{"id":5207,"date":"2025-09-15T12:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/drive-by-truckers-to-release-the-definitive-decoration-day-151401\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:51:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:51:04","slug":"drive-by-truckers-to-release-the-definitive-decoration-day-151401","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/drive-by-truckers-to-release-the-definitive-decoration-day-151401\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive-By Truckers to release The Definitive Decoration Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"post-preview\">\n<p><strong>Drive-By Truckers<\/strong> have announced details of <strong>The Definitive Decoration Day<\/strong>, which is due on November 14 from New West Records.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content google-ld-json\">\n<div class=\"editable-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-3d\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.kelsey.co.uk\/uncut-magazine?offer=UNC1025&amp;source=UNC1025social&amp;channel=social#anchor-shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here and subscribe to Uncut<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Drive-By Truckers<\/strong> have announced details of <strong>The Definitive Decoration Day<\/strong>, which is due on November 14 from New West Records.<\/p>\n<p>The 4-LP box set features the 15-track album remixed by its original producer <strong>David Barbe<\/strong> and remastered by <strong>Greg Calbi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The new collection includes the previously unreleased double album <strong>Heathens Live at Flicker Bar, Athens, GA \u2013 June 20, 2002<\/strong><em>,<\/em> as well as a 40-page, full-colour book featuring never-before-seen photos and artwork. It also features well a new essay written by <strong>Uncut<\/strong> contributor <strong>Stephen Deusner<\/strong>, author of <strong>Where the Devil Don\u2019t Stay: Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can hear the newly remixed and remastered album version of \u201c<strong>Sink Hole<\/strong>\u201d below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"_gq5YV2Dgf8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drive-By Truckers - Sink Hole (Remixed \/ Remastered) [Official Audio]\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_gq5YV2Dgf8?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>And below you can hear the audio for <strong>\u201cSinkhole\u201d<\/strong>, taken from <strong>Heathens Live at Flicker Bar, Athens, GA \u2013 June 20, 2002<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"akK9xORJZLw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drive-By Truckers - Sink Hole (Live at Flicker Bar - Athens, GA - June 20th, 2002) [Official Audio]\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/akK9xORJZLw?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A stripped-down, acoustic performance from the band\u2019s hometown, recorded a year before Decoration Day\u2019s release, the <strong>Heathens Live<\/strong>\u2026 album features the band performing several of these songs for the first time ever.<\/p>\n<p>Says <strong>Patterson Hood<\/strong>, \u201cWe decided that it would be fun to go play an acoustic late-night show at the tiny <strong>Flicker Bar<\/strong>, less than a block away from our beloved <strong>40 Watt Club<\/strong>. We ended up playing a set that included all but one song off of our new, but still unfinished album. I didn\u2019t even know until recently that there was an existing tape of the show. This is a beautiful document of our band at a very crucial and joyous moment in time. I\u2019m so happy that it exists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Originally released in 2003, <strong>Decoration Day<\/strong> was also the band\u2019s first album with <strong>Jason Isbell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legacy of the band has definitely grown,\u201d says Isbell, \u201cand there\u2019s a new appreciation for the Truckers and especially for that era of Decoration Day. Without them you wouldn\u2019t have the kind of work being done by <strong>MJ Lenderman<\/strong> and <strong>Wednesday<\/strong> and <strong>Waxahatchee<\/strong> and a bunch of other acts. I can hear the Truckers in all that music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the album\u2019s influence, Wednesday\u2019s <strong>Karly Hartzmann<\/strong> says, \u201cDecoration Day reminds me that a song can be a piece of advice, a grudge, a suicide note, a bargaining for mercy, or a veneer over the rot. It\u2019s music that delivers the bad news but kisses the bruises it leaves.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adds <strong>The Hold Steady<\/strong>\u2018s <strong>Craig Finn<\/strong>, \u201cDecoration Day was the Drive-By Truckers\u2019 three songwriters firing on all cylinders \u2014 alternately thoughtful, pissed off, charming, surly and often hilarious. I marvel at this record. It\u2019s a true American classic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Definitive Decoration Day<\/strong> follows the band\u2019s deluxe edition of their album <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncut.co.uk\/reviews\/drive-by-truckers-southern-rock-opera-reissue-2001-146683\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Southern Rock Opera<\/a><\/strong>, originally released in 2001, as well as <strong>The Complete Dirty South<\/strong>, originally released in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>It will be available across digital platforms, standard black vinyl and as a 3-CD set. A limited olive colour vinyl edition will be available at independent retailers, and a limited-to-150 blue-and-burgundy-swirl colour vinyl edition will be available at Seasick Records in Birmingham, Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a special, limited-to-300 HeAthens red-and-black vinyl edition will be available at local participating retailers in Athens, Georgia and for pickup at the New West Records\u2019 Athens office. A limited-to-1,000 burgundy colour vinyl edition is available for pre-order <strong>NOW <\/strong>via<strong> New West Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/newwst.com\/decorationday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>pre-order here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also watch an unboxing video of the box set here.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"mc2729qUEJw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drive-By Truckers - The Definitive Decoration Day [Unboxing]\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mc2729qUEJw?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncut.co.uk\/news\/drive-by-truckers-to-release-the-definitive-decoration-day-151401\/\">Drive-By Truckers to release The Definitive Decoration Day<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncut.co.uk\/\">UNCUT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drive-By Truckers have announced details of The Definitive Decoration Day, which is due on November 14 from New West Records. 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