With the Drive-By Truckers, Patterson Hood examines the region he’s called home for most of his life, adding the much-needed edge of his liberal politics to the Southern rock genre. When he moved to Oregon, though, Hood began looking back on his Southern adolescence in a new lens, writing his most personal album yet, Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams. Ahead of his third solo release (his first in 13 years), we sat down with Hood, discussing Muscle Shoals, fiction writing, and Vic Chestnutt.
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Transmissions :: A Conversation With Patterson Hood
And we’re back with a check in with songwriter, bandleader, and longtime Aquarium Drunkard supporter Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers. Earlier this year, the Truckers released their 12th lp, The Unraveling, a righteously pissed off record about gun violence, white supremacy, and the possibility of reincarnation. We rang up Hood to talk about quarantining in Portland, Oregon, the ins and outs of modern America, the new Bob Dylan song, and his early, formative experience seeing the great John Martyn.
Patterson Hood :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Nearly two decades into their career, it makes sense that Drive-by Truckers would be releasing another live album, their first since 2000’s Alabama Ass Whuppin’ . Given that their catalog has grown to […]
AD Presents :: Patterson Hood @ The Masonic Lodge, Oct. 6th
Saturday night, October 6th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Patterson Hood at The Masonic Lodge in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery . Hood is presently touring behind his new solo LP, Heat . . . […]
Patterson Hood / Will Johnson :: The AD Interview
It’s been a minute, but with both Patterson Hood and Will Johnson having solo records out this week ( Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance and Scorpion , respectively), it . . . Only the good […]
Patterson Hood :: Eddie Hinton’s Mighty Field of Vision
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) One cannot overstate the power of […]
Diversions :: Patterson Hood on Darkness On The Edge of Town
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) At the bottom of the page […]
Diversions :: Patterson Hood on Back Lounge Days (And Nights)
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Murdering Oscar , the long […]
Long Shots :: Don Chambers & Patterson Hood
(Long Shots, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, asks some of our favorite artists to interview one another. Think of it as listening in on a good conversation.) Presently […]
Patterson Hood :: The AD Interview
Currently on tour (note: Aquarium Drunkard will be presenting the West coast dates), AD caught up with Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood earlier this week in NC to discuss, among other things, the […]
Off The Record :: Patterson Hood (Athens, GA)
Off The Record is a recurring, feature here on the Drunkard, that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new […]
Patterson Hood :: Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Earlier this week, the always excellent Southern Shelter posted Patterson Hood’s live tribute to Bruce Springsteen’s classic 1978 LP Darkness On The Edge Of Town . Recorded December 1st at the 40 Watt club, in . . . Only the […]
Patterson Hood’s Guide To Ath-fest (Athens, GA)
The Athens, GA music and arts festival, Ath-fest , is less than a week away (June 20-24), but unlike last summer I will not be in attendance this year. Too bad, […]