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By Patrick Beach | Saturday, September 27, 2008, 09:08 PM

2:30 p.m. Saturday, Zilker Park: So after getting even less sleep than I did last night, the Drive-By Truckers played for the third and final time in Austin this weekend. For those of you keeping up with your correspondent’s adventures, his self-imposed mission was to see his arguably favorite band three times in one weekend — at a taping of the “Austin City Limits” TV show Friday afternoon, at Emo’s Friday night at at the ACL Fest Saturday afternoon. So? Details? Gotta say, even the sound outdoors at the AT&T stage was better than Emo’s last night. Don’t mean to slam Emo’s, or to compare their budget to C3’s but … see my previous dispatches. These were all different sets; to the band’s credit. I only heard about three songs duplicated in three separate performances. Today was another all-electric show, with standouts being “Dead Drunk and Naked” from “Southern Rock Opera,” their double LP ode to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and, kind of surprisingly, Shonna Tucker’s, “Home Field Advantage” — surprising because the bassist had sung “I’m Sorry Huston” in the past two performances and because for some reason the song never really grabbed me on “Brighter Than Creation’s Dark.” But there’s nothing like hearing a song you thought you were on the fence about being performed in front of what must have been 20,000 people or more, or, come to think, a lot more. In what must stand as one of the greatest crimes against humanity in the annals of history, the band failed to satisfy my desire to hear “Carl Perkins’ Cadillac” in three whole performances. We have international laws and the Hague for such things, and of this I shall say no more. But was it cool to see my favorite band three times over two days? Yes. Yes, it was. I’m looking forward to ACL tomorrow, but if the Truckers were playing the gospel brunch at Stubb’s, I’d wake up early again and stop by to see them for a fourth time. Does that mean I have a problem or do you? And no, I never followed the Dead. Photo: Jay Janner AMERICAN-STATESMAN

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By Michael

September 28, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this

rock and roll means well patrick but it can’t help telling young boys lies.

By Dave

September 29, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

I saw two of the three shows (didn’t go to the festival) and agree that the sound (and packed crowd) at Emo’s sucked. The ACL taping was sublime, however, can’t wait to see it again on TV.

The Truckers can still put on the Rock Show, but I still miss Jason Isbell’s contributions.

By beth

September 29, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

my husband and I talked about doing the same thing after their Dallas show on Thurs..following the DBT! “livin’ in fear is just another way of dyin’ before your time”

By Bob Dickson

October 15, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this

Great review.Had the opportunity to see them 9/29 in Baton Rouge and 9/30 in Hattiesburg.Would have drove down to Tipitina’s if they would have played the Big Easy.Would highly recomend the Bottling Co. in Hattiesburg,great sound,cheap beer and you can sit outside if the smoke gets to heavy.While I still miss Isbell’s contributions they have really nailed this thing down into what they do best which is why the are the best live band out here on any given night.Cooley has turned into such a poser!! Must be reading his reviews!!:-)