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10 Question Music Quiz: Drive-By Truckers | Music

If you know Alabama's Drive-By Truckers this shouldn't be very hard--or will it? Let me know.

A multiple-choice quiz by Bluemelon. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Bluemelon

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
329,893

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name of the first studio album by the Drive-By Truckers? Hint

A Southern Intro

Pizza Deliverance

Adam's Cat House

Gangstabilly

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Question 2 of 10

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

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Molly Hatchet

The Allman Brothers Band

The Band

3. 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"? Hint

Dead, Drunk and Naked

Women Without Whiskey

Hell No, I Ain't Happy

The Fourth Night of My Drinking

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Question 4 of 10

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

Muscle Shoals Mike

The Stroker Ace

Alabama Slim

The Truckers aren't into nicknames

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Question 5 of 10

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

The Dirty South

Southern Rock Opera

Decoration Day

Pizza Deliverence

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Question 6 of 10

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

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

"The Sands of Iwo Jima" and "Tornadoes"

"Goode's Field Mob" and "The Great Car Dealer War"

"Outfit" and "Heathens"

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Question 7 of 10

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

Buford Pusser

Joe Don Baker

Buford T. Justice

George Wallace

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Question 8 of 10

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

Perfect Timing

This Southern Thing

The Secret to a Happy Ending

Where The Devil Don't Stay

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Question 9 of 10

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

Ronnie Van Zant, Bear Bryant, and George Wallace

Townes Van Zandt, Richard Petty and W.C Handy

Johnny Van Zant, Bart Starr and Harper Lee

Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette, and George Jones

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Question 10 of 10

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

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Ozzy Osbourne

AC/DC

Molly Hatchet

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the first studio album by the Drive-By Truckers?

Answer: Gangstabilly

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

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

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?

3. 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"?

Answer: Women Without Whiskey

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

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

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).

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

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".

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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).

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

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.

Source: Author Bluemelon

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