Drive-By Truckers: Go-Go Boots – review

(Play It Again Sam)Given that half of Georgia-based six-piece Drive-By Truckers grew up in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, it's perhaps little surprise that the influence of Aretha and Otis occasionally informs their country/southern rock fusion. Sure enough, their ninth studio album is a more introspective affair than last year's rockier The Big To-Do, with a smattering of 60s soul-inspired flourishes. They're best, though, on the beautifully observed vignettes of small-town southern life, particularly...

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