Drive-By Truckers are a rock/alt-country/cowpunk band based in Athens, Georgia, though three out of five members (Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood, and Shonna Tucker) originally hail from The Shoals region of Northern Alabama. Their music is characteristically unique due to its ?three axe attack,? or three guitars as well as bass and drums. Their lyrics often revolve around drifters and criminals trying to survive in economically-depressed small towns. They currently record for New West Records. History Drive-By Truckers was co-founded by Patterson Hood (son of legendary bassist David Hood of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) and longtime friend and musical "partner in crime", Mike Cooley (grandson of the western swing fiddler Spade Cooley) in Athens, Georgia, in 1996. The two men had played in various other bands including Adam's House Cat which was chosen as a top ten "Best Unsigned Band" by a Musician's Magazine contest in the late 1980s.

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