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Replaced_Texan
So I heard the Drive By Truckers at ACL, and I liked what I heard. Shortly afterwards, I picked up Decoration Day and Alabama Ass Whuppin', both of which confirmed that I really like this band.

Saturday, I picked up The Dirty South, and on first hearing, I enjoyed it so much I went to the website to see when they'd be next through Houston. Imagine my delight to find that they were going to be at the Meridian on Sunday. Having already seen the Incredibles and cried about football, I decided to blow off my second movie of the weekend and head over to hear the new Southern Rock.

This time I didn't have GAs pestering my sister about her sex life to distract me from really listening to the set, and the boys (and girl) from 'bama were amazing. There were maybe 250 people there, and the sound was MUCH better than at ACL. They switched off between the three leads from song to song, like at ACL, and the set lasted about two hours non-stop. The crowd was energized, as was I (read: I had a few beers and made a fool of myself by dancing a lot, not actually that dissimilar from ACL). It was one of the better small-venue shows I'd been to in a long time, and I was glad to have fortuitously checked out their website.

This is rapidly becoming the GA must-see tour of 2004