Pizza Deliverance
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Pizza Deliverance is the second album
released by Alabama
country rock
group Drive-By Truckers
, released in 1999. It was recorded with high spirits in five days at Patterson Hood's house. The album was mixed by Andy LeMaster. The album cover art was created by Jim Stacy. The album was re-released by New West Records
on January 25, 2005 along with the band's first studio effort, Gangstabilly
.
Hood dedicated the album to Arthur Alexander, Sam Phillips and Jerry Wexler.
After the release of Pizza Deliverance the band began touring some 150 dates in as little as six months. It was during the beginning of the tour that Brad Morgan replaced Matt Lane on drums due to Lane's decision to focus more on his own band, The Possibilities. Most of Drive-By Trucker's breakthrough album, Southern Rock Opera
, was written while the band toured in support of Pizza Deliverance.
Pizza Deliverance saw guitarist Mike Cooley's first major contributions to the band (aside from Gangstabilly
's "Panties In Your Purse") as his songwriting and lyrical style continued to develop. An alternate (and more electric) version of Cooley's "Uncle Frank" was recorded during The Dirty South
sessions and can be heard on The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities and Rarities
.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
released by Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
country rock
Country rock
Country rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...
group Drive-By Truckers
Drive-By Truckers
Drive-By Truckers are an alternative country/Southern rock band based in Athens, Georgia, though three out of six members are originally from The Shoals region of Northern Alabama, and the band strongly identifies with Alabama. Their music uses three guitars as well as bass, drums, and now...
, released in 1999. It was recorded with high spirits in five days at Patterson Hood's house. The album was mixed by Andy LeMaster. The album cover art was created by Jim Stacy. The album was re-released by New West Records
New West Records
New West Records is a record label based in Los Angeles, California, Austin, Texas, and Athens, Georgia. It was established in 1998, and has been home to several indie rock and alternative country bands as well as representing the PBS show Austin City Limits...
on January 25, 2005 along with the band's first studio effort, Gangstabilly
Gangstabilly
Gangstabilly is the 1998 debut album of Athens via Alabama rock group Drive-By Truckers. The album, was recorded "live in the studio" over the course of two days and was produced by Andy Baker and Andy LeMaster. The album's cover art was created by Jim Stacy...
.
Hood dedicated the album to Arthur Alexander, Sam Phillips and Jerry Wexler.
After the release of Pizza Deliverance the band began touring some 150 dates in as little as six months. It was during the beginning of the tour that Brad Morgan replaced Matt Lane on drums due to Lane's decision to focus more on his own band, The Possibilities. Most of Drive-By Trucker's breakthrough album, Southern Rock Opera
Southern Rock Opera
Southern Rock Opera is the third studio album by the alt country band Drive-By Truckers. It was a double album and released in 2001. Covering an ambitious range of subject matter from the politics of race to 70s stadium rock, Southern Rock Opera either imagines, or filters, every topic through the...
, was written while the band toured in support of Pizza Deliverance.
Pizza Deliverance saw guitarist Mike Cooley's first major contributions to the band (aside from Gangstabilly
Gangstabilly
Gangstabilly is the 1998 debut album of Athens via Alabama rock group Drive-By Truckers. The album, was recorded "live in the studio" over the course of two days and was produced by Andy Baker and Andy LeMaster. The album's cover art was created by Jim Stacy...
's "Panties In Your Purse") as his songwriting and lyrical style continued to develop. An alternate (and more electric) version of Cooley's "Uncle Frank" was recorded during The Dirty South
The Dirty South (album)
The Dirty South is the fifth album by Alabamian alternative country/Southern rock group Drive-By Truckers, released in 2004. The Dirty South is Drive-By Truckers' third concept album...
sessions and can be heard on The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities and Rarities
The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities and Rarities
The Fine Print is a collection of unreleased material by the Drive-By Truckers mostly recorded throughout the making of their albums Decoration Day and The Dirty South; a highly prolific period for the band...
.
Track listing
- Bulldozers and Dirt – 4:29 (Hood)
- Nine Bullets – 4:05 (Hood)
- Uncle Frank – 5:29 (Cooley)
- Too Much Sex (Too Little Jesus) – 3:16 (Hood)
- Box of Spiders – 3:30 (Hood)
- One of These Days – 5:15 (Cooley)
- Margo and Harold – 4:51 (Hood)
- The Company I Keep – 7:02 (Hood)
- The President's Penis Is Missing – 4:12 (Hood)
- Tales Facing Up – 5:03 (Hood)
- Love Like This – 5:23 (Cooley)
- Mrs. Dubose – 5:40 (Malone)
- Zoloft – 3:17 (Hood)
- The Night G.G. Allin Came to Town – 4:50 (Hood)
Band
- Mike Cooley – lyrics, vocals, guitar, bass
- Patterson Hood – lyrics, vocals, guitar, bass
- Rob Malone – lyrics, vocals, guitar, bass
- Matt Lane – drums
Guest performers
- John Neff - pedal steel guitar
- Barry Sell - mandolin on "Margo and Harold"
- Earl Hicks - snare drum on "Love Like This" and "Mrs Dubose"
- Adam Howell - upright bass on "Margo and Harold" and "Zoloft"