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Drive-By Truckers is one of the best bands around. They need their own category, but for now it's just the D's
Average, 10 Qns, fifthavenue91, Feb 25 16
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fifthavenue91
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  10 Question Drive-By Truckers Quiz    
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If you know Alabama's Drive-By Truckers this shouldn't be very hard--or will it? Let me know.
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Drive-By Truckers Trivia Questions
1. What was the name of the first studio album by the Drive-By Truckers?

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Answer: Gangstabilly

The debut album was released in 1998. It was re-released in 2005.

2. The Drive-By Truckers released their first Album in 1998 and it included such songs as "Buttholeville", "18 Wheels of Love" and "Steve McQueen." What was the name of this album?

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Answer: Gangstabilly

The album also includes "The Living Bubba" which is about Gregory Dean Smalley, an artist who kept performing even though he was dying of AIDS. This is a very moving song.

3. The album "Southern Rock Opera" uses which band's rise and fall to examine the cultural deterioration of the American South during the 1970s?

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Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd

This two act "opera" plays out through the fictional band Betamax Guillotine. It addresses Southern folklore, history and mythology. Myth or legend has it that during the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash, Ronnie Van Zant was killed by a blow to the head from a VCR mounted in the plane (Aerosmith's plane): Betamax Guillotine. Fact or fiction? Who really knows?

4. In what song does Mike Cooley sing: "You know the bottle ain't to blame and I ain't trying to It don't make you do a thing it just lets you When I'm six feet underground, I'll need a drink or two And I'll sure miss you"?

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Answer: Women Without Whiskey

"Women Without Whiskey" was from the album "Southern Rock Opera" (2001). It was written and sung by Mike Cooley.

5. What is singer/guitarist Mike Cooley's nickname?

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Answer: The Stroker Ace

Patterson Hood has often introduced him during live shows as "The Stroker Ace, Mike Cooley". This can be heard on the Austin City Limits recording "Live From Austin, TX" (2009).

6. What was the first Drive-By Truckers album that Jason Isbell appeared on?

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Answer: Decoration Day

Isbell was a band member from 2001-2007. This time frame includes the studio albums "Decoration Day", "The Dirty South" and "A Blessing and A Curse".

7. In 2008, the Drive By Truckers toured as co headliners with another up and coming band on the "Rock 'n Roll Means Well" tour. Who is this band?

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Answer: The Hold Steady

The title of the "Rock 'n Roll Means Well" tour comes from the Trucker's song "Marry Me", penned by Mike Cooley.

8. What two songs were written from a point/counter-point perspective?

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Answer: "Uncle Frank" and "T.V.A."

These two songs off "A Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities and Rarities 2003-2008" attempts to explain the effects caused by the creation of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) from a local viewpoint.

9. Three song suite of "The Buford Stick", "Cottonseed" and "The Boys From Alabama" is about whom?

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Answer: Buford Pusser

From the album "The Dirty South", these songs tell the story of the movie "Walking Tall" from the bad guy's point of view.

10. In 2009, the Drive-By Truckers appeared with another up and coming independent artist on the PBS series "Austin City Limits". Who was the artist that appeared with the DBT?

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Answer: Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses

My Morning Jacket and Wilco also appeared on "Austin City Limits" in 2008, but the DBT and Ryan Bingham shared an episode. New West Records released the DBT's full performance on DVD and CD in July of 2009 with the "Live from Austin, TX" CD/DVD.

11. What is the title of the 2009 band documentary by Barr Weissman?

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Answer: The Secret to a Happy Ending

The documentary showcases three years on the road with the Truckers and their fans. Among many other things, it documents a near break-up of the band as well as Jason Isbell's departure.

12. Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley started the Drive-By Truckers after meeting in college in 1985 and playing together in several other bands. Hood's father was a member of a famous musical group. Who were/are they?

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Answer: The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

David Hood was a founding member of The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, also known as The Swampers. Lynyrd Skynryd refers to the group, who played on many classic albums for many artists, in their song "Sweet Home Alabama": "Now, Muscle Shoals has got The Swampers They've been known to pick a song or two Lord they get me off so much They pick me up when I'm feeling blue".

13. In this song, singer/guitarist Patterson Hood says "The Three Great Alabama Icons" are ___.

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Answer: Ronnie Van Zant, Bear Bryant, and George Wallace

This song attempts to explain the "duality of the Southern thing". The song appears on "Southern Rock Opera" (2001).

14. According to the song "Let There Be Rock", who did Patterson Hood NOT see in concert?

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Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd

As it says in the liner notes, Hood had a ticket to see Skynyrd in the spring of 1977. That show was canceled. And the rest, as they say, is history.

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