Patterson Hood
Patterson Hood
Patterson David Hoodis an American singer-songwriter and co-founder of the band Drive-By Truckers...
aretha best boys church civil denies father franklin happened horrible living people playing records rights soul south southern time white
It in no way denies the horrible things that happened in the South during the civil rights struggle, ... The KKK and church bombings - all of those things did happen, but at the same time there were people like my father making Aretha Franklin records, these southern white boys who made their living playing on some of the best soul records ever made.
calling people
I don't think people are going to be calling it 'Southern rock,'
writing people stories
I'm more interested in writing about the personal stories of people. Sometimes I don't agree with them.
people doe
The road does not always bring out the best in people.
dark people
I feel like, as a people, we're sort of stumbling in the dark right now.
writing play people
Songwriting can be cathartic, but then you just keep it private. If you're going to play out and have other people listen to you, then you need to make sure there's some point to what you're saying.
strong people feelings
I'm lucky enough that people tend to agree a lot with what I say. But really if anyone in the band has a really strong feeling, it carries a lot of weight.
ends gotten home next paying point tables three time tours wait weeks
I'm not having to come home from tours and wait tables for the next three weeks to make ends meet. We're paying our bills, ... Unfortunately, we haven't gotten to the point where we can take any real time off.
bit dark ending happy hopefully
The record's not without its dark moments, but hopefully there's a little bit of a happy ending too,
children exactly overnight poster stubborn together
Cooley and I have been together for 20 years now. It hasn't exactly been an overnight success, ... We're the poster children for stubborn persistence.
easy listen listening record
To me, it's an easy record to listen to. But it's not an easy-listening record,
good
a pretty good description of the things we've been writing about, the dualities of the day-to-day.
putting slowly supposed taking together
We were supposed to be taking it slowly this fall, with putting together the album,
continue record songs specific
I write a lot of songs (about the South) and will continue to, but we wanted to do a record that wasn't so specific in the geography. We're from the South, but that's not all we can do.