In 1985, Patterson Hood was about to flunk out of the University of North Alabama. He copped a gig writing album reviews for the college’s paper and enjoyed it because labels sent him a free LP every ...

In 2001, the Drive-By Truckers released their third studio album, “Southern Rock Opera.” It was a dream conceived by members of the band before they even officially formed, back in 1998; a kind of ...

Drive-By Truckers‘ founder and core lyricist Patterson Hood admits that the band has never been super good with names. And it didn’t start with the stage name Drive-By Truckers, which Hood now refers ...

If you look up the word multi-tasker in the dictionary, it wouldn’t be much of a stretch to find Patterson Hood’s picture smiling back at you. The Drive-By Truckers’ (DBT) founding member not only ...

When he was a kid Patterson Hood used to listen to his dad's vinyl collection when he was supposed to be doing homework. These days the singer-songwriter is best known as a leading member of rock band ...

It is still January, which means tribute bands are still prominent in Connecticut. Nine area dance schools converge for a day of master classes and gatherings, culminating in a student performance on ...

It feels both right and wrong to describe 2003’s Decoration Day as the moment it all came together for the Drive-By Truckers. The Alabama-rooted, Athens, Georgia-based band had dropped Southern Rock ...

The Drive-By Truckers are set to play with former member Jason Isbell in a reunion that's decades in the making. The announcement arrives just before Friday's release of The Definitive Decoration Day, ...