Drive-By Truckers have announced a 5 LP/3 CD live album, It’s Great to Be Alive!, to be released 10/30. The 35-track set spans three nights of performances at San Francisco’s famed Filmore Auditorium.
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“We originally began thinking of ‘The Live Album’ (as we called it for several years) as first and foremost a collection of songs spanning our entire career as DBT,” the band’s Patterson Hood writes in the album’s liner notes. “Part of the joy of this incarnation of the band has been digging back and seeing what this band can do with songs from various periods of our history. I’m proud of every lineup we’ve had and of the records that we’ve made, but this incarnation has brought a primal energy and personal camaraderie to the process that takes it all to new levels and we’ve been really excited about capturing that.”
Two versions of the album will be available – the full five vinyl/three CD set, or a two vinyl, thirteen track edition called This Weekend’s the Night. Pre-order It’s Great to Be Alive! here. Listen to “Girls Who Smoke,” the first track the band has shared from the set, and check out tour dates below.
9/11 – Urbana, IL – Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Guitar Festival
9/12 – Bloomington, IN – Bluebird Nightclub
9/13 – Newport, KY – Southgate House Revival
9/15 – Greensboro, NC – The Cone Denim Center
9/17 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts*
9/18 – Washington DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion*
9/19 – New York, NY – Forest Hills Stadium*
10/8 – Asheville, NC – Sierra Nevada Amphitheater
10/9 – Augusta, GA – Jessye Norman Amphitheater
10/10 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live Theatre
10/11 – Petersburg, FL – The State Theatre
10/13 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
10/15 – Austin, TX – The Scoot Inn
10/16 – New Braunfels, TX – Gruene Hall
10/17 – New Orleans, LA – Joy Theater
10/20 – Little Rock, AR – Revolution Music Room
10/21 – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
10/22 – Hattiesburg, MS – Brewsky’s
10/23 – Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theatre
10/24 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
11/13 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
11/14 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
11/15 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
11/17 – Bloomington, IL – Castle Theatre
11/19 – Chattanooga, TN – Track 29
11/20 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom
11/21 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom
* with Alabama Shakes
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