Patterson Hood
Patterson Hood
Patterson David Hoodis an American singer-songwriter and co-founder of the band Drive-By Truckers...
growing-up crazy kids
This time, we're living in such a crazy moment in history. People still write and talk about Watergate, which was such a huge, looming backdrop when I was coming of age and when I was a kid growing up. I think we're living in one of those times right now where, in 20 years, people will be writing and talking about it.
ignored knows lord since studio written
Most everything on it is real new. Lord knows I've got a backlog of songs, but when we went into the studio I pretty much ignored it. Everything else we've written since we started recording.
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.
critics downside records
The downside is that critics get their records for free,
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.
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.
couple band married
It's hard being part of a married couple in a band.
putting slowly supposed taking together
We were supposed to be taking it slowly this fall, with putting together the album,