Summary: <p>The Athens, Ga.-based group Drive-By Truckers has been writing about the Southern experience and its history for more than 20 years. Fronted by founding members Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, the band's latest record, <em>American Band, </em>is a collection of twangy rock underscoring blunt songs of anger and protest. The band intended to raise issues; it is their aim to get people thinking about their views on race, in addition to many other pressing topics: income inequality, gun violence, police brutality, Islamophobia, and the plague of suicides and opioid abuse.</p> <p>Members of the band Drive-By Truckers join us in the studio to play a bit of a stripped-down set. </p> <p> </p>
