FLORENCE – Shoals natives and critically-acclaimed songwriters/performers Jason Isbell, Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley are pooling their exceptional talents for a one-night-only concert to benefit their lifelong friend Terry Pace. The trio will headline a fundraiser on Sunday, June 15, at 7 p.m. at the Shoals Theatre. This will be the first time they have played on stage together in several years.

Pace suffered two debilitating strokes in March which required several weeks of hospitalization in Birmingham. He was recently released from the hospital and is recovering at his home in Sheffield. Rehabilitation will be a long, expensive process and the medical costs continue to mount.

Prior to his illness, Pace was the director of UNA’s Office of Communications and Marketing. For the past eight years, he taught freshman composition and sophomore literature in the UNA Department of English. He also led classes on film appreciation and the history of Muscle Shoals music.

The June benefit is the brainchild of Jayne Jackson, event coordinator at UNA. “I knew the community would want to do something to help Terry. There is so much love for him here. The simple fact that these three prominent artists are coming off the road during heavy touring to do this show on a night off sends a significant message of love and respect. Terry has helped a lot of people through the years and now people want to give back to him.”

For the past 30 years Pace has been a central figure in local music and theatrical circles. He is an actor, director, producer, lecturer and music historian who has been active in supporting and writing about the Muscle Shoals music scene.

Tickets for the event go on sale Thursday and will be $75 (VIP) and $30 (general admission). The VIP tickets include a meet and greet with Isbell, Hood and Cooley after the show. Tickets are available at Pegasus Records in Florence or at

http://www.shoals.ticketleap.com/OnenightonlyforTerryPace

For information call 256-765-1700.

Greetings from rainy Dubuque, Iowa. A sold out show tonight to kick off our last little run of 2013.
Halloween will be in Chicago at the fantastic Vic Theatre. One of our favorite venues in one of our favorite cities. Expect some special surprises for this Evening With DBT show. (and YES, we will be dressing up for the occasion).

Hope to see a bunch of you this next week and a half out there as DBT rolls into a few great towns for thew last shows we play this year.

The new album is finished and we are working on getting the cover ready. Stay tuned for announcements about title and release date info.

After this tour, I have some solo shows coming up. I’ll be spending some time in the Great Northwest for the holidays and in January. I’ll be doing a residency in Portland at the Doug Fir. Three different Wednesday Night shows in January and definitely three very different shows in store.

Finally I want to send a shout out to everyone I saw in Cleveland last weekend and the fine folks at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I played a Rolling Stones Tribute last Saturday and everyone I met there was unbelievably great. The whole experience has me hitting the road extra fired up and ready to play some great music.

See You at The Rock and Roll Show,
Patterson and the DBT Gang

Y’all:

Been looking forward to this weekend for some time now. Always loved 4th of July. One of the few holidays I actually like.

This weekend I return to Waverly AL for a show at Standard Deluxe. I knew Scott and the fine SD folks back when Cooley and I lived in Auburn (20 years ago, jeez!) and last year’s show there was one of my all time favorite solo shows.
This year I am taking The Downtown Rumblers with me and I also look forward to seeing The Pollies who are opening.
It’s supposed to rain all week there, but is also supposed to clear up in the late afternoon and be a nice 70 degrees saturday night. The BBQ will be great (was last year), the vibe sublime and I’m guaranteeing a fantastic night for all. COME ON OUT! (I’ve heard a rumor that Dexateens are playing a far too rare show later that evening in Auburn.)

In other news, next weekend, DBT is playing (also a rare thing right now) up in the mountains of Wyoming.
The photos look like it’s going to be an absolutely beautiful place and we’ll rock the tops off them mountains.
On the 19th-22nd, The Downtown Rumblers are hitting the road, playing Winston/Salem NC, Camden NJ, and Brooklyn NY.

Hope you’re having a great and safe summer and hope to see all of you very soon.
Patterson Hood
(July 3, 2012 – Athens GA.)