The Wake

Between the years 2004 and 2007 the Drive-By Truckers maintained the same line-up for the first time in their nearly ten-year existence. While guitarists and vocalists Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley remain the core of the band based in Athens, Geor., drummers, bassists and others have come and gone and returned.

Brad Morgan has been a constant behind the drums since 2001, while bassist Shonna Tucker joined the group before 2004’s The Dirty South. Guitarist and …

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They meet in high school and college, respond to ads in the newspaper or get assembled by producers. Bands are forming constantly. Some dream of platinum records and spots on MTV; other just hope to secure that fist gig.“We took it into our own hands,” says Nick Wellner, former vocalist for After the Burial. “We wanted to play with bigger bands, but it was hard to get shows at first.”In 2004 five friends from White …

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