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Drive-By Truckers - Where the Devil Don't Stay off their 2004 album The Dirty South.
I am never disappointed by a DBT album in its entirety. They do hard southern rock. They do slow ballads about life in the south (sometimes almost more like spoken storytelling with a light drum or guitar backing, for example "Three Great Alabama Icons"). And they do semi-traditional country songs. So it's hard to suggest one song to listen to that will give you a true feel for how they play. You really should just listen to an entire album.
Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley are the main vocalists and do a fairly equal amount of songs. They have completely different vocal styles, Cooley is a deep twanger, and Hood has a scratchy higher pitched voice.
"Where The Devil Don't Stay" is a good example of their southern rock storytelling and commentary on hard times in the South. I saw an interview once where they said that they love being from Alabama but they write songs about the seedier, darker side of Southern life and its less-than-equal history because people tend to over-glorify the South. I tend to over-glorify their music, but they are at least worth one listen.
Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley are the main vocalists and do a fairly equal amount of songs. They have completely different vocal styles, Cooley is a deep twanger, and Hood has a scratchy higher pitched voice.
"Where The Devil Don't Stay" is a good example of their southern rock storytelling and commentary on hard times in the South. I saw an interview once where they said that they love being from Alabama but they write songs about the seedier, darker side of Southern life and its less-than-equal history because people tend to over-glorify the South. I tend to over-glorify their music, but they are at least worth one listen.
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Charlie Khan - The Mortal Coil Shuffle, off of his 2010 EP The Four Horsemen
Since it's Friday, I thought we should consider our own mortality. Kidding. But I think this song is fun even though it asks us to contemplate how we deal with our eventual demises.
"It's how we would've wanted it, to be buried with the sound, of a brass band playing to cries and mourning all around. Well I know that this is painful, and I know you're feeling hurt, but you've got to accept that you're six feet deep in dirt."I don't know much about Charlie Khan, other than that he is British. I read a website (http://www.indierockcafe.com) that mentioned this song and the tune draws you in. What I get from the song is "stop being so serious and goof off a little" since they are clearly not taking themselves serious in the video. Also, I swear the grim reaper is Eminem. All in all, it's your run of the mill song about how people care too much about success and being admired, since we're all going to just be buried under ground. Happy Friday.
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