. Jason's tenure in this band has been one of the greatest things that has ever happened to me on a personal and musical level and our love for him and his music is in no way changed or endangered by our collective decision to move into different directions.
In addition to the upcoming THE DIRT UNDERNEATH tour and the recording of our next album, we will also be playing some special ROCK SHOW dates this summer and hope to do another leg or two of THE DIRT UNDERNEATH in the fall.
As always, the bond that we have with each other, as well as with the folks that come to our shows and listen to our records has always been one of the things that has set this band apart. We plan to continue on in that tradition and spirit and hope you will come with us as we attempt to tell another tale and Rock the nights away a little while longer.
Sincerely Yours,
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers
April 6, 2007
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Here's an off the wall question for you: Do you (or any commenters here) know any good woman killing songs? You know, in the vein of Knoxville Girl or Cocaine Blues.
ReplyDeleteyeh, I know a few. Give me a couple days and I will work up a mix :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to know you'll do some woman killing songs. That adds to your cred as a stupid thoughtless music thief.
ReplyDeleteLike killing women? How about raping Emmylou Harris? Didn't you say you wanted to stalk her at Ryman?
A truer sound is a knife going into a woman's body. Isn't that what you say? "gimme a few days" and you'll go into your Jack The Ripper bag and rip out some songs.
Sure. You want to drive by a woman's house and rape and kill her. That's you, you fucking redneck pile of shit.
Dude. Find a shrink.
ReplyDeleteOh, and to you, ATS: Thanks. I'll look forward to it.
ReplyDeleteso posting a few murder ballads = wanting to rape and kill Emmylou Harris. thats fucked up man, your really grabbing for straws there.
ReplyDeleteare you running out of clever things to say what "a truer sound" is.
Tell you what, my next post is going to be a Whiskeytown Acoustic bootleg. Now I can do one of the following and let you choose.
A: post a youtube link to "Excuse me while a break my heart"....to which you can reply "excuse me while I break your redneck face, that's what a truersound is"
or
B: I can post a youtube link to whiskeytown doing a tribute to Gram Parsons' "A Song For You" to which you can reply: "I got a song for your hick mom, it's called yeh baby right on your face......that's what a truersound is"
there, the choice is yours.
and I think it's funny how you single out Emmylou in all of your posts.....could it be cause that is the only person on here you have heard of.....probably
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ReplyDeletehahaha. You are definitely infringing on his intellectual property rights....I'm surprised he hasn't sent me a "comment delete request" :D
ReplyDeleteI deleted it because I felt bad posting that much profanity on Easter. But I'm glad you got to read it first. I think we should make a game of this -- try to write his comment for each new post before he gets there.
ReplyDeletesick, idiotic trolls notwithstanding, thanks for posting all the good stuff. A Truer Sound indeed.
ReplyDeleteKinda bittersweet about Jason Isbell. Oh well, paths diverge, onward and upward and all that.