Trek and Shift and Late Night Gurrlz Paying For College in Dirty Ways:
Thanks to any and all that stopped down on this recent midwestern solo run with my friend and fellow Undertow Orchestra chum, David Bazan. We kicked it (slow and) low overhead with a Subaru, an amp and two guitars, gorging ourselves on This American Life and discussions of music, getting the best out of a reasonably priced Zinfandel, and of course, the devil. Or at least the idea of the devil. Anyway, to that dude that was truckin’ the Girls Gone Wild bus through downtown Madison: What graphics, holmes! Thanks for not parking it in front of our show.
There’s recently been a change within a band that is family to us, and I’d like to give humble salute. After five and a half years of making some truly astounding music and memories together, The Drive-By Truckers and Jason Isbell have chosen to go their separate ways. We wish them both our heartfelt best on these new paths they’re taking, and look forward to all the great music that will certainly come from each of them as the days do roll on.
Operation Motorcide EP:
If you haven’t snagged it already via import mail order, iTunes has stated that they will have the Operation Motorcide EP available within the coming weeks. We also plan to have a limited number of import copies on hand for the May 12th Austin show. For now, it is streaming wildly at our myspace page.
Glorious Noise and Daytrotter:
I was recently in Chicago for some traffic, a show, and a hang with John Boston and his crew at Glorious Noise. The link to the session and site:
http://www.gloriousnoise.com/articles/2007/will_johnson_video_documentary.php
Lastly, Bazan and I stopped in for a Daytrotter session in beautiful downtown Rock Island, IL a few weeks back, and we’ll post a link to that once they get it ready. In the meantime, check out their site and their doin’s (http://www.daytrotter.com/). They’re up to some great stuff, and clearly fighting the good fight for independent music.
Thanks as always for reading and listening. Godspeed, brethren and sistren.
-Will J.