Drive-By Truckers are an alternative country/Southern rock band based in Athens, Georgia, though
two out of five current members
are originally from The Shoals region of Northern Alabama, and the band strongly identifies with Alabama.
Drive-By Truckers was co-founded by Patterson Hood (son of bassist David Hood of the Muscle
Shoals Rhythm Section) and longtime friend, former room-mate, and musical partner Mike Cooley in
Athens, Georgia, in 1996.
-Wikipedia
Members:
Patterson Hood -
guitar, vocals, bass
(1996 - present)
Mike Cooley -
guitar, vocals, bass
(1996 - present)
Brad "The EZB" Morgan -
drums
(1999 - present)
Jay Gonzalez -
keyboards, guitar, vocals
(2008 - present)
Matt Patton -
bass
(2012 - present)
Genre(s):
Alternative country,
alternative rock,
Southern rock
Active From: 1996-present
Associated Acts:
Adam's House Cat
The Screwtopians
Jason Isbell
Booker T. Jones
The Dexateens
Quotes:
Jason joining the band made a big change not to mention everything we went through during the period of time that we made that record. [We] made a lot of changes in each of our individual personalities and as a whole having gone through all of that.
Patterson Hood
When Adam's House Cat broke up in 1991, which was Cooley and my band for six years, I put my entire life, heart, and soul into that thing. I mean everything. I ended up getting divorced over it, and then the band broke up and I was left with nothing. I had nothing to show for six years of my life except for a finished record that still hasn't come out. And I went through a pretty deep, dark, two-year depression after that, [which] probably resulted in some of the earlier songs that became Drive-By Trucker songs, for that matter.
Patterson Hood