Beat Surrender

Number 4 and 9 on my favourites from 2009 were the Truckers albums The Fine Print and Live from Austin Texas, no surprises there really – the day DBT release an album I don’t have something good to say about ain’t gonna happen. When I heard about The Fine Print (A Collection of Oddities and Rarities) I must admit I was a little sceptical that this was going to be a case of a thrown together collection of tracks to fulfil commitments to New West before the band moved on to a new label – I should have known better and in fact what it turned out to be was a thoughtful collection of originals, covers and re-workings  that actually manages to sound pretty together considering it’s disparate parts and is full of highlights, my favourite song from the album is George Jones Talkin’ Cell Phone Blues – just a great tune really pleased to . . . → Read More: Drive-by Truckers in 2009