- Audio CD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Import
- ASIN: B004YERTJS
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Once again the Drive by Truckers deliver an excellent album. This is a lot closer to the Muscle Shoals roots of Patterson Hood than some of the previous albums. Hood's father David played bass on many sessions, as did Eddie Hinton, who is surely one of the great hidden gems of American white country soul-check out the Testifying/country soul compilations of a few years back to get more of this kind of music. One of the two Hinton tracks, Where's Eddie? covered here (sung by Shonna Tucker)is present in a great version on Vol 1 by Bonnie Bramlet. If you are taken with the fantastic "Everybody needs love" then you have to check out the original in Eddie's magic: "Letters from Mississippi" album-see separate review.
Back to DBT-I have nearly all the albums now and continue to be stunned by their songwriting skills. The standout originals here have to be "Used to be a cop"-a brooding moody guitar track over yet another engaging narrative- Ray's automatic weapon-more PTSD fall out-with Vietnam vets instead of cops.I think Cooley's numbers are a little behind Patterson's on this one, but its all relative and there isn't a bad track in sight-better still I know from experience it will continue to grow on me as all the other have.
Incidentally if you were lucky enough to catch the free gig in London last week and get the extra disc you'll know they are equally adept at playing acoustic guitars to a tiny audience as they are at lifting the roof off to a large one. Thanks lads.
Back to DBT-I have nearly all the albums now and continue to be stunned by their songwriting skills. The standout originals here have to be "Used to be a cop"-a brooding moody guitar track over yet another engaging narrative- Ray's automatic weapon-more PTSD fall out-with Vietnam vets instead of cops.I think Cooley's numbers are a little behind Patterson's on this one, but its all relative and there isn't a bad track in sight-better still I know from experience it will continue to grow on me as all the other have.
Incidentally if you were lucky enough to catch the free gig in London last week and get the extra disc you'll know they are equally adept at playing acoustic guitars to a tiny audience as they are at lifting the roof off to a large one. Thanks lads.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Much has been made about the Muscle Shoals feel to this new offering from the Truckers, and it does indeed have a pleasant loping country soul shuffle at its heart. Recorded at the same time as last year's 'Big To-Do', this is a companion piece that is markedly different in tone, although with a coherence to its sound that `Big To-Do' arguably lacked, and all the better for it. Undoubtedly a grower that repays repeated listening, it doesn't really get going until 4 or 5 tracks in, and the best songs (Used To Be A Cop, Pulaski, Mercy Buckets and The Thanksgiving Filter) are all at the end. It's an enjoyable enough listen, undemanding and only lightly flirting with new ground, but it lacks some of the solid songwriting that has distinguished earlier efforts, in particular the trilogy of albums culminating in `The Dirty South'. Jason Isbell's departure may be old news, but its impact on the punch and reach of this band is still sorely felt, and Isbell himself has yet to produce anything of the calibre he attained in the DBTs.
The Truckers remain one of the last few decent rock 'n' roll bands left, but have a frustrating tendency to leave an aftertaste of under-achievement. 'Go-Go Boots' is another sterling effort that doesn't quite live up to its full potential, leaving the sense that this band has much more to say, with a further masterpiece of `Dirty South' stature still to come. Let's hope so; they are indeed a rare and precious artefact.
The Truckers remain one of the last few decent rock 'n' roll bands left, but have a frustrating tendency to leave an aftertaste of under-achievement. 'Go-Go Boots' is another sterling effort that doesn't quite live up to its full potential, leaving the sense that this band has much more to say, with a further masterpiece of `Dirty South' stature still to come. Let's hope so; they are indeed a rare and precious artefact.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
As other reviewers have said this was recorded alongside last year's "The Big To Do" and as they have also said this is the better of the two. I have read it described as the DBT's "Exile on Main Street" and there is a country soul feel about the album. Go-Go Boots is less raucous and has more of a groove than most other DBT records and there are far more acoustic instruments here than is normal for a Truckers album. As always the songs, at least the originals, are stories from small town America about the post traumatic stress and nightmares of a Vietnam veteran (Ray's Automatic Weapon), a hypocritical, adulterous, murdering preacher (Fireplace Poker and Go-go Boots), a burnt out police officer (I Used To Be A Cop) or a country girl moving to sunny California (Pulaski). There are two covers of Eddie Hinton songs in Everybody Needs Love and Where's Eddie, the latter sung by bassist Shonna Tucker is a highlight.
This is their best album since the great trilogy of Southern Rock Opera, Decoration Day and The Dirty South. It doesn't quite reach the stellar standards of those albums and is a lot less varied in feel. I would certainly have no hesitation in recommending people to purchase this and also to go and see the Drive-By Truckers live, they are a superb live band and they are playing in the UK this Spring. Go Truckers!
This is their best album since the great trilogy of Southern Rock Opera, Decoration Day and The Dirty South. It doesn't quite reach the stellar standards of those albums and is a lot less varied in feel. I would certainly have no hesitation in recommending people to purchase this and also to go and see the Drive-By Truckers live, they are a superb live band and they are playing in the UK this Spring. Go Truckers!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Go Go Go!
I love this band and so I may be a bit biased but this is a cracker. Plenty of new sounds and variety. A treat.
Published 4 months ago by Lightening-Joe
two track album for me
This really is a strange album you have the sublime tracks "Go Go boots" and "Used to be a cop" and the rest in my opinion just doesn't work its like two different bands fighting... Read more
Published 6 months ago by J. Canavan
go go - go go boots
well what to say DBT are like 3 bands in 1 each singer brings something different if you like your songs to tell a story with some kick ass backing music this is for you buy this... Read more
Published 12 months ago by postiemac
Drive By Truckers just get better
Drive by Truckers have extended the fantastic music reputation from Mussel Shoals with their brilliant new Album Go Go Boots and the sublime track written by Eddie Hinton called... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Dub Wise Dan
Another good one
I really like this DBT album once again. It is not a surprise, but I don't want one, I want good solid Drive By songs and tunes. Does the job.
Published 13 months ago by Mrs. J. Goldsmith
A major disappointment. Big To-Do was a lot better.
The Truckers were the greatest band on the planet in 2003 and 2004, while Hold Steady took over in 2005 to 2006. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Simon Turner
Go-Go Boots
This is excellent. This is southern country rock at it's very best. The best track is Used To Be A Cop and at 7mins 4 secs isn't even the longest track on the CD. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Patrick Elliott
Go Go Groove
DBTs last album The Big to Do was an everything turned up to 11 maelstrom that didn't really work for me, partly because it buried the lyrics one of their great strengths. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Lendrick
Storytelling Rootsrockcountry
Having discovered the DBT with their 'Blessing and a curse' record, the band keeps surprising me with the high level of their records. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Koos
ONE OF THE LAST ROCK N ROLL BANDS LEFT!!!
I have so much love for this band,they keep it so very real,each album has a slight
change in direction! Read more
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