Damn it Feels Good to Be a Gangsta

[cwnorman]

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could PM or you send it a copy of this song. Putting together a mix for a friend and i can't seem to find it. Thanks. for your troublesss

 

DBT - THE DIRT UNDERNEATH

(stories and songs sitting down / tales facing up)

 

Y'ALL:

 

Nearly six years ago, DBT played a show at Pine Hill Farms up in North Carolina. The monthly event (now, long defunct) was held at a farmhouse on a beautiful piece of land outside of Chapel Hill NC.

 

It was written up in No Depression and had a built in following.

 

We were invited to play there shortly after the release (1st time) of Southern Rock Opera. We played sitting down and acoustic. We drank huge quantities of beer and whiskey and deconstructed the SRO album (and many other albums worth of songs) over a 4+ hour period. Bootlegs of the highlights have been very popular among collectors and the show seems to be a very fond memory among folks who were there (none of whom can actually remember it). Such is how things like that go.

 

We play very loud and for many good reasons.

 

The show itself has morphed far from where we originally set out from and in ways that I largely find thrilling.

 

I love the ridiculous cathartic bombast of it and the way I feel like someone beat the ever loving shit out of me when it's over.

 

That said, I do sometimes miss how the songs get buried in the process and have always dreaded and feared a day when the whole thing becomes a caricature of itself.

 

This year is the first time since before SRO that we aren't out promoting a new album. We are all committed to taking some time at home to recharge, write and spend some Family Time.

 

We also wanted to go out a do something a little different. Maybe revisit some songs in a different light, maybe try out some new stuff on a smaller scale, maybe tell some stories and sing some songs. Pull up some chairs, have a few drinks and tell some stories to each other and some friends.

 

We know how to do that but just never really get around to it.

 

THE DIRT UNDERNEATH is a show I've been wanting to do for a long time.

 

It's roots come from that Pine Hill Farms show I mentioned (the first one, not the 2nd one, which actually was kind of a drunken clusterfuck).

 

Shonna plays a mean upright bass. Maybe we can get Cooley to play that banjo he plays so well in the studio. We all know some stories and can sing some pretty harmonies when we're not singing over a wall of guitars (Oh glorious guitars).

 

It's not a permanent thing, just a handful of dates (TBA SOON). A chance to reconnect with some songs and maybe each other a bit.

 

That way, when we go back out with The Rock Show, it will be fresh and new to us again. Like Rock and Roll is supposed to be.

 

Contrary to rumors, there are NO CONFIRMED DATES YET but hopefully there will be soon.

 

See You There.

Patterson Hood

Drive-By Truckers

[myboyblue]

I haven't looked forward to a live act like DBT since the early Wilco days (and maybe Marah). This Dirt Underneath stuff sounds great.....

[Willkoman]

Road Trip !!!!