Monthly Archives: October 2009

A Collection of Oddities and Rarities 2003 – 2008

So the Drive-By Truckers have another release and another triumph.  The Fine Print (A Collection Of Oddities And Rarities 2003-2008) is a collection of alternate takes, covers made for tribute albums, and stuff that just plain never made it on a legitimate DBT disc.  If you are like me, you may have already heard some of this stuff in your tremendous collection of live DBT shows generously made available on the internets but there were a couple of very pleasant surprises for me.   Plus, this is worth buying just for Patterson Hood’s liner notes. . .  I won’t spoil the surprise by quoting too extensively but they had me laughing and thinking at the same time.

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