Gravity’s Gone by Drive-by Truckers
From A Blessing & A Curse (New West/2006)
Ho-hum. Another year, another fine album by the best band saddled with a stupid name that probably keeps fans of – sniff - serious rock and roll away in droves. Your loss, you cultural elitists, not mine. We finally managed to see them live this past October at Detroit’s Majestic Theater and I must say: THEY KICKED MY FUCKING ASS. This was no doubt the best rock and roll show I’ve seen in years (great Detroit writer Elmore “Dutch” Leonard was there, I’m sure he would agree), not to mention the smokiest. In fact, the band used a smoke machine that I am pretty sure was fueled by cartons of Marlboro Reds rather than dry ice. Six or seven years since that Yo La Tengo/Lambchop show (see: track 7) and not one employee at the Majestic knows how to turn on the damn fans! It was pretty disgusting in there but a small price to pay for having your world rocked. Thanks, DBT. I damn sure needed that.
From A Blessing & A Curse (New West/2006)
Ho-hum. Another year, another fine album by the best band saddled with a stupid name that probably keeps fans of – sniff - serious rock and roll away in droves. Your loss, you cultural elitists, not mine. We finally managed to see them live this past October at Detroit’s Majestic Theater and I must say: THEY KICKED MY FUCKING ASS. This was no doubt the best rock and roll show I’ve seen in years (great Detroit writer Elmore “Dutch” Leonard was there, I’m sure he would agree), not to mention the smokiest. In fact, the band used a smoke machine that I am pretty sure was fueled by cartons of Marlboro Reds rather than dry ice. Six or seven years since that Yo La Tengo/Lambchop show (see: track 7) and not one employee at the Majestic knows how to turn on the damn fans! It was pretty disgusting in there but a small price to pay for having your world rocked. Thanks, DBT. I damn sure needed that.
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