sup dickheads? there’s so much to love about dbt’s brighter than creations dark that i really could spend the better part of at least 9 -10 beers gushing over it. there are two things i would like to point out that i think put this dbt record just about every other one. the first being shonna’s backing vocals have been moved to the front of the mix. it has always seemed that her vocals were burried deep underneath the 3 guitar attack, which i have always thought was a god damn shame. no better use of her vocal talents are evident than on the beautifully penned hood track “two daughters and a beautiful wife.” shonna plays the part of the grieving wife as hood spins yarn as the husband who met an untimely death and reminisces of all the shit he left behind. “two daughters..” is probably the best lead track i have heard in a long, long time - truly gorgeous. secondly, i love all the piano/organ fills throughout, which is something that i feel has been missing out on most of the dbt records. this is actually the densest sounding dbt record yet. i didnt even think that was possible. i dont even miss jason, in all honesty. cause i would rather have an isbell solo record as opposed to two or three isbell songs on a typical dbt record. while shonna, at this point, cant replace jason’s voice and skills as a songwriter, her 3 songs are very, very good - “i’m sorry houston” in particular. i know we’re only three months into the new year, but its going to be really hard to beat this as record of the year.

two daughters and a beautiful wife

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here they are performing their classic, southern rock opera, over the course of two evenings @ the zephyr in salt lake city on 1.18/19.02. thanks very much to the original taper!

act I/night 1

1. days of graduation

2. southern rock opera intro

3. ronnie and neil

4. 72

5. dead drunk and naked

6. guitar man upstairs

7. birmingham

8. southern thing

9. the three great alabama icons

10. wallace

11. zip city

12. buttholeville

act II/night 2

1. dont cock block the rock

2. let there be rock

3. road cases

4. women without whiskey

5. plastic flowers on the highway

6. cassie’s brother

7. life in the factory

8. shut up and get on the plane

9. greenville to baton rouge

10. angels and fuselage