Drive-By-Trucker's Expectations

Would anyone who has seen DBT's care to comment on their show? Do they extend their 3:30 minute songs into 12-15 jam sessions? Is it a marathon 3 hour set? Are they disassociated from the audience or engaging? Clearly, this will be my first Truckerâ??s show.

Why don't you just go with no expectations and enjoy it for what it is. Do you ask people what happens during films before you watch them?

Here's a setlist from 05/18/2006 - Milwaukee, WI

1. Intro/Tuning 1:33
2. Gravity's Gone 3:36
3. Feb 14 3:33
4. The Day John Henry Died 4:19
5. Sink Hole 3:42
6. Zip City 5:35
7. The Living Bubba 6:27
8. Never Gonna Change 5:29
9. A Blessing and a Curse 5:19
10. Do It Yourself 3:52
11. 72 (This Highway's Mean) 5:43
12. Aftermath USA 5:15
13. Goddamn Lonely Love 5:46
14. 18 Wheels of Love 8:42
15. Women Without Whiskey 4:36
16. Buttholeville 7:10
17. Easy on Yourself 3:40
18. Rebels 5:11
19. Devil Don't Stay 5:35
20. Let Me Roll It 6:05
21. Let There Be Rock 8:57
22. Dress Blues 5:17
23. World of Hurt 5:55
24. Shut Up and Get on the Plane 4:24
25. Lookout Mountain 6:11

Total Time - 131:52


Looking over some of their recent shows, the above looks typical. 2 hours 15 minutes was the average time of the solo shows they played this spring.

This will also be my first time seeing the Truckers…do they ever play Demonic Possession anymore? That's been one of my favorite songs for years.

Originally posted by Alex:
This will also be my first time seeing the Truckers…do they ever play Demonic Possession anymore? That's been one of my favorite songs for years.

Not since July 29, 2004

http://www.oneofthesedays.org/

Anyone know who's opening?

No opener. It's "An Evening With."

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
18. Rebels 5:11
20. Let Me Roll It 6:05
22. Dress Blues 5:17

I'm not familiar with those three…where are they from?

Originally posted by Alex:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
18. Rebels 5:11
20. Let Me Roll It 6:05
22. Dress Blues 5:17

I'm not familiar with those three…where are they from?

Dress Blues is a Jason Isbell solo work. Let Me Roll It is probably a Paul McCartney cover. I don't know about Rebels – maybe a Petty cover.

Originally posted by Shadrach:
Why don't you just go with no expectations and enjoy it for what it is. Do you ask people what happens during films before you watch them?

i am guessing lots of people read movie reviews before going to see them

Why don't I go without any expectations? I like songs of the 3-5 minutes, verse/chorus/verse variety. DTB fall into this category. If they take these songs and make them into 12 minute jam sessions, that's not the Trucker's experience that I would choose and would sell my ticket to someone who would enjoy the show more than myself.
I'd rather hear 12-15 songs per hour vice 5 songs with extended guitar solos per hour. Therefore, if I ask what to expect before hand I can avoid a potentially unpleasant night or be prepared for a great time.
Thanks for trying to place an ounce of wit into a pound of sarcasm.

Originally posted by Shadrach:
Why don't you just go with no expectations and enjoy it for what it is. Do you ask people what happens during films before you watch them?

What? No love for Mission of Burma? I'd rather see them than these stoners… :)

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by Alex:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
18. Rebels 5:11
20. Let Me Roll It 6:05
22. Dress Blues 5:17

I'm not familiar with those three…where are they from?

Dress Blues is a Jason Isbell solo work.

video of Dress Blues:
http://newwestrecords.com/dbt/media/dressblues.mov

study up kids

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by Alex:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
18. Rebels 5:11
20. Let Me Roll It 6:05
22. Dress Blues 5:17

I'm not familiar with those three…where are they from?

Dress Blues is a Jason Isbell solo work.

video of Dress Blues:
http://newwestrecords.com/dbt/media/dressblues.mov

study up kids

Any word on when his solo album is coming out?

They will be streaming Saturdayâ??s show on NPR.

I don't know what's more strange: DBT on All Songs Considered, or Pabst Blue Ribbon beer having a banner ad on NPR.org…

i'm expecting to be ROCKED, and i'm happy they're going on at 10:30p and not 7:30p or something like that, enough time to work up a good buzz :D

let's get a top 5 going … top 5 truckers songs:

(1) "Putting People on the Moon" – sums up what they're all about perfectly
(2) "(Somethings Got to) Give Pretty Soon"
(3) "Let There Be Rock"
(4) "Carl Perkins Cadillac"
(5) "Heathens" or "The Living Bubba"

honorable mention:

"Dead, Drunk, and Naked"
"Demonic Possession" (thanks Alex for reminding me about this song, it's a great one)
"The Living Bubba"
"Hell No, I Ain't Happy"

hows about yourself?

Living Bubba
Zip City
Putting People on the Moon
Sinkhole
Danko/Manuel

Honorable Mention:

Lonely Love
Daylight
Too Much Sex Too Little Jesus
Bulldozers and Dirt

This is tough…

1. Sink Hole
2. Demonic Possesion
3. Where The Devil Don't Stay
4. Days of Graduation/Ronnie and Neil (I count this as one)
5. My Sweet Annette

Honorable mentions:

-Gravity's Gone (definitely one of my top songs of this year)
-Carl Perkins' Cadillac
-Let There Be Rock
-Zip City

1. Outfit

2.When the Pin Hits the Shell

3. Tornadoes

4.A World of Hurt

5. Carl Perkins Cadillac