Los Angeles, CA – New West Records will release the Drive-By Truckers’ eighth record, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark,
on January 22, 2008, featuring 19 new songs, many of which were previewed during the band’s The Dirt Underneath tour last
spring. Heralded by many critics as America’s best rock band, DBT will kick off the first leg of a new 29-city tour in
support of the album on February 11th in Anaheim, CA. A four-song Brighter Than Creation’s Dark EP will be available on
December 18th at iTunes and all other DSPs (Rhapsody, Yahoo Music, MSN/Zune). The EP consists of “Two Daughters And A Beautiful
Wife,” “3 Dimes Down,” “The Righteous Path,” and “The Purgatory Line.” Back catalog reissues of Gangstabilly; Pizza Deliverance;
Decoration Day; The Dirty South; and A Blessing and a Curse will appear February 5, 2008as Limited Edition, 180 gram vinyl records.
This is the first time most of these titles will be available on vinyl.
Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley continue to be DBT’s primary songwriters, a relationship that started over twenty-two years ago
when the two began playing together. The band’s longtime bassist, Shonna Tucker, makes her debut on Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
as the band’s third writer, contributing three of the record’s nineteen tracks. Founding member John Neff, who has frequently
guested on albums and onstage over the years, is an official member now, playing pedal steel and guitar. He and drummer Brad Morgan
round out the band’s recording and touring line up.
Legendary Muscle Shoals keyboardist Spooner Oldham, to whom the album is dedicated, lends his unmistakable classic soul sound
to the record, as he did for the band’s last tour. The album also marks the sixth time the band has worked with producer David
Barbe, whose Chase Park Transduction studio in Athens, GA was the site of last summer’s recording.
DBT recently backed R&B vocalist Bettye Lavette on her critically acclaimed, Grammy®-nominated album The Scene of The Crime.
The album is nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album and was co-produced by Patterson Hood and long time DBT producer David Barbe.
Brighter Than Creation’s Dark Track Listing
1. Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
2. 3 Dimes Down
3. The Righteous Path
4. I’m Sorry Huston
5. Perfect Timing
6. Daddy Needs A Drink
7. Self Destructive Zones
8. Bob
9. Home Field Advantage
10. The Opening Act
11. Lisa’s Birthday
12. That Man I Shot
13. The Purgatory Line
14. The Home Front
15. Checkout Time In Vegas
16. You And Your Crystal Meth
17. Goode’s Field Road
18. A Ghost To Most
19. The Monument Valley
DBT on tour:
Mon Feb 11 Anaheim CA HOUSE OF BLUES
Tue Feb 12 Los Angeles CA AVALON
Wed Feb 13 San Francisco CA MEZZANINE
Fri Feb 15 Portland OR ROSELAND
Sat Feb 16 Seattle WA SHOWBOX
Sun Feb 17 Seattle WA SHOWBOX
Tue Feb 19 Boise ID BIG EASY CONCERT HOUSE
Wed Feb 20 Salt Lake City UT THE PALADIUM
Thu Feb 21 Aspen CO BELLY UP
Fri Feb 22 Denver CO OGDEN THEATRE
Sat Feb 23 Boulder CO FOX THEATRE
Mon Feb 25 Omaha NE SLOWDOWN
Tue Feb 26 Columbia MO THE BLUE NOTE
Wed Feb 27 Urbana IL THE CANOPY CLUB
Thu Feb 28 Milwaukee WI PABST THEATRE
Fri Feb 29 St Louis MO THE PAGEANT
Sat Mar 01 Louisville KY HEADLINERS MUSIC HALL
Fri Mar 14 Memphis TN MINGLEWOOD HALL
Sat Mar 15 Nashville TN CANNERY BALLROOM
Sun Mar 16 Newport KY SOUTHGATE HOUSE
Tue Mar 18 Millvale PA MR. SMALL’S THEATER
Wed Mar 19 Toronto ONT OPERA HOUSE
Thu Mar 20 Montreal QUE CABARET MUSIC HALL
Fri Mar 21 Northampton MA PEARL STREET
Sat Mar 22 Boston MA PARADISE ROCK CLUB
Tue Mar 25 New Haven CT TOAD’S PLACE
Wed Mar 26 New York NY TERMINAL 5
Thu Mar 27 Philadelphia PA THE FILMORE AT THE TLA
Fri Mar 28 Richmond VA THE NATIONAL
Sat Mar 29 Asheville NC THE ORANGE PEEL
The Felice Brothers support on 2/11 - 3/1
North Mississippi Allstars on 2/11 & 2/12
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