The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities and Rarities
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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. It features album artwork and a sample of concert posters from 2009 by Wes Freed
, and is produced by David Barbe.
The Fine Print is the first Drive-By Trucker release to include covers of other artist's original recordings; most notably "Rebels" by Tom Petty
, and "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan
. The latter of these songs has each of its four verses sung in rotation by Hood, Tucker, Isbell, and Cooley.
Two of the songs on the album, "Uncle Frank" and "Goode's Field Road" are alternate takes of songs released on other Drive-By Truckers albums. "Uncle Frank" has only minor differences from the original as heard on Pizza Deliverance
, while "Goode's Field Road" is much harder and faster than the slower paced track eventually recorded for Brighter Than Creation's Dark
. The Fine Print version of "Goode's Field Road" almost made it onto The Dirty South, but at the last minute was switched for "Lookout Mountain".
As the album was recorded during Jason Isbell's tenure with the Drive-By Truckers, two of his songs as performed by the Drive-By Truckers were also included. Though released in 2009, when Jay Gonzalez was already an official member of the band, he does not make an appearance on The Fine Print due to the recording dates of the tracks.
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...
mostly recorded throughout the making of their albums Decoration Day
Decoration Day (album)
Decoration Day is a rock album released by Drive-By Truckers in 2003. The album was recorded mostly live over two weeks at Chase Park Transduction Studios in Athens, Georgia, and was produced by noted producer and former Sugar bassist David Barbe...
and 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...
; a highly prolific period for the band. It features album artwork and a sample of concert posters from 2009 by Wes Freed
Wes Freed
Wes Freed is a Richmond, Virginia-based musician, "outsider" artist, illustrator, and actor whose works have appeared on the album covers of numerous American rock bands, including Cracker and Lauren Hoffman...
, and is produced by David Barbe.
The Fine Print is the first Drive-By Trucker release to include covers of other artist's original recordings; most notably "Rebels" by Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T...
, and "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
. The latter of these songs has each of its four verses sung in rotation by Hood, Tucker, Isbell, and Cooley.
Two of the songs on the album, "Uncle Frank" and "Goode's Field Road" are alternate takes of songs released on other Drive-By Truckers albums. "Uncle Frank" has only minor differences from the original as heard on Pizza Deliverance
Pizza Deliverance
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...
, while "Goode's Field Road" is much harder and faster than the slower paced track eventually recorded for Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Brighter Than Creation's Dark is the seventh studio album released by Drive-By Truckers. It was released on January 22, 2008 in the United States. Recorded during and after the acoustic Dirt Underneath Tour, the album features a more stripped down, and country based sound not seen since their...
. The Fine Print version of "Goode's Field Road" almost made it onto The Dirty South, but at the last minute was switched for "Lookout Mountain".
As the album was recorded during Jason Isbell's tenure with the Drive-By Truckers, two of his songs as performed by the Drive-By Truckers were also included. Though released in 2009, when Jay Gonzalez was already an official member of the band, he does not make an appearance on The Fine Print due to the recording dates of the tracks.
Track listing
- "George Jones Talkin' Cell Phone Blues" - 4:08 (Hood)
- "Rebels" - 4:53 (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers cover)
- "Uncle Frank" - 5:22 (alternate version) (Cooley)
- "TVA" - 6:57 (Isbell)
- "Goode's Field Road" - 4:15 (alternate version) (Hood)
- "The Great Car Dealer War" - 5:38 (Hood)
- "Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill A Chicken)" - 3:20 (Tom T Hall cover)
- "When The Well Runs Dry" - 4:10 (Isbell)
- "Mrs. Claus' Kimono" - 4:26 (Hood)
- "Play It All Night Long" - 5:10 (Warren Zevon cover)
- "Little Pony And The Great Big Horse" - 3:38 (Cooley)
- "Like A Rolling Stone" - 6:02 (Bob Dylan cover)
Personnel
- Patterson Hood - guitar, vocals
- Mike Cooley - guitar, vocals
- Jason Isbell - guitar, vocals
- Brad Morgan - drums, vocals
- Shonna Tucker - bass, vocals
- John Neff - guitar, pedal steel