Drive-By Truckers Offer a "first listen" for American Band Album

Drive-By Truckers have teamed with NPR Music to present the First
Listen premiere of their extraordinary new album, AMERICAN BAND. The eagerly anticipated
collection is streaming now in its entirety, exclusively via NPR Music: First Listen
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a6q3KUDoaxkbmBY5oWLBqDA7tBMSMGvgrnGlya1t4fUygqgCobr3UXwpcF8nGOvzH3rfXwnRJGc9FnwYOo480mrlVWQ_u-0Sn61IW4jRSEuI-cQ7dm4ClkvMBzXRDQKc2pq16QbWTb1CrH_TZDchaUtQ8oAk-S9ZvugvGAuSfO4MXZJDCfGE8wb3vQku6eXFzVkmkCopcinvMil1mWOa2w==&c=uLeP_9dNI43aOk188RX6SCLa4gswIdRbG1-8ngRv9NeOe4rogYoV9w==&ch=dC_g1AmfScBROFUexe3XTDjTvDi4QpKRTsWHgLuQ0evGMYsXZXCeUg==].
AMERICAN BAND arrives next Friday, September 30th.

Drive-By Truckers will make a number of high profile media appearances in support
of the album's release, including an October 1st visit to CBS This Morning: Saturday
set to feature a three-song performance and interview with CBS News Senior Correspondent
Anthony Mason. The band will then travel to Portland, OR for an exclusive performance
of AMERICAN BAND in its entirely, to be broadcast live from the Oregon Public Broadcasting
studios via NPR Music [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a6q3KUDoaxkbmBY5oWLBqDA7tBMSMGvgrnGlya1t4fUygqgCobr3UThCAfBUvn5WeRM1zcYHPpVTH9L0xQgfrBXkinN7RLbj7k-kOf84pSgjjH33WetOBYd4VkZarLb5U-XkG7zetGjdGCAuGdI87OeqBvrI5iStGP_uT4kVbvrWRCdxHOgybg==&c=uLeP_9dNI43aOk188RX6SCLa4gswIdRbG1-8ngRv9NeOe4rogYoV9w==&ch=dC_g1AmfScBROFUexe3XTDjTvDi4QpKRTsWHgLuQ0evGMYsXZXCeUg==]
and opbmusic.org [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a6q3KUDoaxkbmBY5oWLBqDA7tBMSMGvgrnGlya1t4fUygqgCobr3UThCAfBUvn5WmwVy9mlszyo00Eh4FX9ZWnJ4pXd5ERXgx9WOak1qLrHVz6tTCWXD_-U7Qv8aH82ERedvBvjdflS_msFAYJ1SoEkHG5YaRbkkSxp1t3zgxY8Ga8qfmgiYNQ==&c=uLeP_9dNI43aOk188RX6SCLa4gswIdRbG1-8ngRv9NeOe4rogYoV9w==&ch=dC_g1AmfScBROFUexe3XTDjTvDi4QpKRTsWHgLuQ0evGMYsXZXCeUg==]
as part of NPR's First Listen Live series on Wednesday, October 5th at 7 pm ET/4
pm PT.
AMERICAN BAND has already begun accruing early praise, including a 9-out-of-10 rated
rave from The Line of Best Fit [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a6q3KUDoaxkbmBY5oWLBqDA7tBMSMGvgrnGlya1t4fUygqgCobr3UThCAfBUvn5WzJomg28tmktAaWG4lTNsoWB9ppOtcQ7RXgoRTyhOukGoDu9iOoUX0vwTqzp1DRM5CTiMkzy3YLNt64nBkhpVVgJx7IOt5auywyoiA6qjsM1fCpVYE6JQwUOISje2FE44tRupXTASmQPok3LBAjDnikVUToincBtmssaeeLaQcLPJSn2jIUBxrWtgqLro-VSO&c=uLeP_9dNI43aOk188RX6SCLa4gswIdRbG1-8ngRv9NeOe4rogYoV9w==&ch=dC_g1AmfScBROFUexe3XTDjTvDi4QpKRTsWHgLuQ0evGMYsXZXCeUg==]
headlined "Drive-By Truckers' Eleventh LP Is The Righteous, Resigned Album America
Needs In 2016." "It's a small gift," wrote  NPR Music [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a6q3KUDoaxkbmBY5oWLBqDA7tBMSMGvgrnGlya1t4fUygqgCobr3UThCAfBUvn5WeRM1zcYHPpVTH9L0xQgfrBXkinN7RLbj7k-kOf84pSgjjH33WetOBYd4VkZarLb5U-XkG7zetGjdGCAuGdI87OeqBvrI5iStGP_uT4kVbvrWRCdxHOgybg==&c=uLeP_9dNI43aOk188RX6SCLa4gswIdRbG1-8ngRv9NeOe4rogYoV9w==&ch=dC_g1AmfScBROFUexe3XTDjTvDi4QpKRTsWHgLuQ0evGMYsXZXCeUg==]'s
Ann Powers, "within these challenging days, that one of the nation's best bands
has made what very well might be its greatest album."
"Filthy and Fried [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a6q3KUDoaxkbmBY5oWLBqDA7tBMSMGvgrnGlya1t4fUygqgCobr3UeiJ0XCm5IOM21e87LXF0prEv_NMj1Ab3ETlaJfnw5_zvItSTS4Ut4OR7XN60Q38qMXkDVojTEakKedBNo6YLbhsui1sy_5NaLLb1qjC2dUIBKqJ-uBrnVIVxPDi9dy8m1rJR8UuC4dSPV9te2evBOk=&c=uLeP_9dNI43aOk188RX6SCLa4gswIdRbG1-8ngRv9NeOe4rogYoV9w==&ch=dC_g1AmfScBROFUexe3XTDjTvDi4QpKRTsWHgLuQ0evGMYsXZXCeUg==],"
the most recent track release from AMERICAN BAND, is accompanied by a lyric video
featuring animated art by the band's longtime collaborator Wes Freed also featured
in the gatefold of the new album's red vinyl edition (available for pre-order now
at the official Drive-By Truckers Store [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a6q3KUDoaxkbmBY5oWLBqDA7tBMSMGvgrnGlya1t4fUygqgCobr3UVynxzCDvW8DNCXs4v16Lnx4glr-KJsZxE3YNiZRTjxMGMZ6XtDmOaoatVp5X7YxmwaSJqrvlems5Ktea6tJsqMyBcF1ZDtJvflLK65WJcpRnMb_cxxYjj9jjsNDwbP7gJjV4uVvMsXOMGgNJV8NArWg7mteuzeMI-TmUMIUVTG2qyvZtjQGRBw=&c=uLeP_9dNI43aOk188RX6SCLa4gswIdRbG1-8ngRv9NeOe4rogYoV9w==&ch=dC_g1AmfScBROFUexe3XTDjTvDi4QpKRTsWHgLuQ0evGMYsXZXCeUg==]).
"Filthy and Fried" is streaming now at Drive-By Truckers' official YouTube [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a6q3KUDoaxkbmBY5oWLBqDA7tBMSMGvgrnGlya1t4fUygqgCobr3UeiJ0XCm5IOM21e87LXF0prEv_NMj1Ab3ETlaJfnw5_zvItSTS4Ut4OR7XN60Q38qMXkDVojTEakKedBNo6YLbhsui1sy_5NaLLb1qjC2dUIBKqJ-uBrnVIVxPDi9dy8m1rJR8UuC4dSPV9te2evBOk=&c=uLeP_9dNI43aOk188RX6SCLa4gswIdRbG1-8ngRv9NeOe4rogYoV9w==&ch=dC_g1AmfScBROFUexe3XTDjTvDi4QpKRTsWHgLuQ0evGMYsXZXCeUg==]
channel.
Hailed by Stereogum as "perhaps the greatest extant American rock and roll band," Drive-By Truckers will celebrate AMERICAN BAND with an epic headline tour continuing into late-November. Support on all dates through October 15th comes from Lydia Loveless. Tour highlights include two-night-stands at Portland, OR's Wonder Ballroom (September 30th and October 1st), San Francisco, CA's The Fillmore (October 6th and 7th), and Los Angeles, CA's Teragram Ballroom (October 11th and 12th).