CortezTheKiller

You just may be correct.

It's now become a bad joke.

Thanks for the link.

He came dancing across the water With his galleons and guns Looking for the new world In that palace in the sun. On the shore lay Montezuma With his coca leaves and pearls In his halls he often wondered With the secrets of the worlds. And his subjects gathered round him Like the leaves around a tree In their clothes of many colors For the angry gods to see. And the women all were beautiful And the men stood straight and strong They offered life in sacrifice So that others could go on. Hate was just a legend And war was never known The people worked together And they lifted many stones.

I've seen the band several times. No piss breaks for Deco Day, Outfit, Lonely Love, Never Gonna Change, but a lot of folks head for the stalls when Daylight, John Henry, Danko, and Easy on Yourself pops up.

Best of TDS (in order): Cottonseed - MC Puttin' People on the Moon - PH Where the Devil Don't Stay - MC Never Gonna Change - JI The Sands of Iwo Jima - PH Lookout Mountain - PH Goddamn Lonely Love - JI The love is equally distributed. BTW, "Decoration Day" is the best song Jason has ever written.

Largely due to Neff's steel, Spooner's keys, and Shonna's feminine touches (more so as a harmonizer).

Much in the same way when Jason's songs from ABAAC were played.

Those rankings look pretty good to me.

When I heard Jason was leaving the Truckers last spring I was very disappointed. I think Jason Isbell is a very talented musician. He definitely brought a lot to the band and took them to another level musically. Decoration Day is easily one of my favorite albums of all-time. As far as the pre-SRO albums go, I will not defend Gangstabilly, but Pizza Deliverance is a very solid effort ("President's Penis Is Missing" aside). Sirens of the Ditch is one of my favorite albums from last year. However, I don't think it is in the same league as Brighter Than Creation's Dark. BTCD definitely has

Pitchfork review of Brighter Than Creation's Dark.

Ruined the band? According to who? They were great before Jason, great with him, and great after he left. ABAAC is one of the weaker DBT albums. BTCD blows its fucking doors off.

3 DIMES DOWN It was a straight shot All it took was luck to not get caught I laid three dimes down and the machine wanted 25 cents In the back seat her and a friend, one out the window and the other on the other end One belt loop away from Sunday night's news If the part about being who he was didn't help Tom get loose, what's a guy without a T. gonna get? Totally screwed, while chicken wing puke eats the candy apple red off his Corvette Three dimes down and 25 cents shy of a slice of the Doublemint twins Come back baby, Rock and Roll never forgets Mike Cooley / Drive-By Truckers

Anything by The Hold Steady Hold Back the Tears - Neil Young Hold on Magnolia - Songs: Ohia Hold On, Hold On - Neko Case You Can't Hold the Hand of a Rock and Roll Man - Okkervil River A Hand to Take Hold of the Scene - Okkervil River Hold On - Tom Waits

Love me some 2 minute songs!

What? They don't need protection too? Jeez. Much better.

Captain Caveman