Drive-By Truckers Tickets

If you want to revise your view of the American South, The Southern Rock Opera by the Drive by Truckers would fill in the history, the culture and politics leading them to write songs like the 'feud' between Neil Young and Ronnie Van Zant, the reign of George Wallace and a myriad of other topics pertinent to 40 years of Alabama/Georgia living. Delivered with emotion and passion, the lead singers trade off songs and the band is tight and cooks up raw bluesy rock and roll. Wish they didn't have the seats in the venue! And sweet, they ended with Rockin in the Free World. Speaking of seats Ticketmaster, what's with the 4-5 completely empty rows middle of the centre of the floors!! Look bad for the band and the venue?

This is a great band and they put on a nice show as expected! Cooley is my favourite singer of the two leads, not sure if he just wasn’t putting it all out there or if the mike was not adjusted well enough or if it was the sound crew’s neglect but his singing was very mumbled, could not discern the lyrics. Also wondered why this was a seated event - those guys rock and I would have liked to move with the music. And… I ended up with a parking ticket ☹️ - there is sooo little parking around. Tough for someone from outside the city to attend. But love DBT!!

Drive by Truckers performed the Southern Rock Opera. They were on fire. You will not see a better live act. They write great stories. Very relatable, they play with heart. Go see them when you can!

The sound quality and lighting was poor in the upper section of the venue. It was far too loud and distorted ....... and I like loud music! The vocals were inaudible throughout. People were observed leaving 40 minutes into the show (hopefully the sound was better on the floor.) The stage lighting also did not work for the upper level as the band members faces could not be seen. We've seen Drive-By Truckers before and the sound was never like this. Unfortunately, we left after an hour-and-a-half because the show was just not what we were looking forward to.

We greatly enjoyed the Drive By Truckers, more than two solid hours of music that spanned many of their albums, plus a few from the upcoming release. From looking at set lists, it looks like DBT is putting on a different show every night, not dialling it in at all. Unfortunately, the opening act, Lydia Loveless, left us feeling a bit cold.

Wring the regret, broken dreams, stale beer and sweat out of a Toppers' bar rag into an agar culture. Wire the petri dish to whatever busted ol amp is laying around. Apply liberal jolts of pawnshop guitar peddle feedback. Keep the humidity up long enough and then forget it all as a bad metaphor. Much easier and far more fun to enjoy DBT live. Like most rock bands they benefit from brass.

I took my 22 year old son who enjoyed it immensely, as did I. The band was definitely in a rocking mood-- highlights included an incendiary "Ronnie and Neil" followed by a volcanic "Lookout Mountain" I was happy they played "Rosemary with a Bible and a Gun" one of my favorite of their more recent songs. My only complaint, and it is a minor one, is that I wish they had sprinkled in a few acoustic songs, such as "Perfect Timing" It was great to be at a concert again, my first since September of 2019.

Seen DBT a dozen times and this was a Top-3 show. Setlist was killer. Really liked the new songs. Band was super tight and energy was consistent and very high (especially for a Sunday). Well done!

I believe the source of the problem was an inexperienced sound engineer managing the sound board. I’ve seen dozens of shows with similar vocals and instrument arrangements and the sound quality was can be good for the Danforth Music Hall…it definitely was not for the DBT band and show.

The show was really good, crowd was smallish but enthusiastic. 27 songs in most shows across USA and only 21 in Ottawa/no encore. Disappointed in that re: missed some great music.