The following podcast contains explicit language. Hey, this is the moment. I'm Brian Koppelman. Thanks for listening.

Today's guest Patterson Hood, one of the lead singers, leaders, songwriters of Drive By Truckers.

I am never nervous doing this podcast, but dude your music has meant so much to me for so long that it's a little intense for me.

Thank you for me. Wow, thank you.

Thank you.

I was thinking about it and I first became aware of you on,

I guess, your third album, Southern Rock Opera,

which came out in 2001 and then 2002 in a bigger release, right?

Yeah, yeah.

And since then, I mean, your albums have just

been a steady backdrop to almost like every event in my life.

So thanks.

I just want to start by telling you how much I appreciate what you've done.

Well, thank, thanks so much.

As, you know, it's, it's, it's, I'm thrilled we're still hanging in there to get to keep doing this.

Yeah, I want to talk about that too.

So I want to start right there, you know, and your background, the way you grew up, who your dad is, you know and your background the way you grew up who your dad is you

know all that stuff Mark Marion covered pretty well on that podcast that you

guys did so people can can listen to that and should but I want to start now

and I want to talk about the fact that it can get

harder I think to swing for the fences as an artist gets a little bit older especially because you

know the cost of swinging for the fences. Right. And but when I hear the new album like in particular when I hear ever south

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