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Drive-By Truckers
The term "Southern rock" brings images of long hair, confederate flags and Lynyrd Skynyrd to mind. But when it comes to the Drive-By Truckers, you have to push that all aside. Patterson Hood, son of Muscle Shoals bassist David Hood, and Mike Cooley formed the group in Athens, GA in 1996, and since then they've consistently toured, recorded and pushed the envelope of Southern sound. In 2001 people took notice with Southern Rock Opera. Now three members of the band, Hood, Jay Gonzalez and Shonna Tucker, stop by the studio to perform new tracks from Go-Go Boots, as well as an Eddie Hinton cover.
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“Saturday Night Special”Lynyrd Skynyrd
Up next Greg drops a track into the Desert Island Jukebox. Coming off of the Kings of Leon discussion, he goes back to Southern rock's roots and chooses a song by the real kings of the genre: Lynyrd Skynyrd. He describes them as one of the most misunderstood bands of all time. Dismissed as just that bunch of yokels who sang "Freebird," Greg doesn't think they get the credit they deserve. Ronnie Van Zant, the original lead singer, and other members of the band died in a plane crash in 1977. But before that, he was able to lend a subtle sophistication to Skynyrd that other, blusier southern rock outfits didn't have. The track that best illustrates this is "Saturday Night Special." The song is an eloquent bit of social commentary about the dangers of guns — not the sort of thing you expect these folks to sing about. And unfortunately, not the sort of song that gets requested at live shows.
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Featured Songs
- Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue, Blood on the Tracks, Columbia, 1975
- Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze, BBC Sessions, MCA, 1998
- Alabama Shakes, Hang Loose, Boys & Girls, Rough Trade, 2012
- Alabama Shakes, Hold On (Live on Sound Opinions), Boys & Girls, Rough Trade, 2012
- Alabama Shakes, Boys & Girls, Boys & Girls, Rough Trade, 2012
- Alabama Shakes, I Ain't the Same, Boys & Girls, Rough Trade, 2012
- Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sweet Home Alabama, Second Helping, MCA, 1974
- Paul Simon, Kodachrome, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Columbia, 1973
- Alabama Shakes, I Found You (Live on Sound Opinions), Boys & Girls, Rough Trade, 2012
- Alabama Shakes, You Ain't Alone (Live on Sound Opinions), Boys & Girls, Rough Trade, 2012
- Alabama Shakes, Rise to the Sun, Boys & Girls, Rough Trade, 2012
- Nicki Minaj, Right By My Side, Pink Holiday: Roman Reloaded, Young Money, 2012
- Nicki Minaj, Roman Holiday, Pink Holiday: Roman Reloaded, Young Money, 2012
- Black Dice, Spy Vs. Spy, Mr. Impossible, Ribbon Music, 2012
- Kraftwerk, The Telephone Call, Electric Caf'e, Kling Klang, 1986
- Aretha Franklin, Climbing Higher Mountains, Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings, Rhino, 1999
- Kings of Leon, Use Somebody, Only by the Night, RCA, 2008
- Girls, Honey Bunny, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, True Panther Sounds, 2011
Featured Songs
- BIGBANG, Fantastic Baby, Alive, YG, 2012
- Girls Generation, Gee, Run Devil Run, SM, 2010
- 2NE1, I Am the Best, I Am the Best (single), YG, 2011
- BIGBANG, Tonight, Tonight EP, YG, 2011
- BoA, Copy & Paste, Copy & Paste, SM, 2010
- Willie Nelson, On the Road Again, Honeysuckle Rose, Columbia, 1980
- Willie Nelson, Family Bible, Family Bible, Songbird, 1980
- Willie Nelson, Shotgun Willie, Shotgun Willie, Atlantic, 1973
- Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger, Red Headed Stranger, Columbia, 1975
- Willie Nelson, Night Life, Night Life (single), D, 1959
- Roy Orbison, Pretty Paper, In Dreams, Virgin, 1987
- Willie Nelson, Columbus Stockade Blues, Columbus Stockade Blues, RCA, 1970
- Willie Nelson, Yesterday, Nashville Was the Roughest, Bear Family, 1998
- Willie Nelson, Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Red Headed Stranger, Columbia, 1975
- Willie Nelson, Your Memory Won't Die in My Grave, Spirit, UMG, 1996
- The Allman Brothers Band, One Way Out, At Fillmore East, Capricorn, 1971
- Miles Davis, Deception, The Complete Birth of the Cool, Pathe, 1975
- Beck, Go It Alone, Guero, Geffen, 2005
- The Saints, (I'm) Stranded, (I'm) Stranded, Captain Oi!, 1977
- The Jam, That's Entertainment, Sound Affects, Polydor, 1980
- Nick Lowe, Switchboard Susan, Labour of Lust, Yep Roc, 1979
- Derek and the Dominos, Layla, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Polydor, 1970
- Lynyrd Skynyrd, Free Bird, Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd, MCA, 1973
- Elvis Costello, High Fidelity, Get Happy!!, Columbia, 1979
- The Divinyls, I Touch Myself, Divinyls, Virgin, 1991
Featured Songs
- Lynyrd Skynyrd, Don't Ask Me No Questions, Second Helping, MCA, 1974
- The Smiths, Ask, single, Rough Trade, 1986
- Paul McCartney,“Somewhere,”unreleased live performance, 2008
- My Bloody Valentine, Only Shallow, Loveless, Creation, 1991
- The Velvet Underground, Sister Ray, White Light/White Heat, Verve, 1968
- The Byrds, Eight Miles High, Fifth Dimension, Columbia, 1966
- Cocteau Twins, Lorelei, Treasure, 4AD, 1984
- My Bloody Valentine, To Here Knows When, Loveless, Creation, 1991
- My Bloody Valentine, I Only Said, Loveless, Creation, 1991
- My Bloody Valentine, Blown a Wish, Loveless, Creation, 1991
- Lush, Thoughtforms, Mad Love EP, 4AD, 1990
- Lush, Lovelife, Split, 4AD, 1994
- Ride, Dreams Burn Down, Nowhere, Creation, 1990
- Ride, I Don't Know Where It Comes From, Carnival of Light, Creation, 1994
- Slowdive, Sing, Souvlaki, Creation, 1993
- Slowdive, Richard, Hide Your Eyes, bootleg, 2011
- Slowdive, Shine, single, Creation, 1991
- The Besnard Lakes, Albatross, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, Jagjaguwar, 2010
- Big Boi, Mama Told Me (feat. Kelly Rowland), Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, Purple Ribbon/Def Jam, 2012
- Big Boi, Apple of My Eye, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, Purple Ribbon/Def Jam, 2012
- Big Boi, Descending (feat. Little Dragon), Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, Purple Ribbon/Def Jam, 2012
- The Beatles, Any Time at All, A Hard Day's Night, Parlophone, 1964
- Alicia Keys, Listen to Your Heart, Girl on Fire, RCA, 2012
- Beck, I Just Started Hating Some People Today, I Just Started Hating People Today (Single), Third Man Records, 2012
- The Golden Palominos, Boy (Go), Visions of Excess, Celluloid, 1985
Featured Songs
- Shame, Lampoon, Songs of Praise, Dead Oceans, 2018
- Starcrawler, Let Her Be, Starcrawler, Rough Trade, 2017
- HEX, Witches of the Hex, Calling to the Universe (EP), Sloth, 2017
- MOTORCADE, Walk With Me, MOTORCADE, Idol, 2018
- Ezra Collective, Juan Pablo, Juan Pablo: The Philosopher, Enter the Jungle, 2017
- Ezra Collective, Pure Shade, We Out Here, Brownswood Recordings, 2018
- Bat Fangs, Boy of Summer, Bat Fangs, Don Giovanni, 2018
- Pussy Riot, Bad Apples (feat. Dave Sitek), Bad Apples (Single), Big Deal Music, 2018
- Himalayas, Thank God I'm Not You, Thank God I'm Not You (Single), Peepshow, 2017
- Holy Motors, Honeymooning, Slow Sundown, Wharf Cat, 2018
- Super Organism, Everybody Wants to Be Famous, Superorganism, Domino Recording Co, 2018
- Stella Donnelly, Boys Will Be Boys, Thrush Metal, Secretly Canadian, 2017
- Stella Donnelly, Mechanical Bull, Thrush Metal, Secretly Canadian, 2017
- Dentist, Body Slam (Move), Ceilings, Little Dickman, 2016
- Super Organism, Something for Your M.I.N.D., Superorganism, Domino Recording Co, 2018
- Sudan Archives, Paid, Sudan Archives (EP), Stones Throw, 2017
- Shame, Concrete, Songs of Praise, Dead Oceans, 2018
- Fragile Rock, Socks Are Murder, Wake Up to the Breakup, Tin Pan Pally, 2017
- Fragile Rock, Wake Up to the Breakup (Live), Wake Up to the Breakup, Tin Pan Pally, 2017
- Can, Mushroom, Tago Mago, United Artists, 1971
- Sea Moya, Slow Down, Twins (EP), Heist or Hit, 2015
- The Kinks, Party Line, Face to Face, PRT, 1966
- Lynyrd Skynyrd, Workin' for MCA, Second Helping, Audio Fidelity, 1974
- Rory Block, Big Bad Agent Man, Angel of Mercy, Rounder, 1994
- Boston, Rock & Roll Band, Boston, Epic, 1976
- Heart, Barracuda, Little Queen, Sony, 1977