DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Chat 'American Band' With Craig Finn
By: Caryn Robbins Jan. 10, 2017
Entering 2017, the Drive-By Truckers album American Band continues to be politically thought provoking as we move closer and closer to Inauguration Day.
Today they are releasing a revealing, never-before-seen interview filmed at NYC's famous Electric Lady studios with longtime friend Craig Finn of the Hold Steady that discusses the making of American Band and the twenty-year history of Drive-By Truckers. Watch Part 1HERE, Part 2 HERE and Part 3 HERE.Drive-By Truckers will also be the musical guest on Conan on January 16th, performing "Ramon Casiano", a song that has been called "a muscular piece of Muscle Shoals punk" byNPR Music.
"With songs about gun violence and race relations, the Southern rockers release their most politically-charged record yet," said Rolling Stone. "American Band comes from the very distinct perspective of a group that remains burdened by, and reckoning with, its own bloody Southern history."
The album was also mentioned on the 2016 year-end lists of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Paste and Entertainment Weekly and was named The Bitter Southerner's #1 album of the year. All upcoming 2017 tour dates, including three shows at their hometown venue of Athens, GA's 40 Watt Club, are listed below.
US TOUR DATES
1/13 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
1/14 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
1/26 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium#
1/27 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant#
1/28 - Lincoln, NE - The Bourbon Theater#
1/29 - Iowa City, IA - The Englert Theatre#
1/31 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theater#
2/1 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom#
2/2 - Chicago, IL - The Vic#
2/3 - Detroit, MI - The Majestic#
2/4 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Theatre#
2/7 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre#
2/8 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground#
2/9 - Boston, MA - Royale#
2/10 - Long Island, NY - Westbury#
2/11 - New York, NY - Webster Hall#
2/16 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
2/17 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club (SOLD OUT)
2/18 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club (SOLD OUT)
# - with Kyle Craft
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
2/27 - Glasgow, Scotland - O2 ABC%
2/28 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street%
3/1 - Manchester, UK - O2 Ritz%
3/2 - Bristol, UK - Anson Rooms%
3/3 - London, UK - Roundhouse%
3/4 - Brighton, UK - Concorde 2%
3/6 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix Club%
3/7 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso%
3/9 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
3/10 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Pustervik
3/11 - Oslo, Norway - Rockerfeller
3/12 - Stockholm, Sweden - Kagelbanan
% - with Eyelids
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