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Drive-By Truckers Announce New CD, DVD and Record Store Day Special Release

11/09/2010
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Drive-By Truckers have announced the release of a new album, a DVD and a special record store day release. Here is the official word: will release Go-Go Boots, on February 15, 2011 on ATO Records.

Go-Go Boots is their eleventh record and was produced by their longtime producer, David Barbe (Deerhunter, Bettye LaVette, Sugar). In conjunction with Go-Go Boots, they'll also be releasing their documentary The Secret to a Happy Ending on DVD.

Go-Go Boots builds on their roots with the old Muscle Shoals country-and-soul sound. "We recorded nearly 40 songs last year and into this year and fairly early on divided it into two separate albums" explains DBT co-founder Patterson Hood. "The Big To-Do, released first, was the more straight forward "Rock" album. Go-Go Boots is what I sometimes (semi-jokingly) refer to as our country, soul, and murder ballad album. Those elements definitely play into it, but it's a little more open ended than that."

The Secret to a Happy Ending is a film about the redemptive power of rock-and-roll. It's a film about the American South, where rock was born. It's about a group of kids that grew up amidst the sweet soul music made in Muscle Shoals, Alabama by black and white musicians while the civil rights movement exploded all around. It's about leaving home and embracing the DIY ethos of punk. It's about making art, making love and making a living. It's a film about the Drive-By Truckers. Select screenings of the documentary are still being shown in theaters and FilmBuff will be releasing the movie on iTunes and across other digital platforms.

The band will show their appreciation for vinyl and independent record stores by releasing a special 10" 45 with "Thanksgiving Filter" and "Used To Be A Cop" on Record Store Day, November 26th. Both songs will be on Go-Go Boots and the release will be a limited pressing of only 2,500 copies and will feature a special sleeve designed by Wes Freed as well as a download card.

DBT will be releasing a series of Go-Go Boots episodes directed by Patterson Hood and Jason Thrasher. As a preview to the episodes they've released a video for "Used To Be a Cop" that can be viewed here: http://vimeo.com/16259405.

The band will kick off a month long tour in Europe this week and will end the year with a bang playing New Year's Eve in New York city at Terminal 5. The Go-Go Boots tour will be announced soon.

The Drive-By Truckers are Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, Shonna Tucker, Brad Morgan, John Neff and Jay Gonzalez.

Go-Go Boots track listing:

1. I Do Believe
2. Go-Go Boots
3. Dancin' Ricky
4. Cartoon Gold
5. Ray's Automatic Weapon
6. Everybody Needs Love
7. Assholes
8. The Weakest Man
9. Used To Be A Cop
10. The Fireplace Poker
11. Where's Eddie
12. The Thanksgiving Filter
13. Pulaski
14. Mercy Buckets

Tour dates:

Wed Nov 10 Glasgow Scotland ABC
Fri Nov 12 Manchester UK ACADEMY 2
Sat Nov 13 Birmingham UK ACADEMY 2
Sun Nov 14 London UK SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
Mon Nov 15 Brighton UK CONCORD 2
Wed Nov 17 Amsterdam Holland PARADISO
Thu Nov 18 Groningen Holland VERA
Fri Nov 19 Berlin Germany LIDO
Sat Nov 20 Munich Germany CLUB 59:1
Sun Nov 21 Milan Italy SALUMERIA DELLA MUSICA
Tue Nov 23 Barcelona Spain RAZZMATAZZ 2
Wed Nov 24 Madrid Spain SALA HEINEKEN
Thu Nov 25 Bilbao Spain KAFE ANTZOKI
Fri Nov 26 Toulouse France LA DYNAMO
Sat Nov 27 Rennes France UBU
Sun Nov 28 Antwerp Belgium TRIX CLUB
Tue Nov 30 Odense Denmark POSTEN
Wed Dec 01 Gothenburg Sweden BREWHOUSE
Thu Dec 02 Malmo Sweden KB
Fri Dec 03 Stockholm Sweden DEBASER
Sat Dec 04 Oslo Norway ROCKEFELLER
Fri Dec 10 Asheville NC WARREN HAYNES XMAS JAM - Orange Peel
Sat Dec 11 Asheville NC WARREN HAYNES XMAS JAM - Civic Center
Fri Dec 31 New York NY TERMINAL 5
Sat Jan 01 Philadelphia PA TLA
Thu Jan 13 Athens GA 40 Watt
Fri Jan 14 Athens GA 40 Watt
Sat Jan 15 Athens GA 40 Watt
Thu Jan 20 Miami FL CULTURE ROOM
Fri Jan 21 Tampa FL THE RITZ YBOR
Sat Jan 22 Orlando FL HOUSE OF BLUES
Sun Jan 23 Jacksonville FL FREEBIRD LIVE
Fri Jan 28 Oxford MS THE LYRIC
Sat Jan 29 Nashville TN CANNERY BALLROOM

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