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THAT EVENING SUN

Opening in theaters in Atlanta and Athens this Friday, January 22nd!

Grand Jury Winner at the 2009 Atlanta Film Festival
Starring Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Carrie Preston, Mia Wasikowska, Barry Corbin, and Dixie Carter
Featuring music by Patterson Hood of "Drive-By Truckers"   (DOWNLOAD "Depression Era")

This is a limited engagement so be sure to see it before it leaves theaters!

ATLANTA

UA Tara Cinemas
2345 Cheshire Bridge Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
Purchase tickets at www.fandango.com
***Special Events***
Friday, January 22nd
Q&A with Writer/Director Scott Teems and Songwriter Patterson Hood of "Drive-By Truckers" following the 7:00pm show at UA Tara Cinemas
Official After-Party hosted by PASTE Magazine starting at 10:00pm at Whiskey Park @ the W Hotel - Midtown (188 14th Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30361)
**Bring your ticket stub from the film (any showtime) for a free drink at the bar**

ATHENS

Cine · 234 West Hancock Avenue · Athens, GA 30601
Purchase tickets at www.athenscine.com
***Special Events***
Saturday, January 23rd
Q&A with Writer/Director Scott Teems following the 4:00pm show at Cine
Filmmaker reception at 6:00pm at Cine
Introduction and discussion with Writer/Director Scott Teems preceding the 7:30pm show at Cine
Musical performance with Songwriter Patterson Hood of "Drive-By Truckers" following the 7:30pm show at Cine
***FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE FILM'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE: WWW.THATEVENINGSUN.COM***

Patterson's Annual Benefit Guitar Pull

I am hosting my Annual Benefit Guitar Pull for the Robert Osborne Classic Film Festival
on Wed. Feb. 24 - 9pm doors.
Advance tickets are $10

It will be a Nashville style Songwriter in the Round performance (like previous years).
This year it will be at The Fabulous 40 Watt Club.
Joining me on stage this year:
Don Chambers, Daniel Hutchens (from Bloodkin), Dave Marr (from Star Room Boys), William Tonks and David Barbe
Additionally John Neff and Brad Morgan will be providing backing for all involved.

ALL PROCEEDS go to our city's incredible film festival which screens classic movies in a big auditorium with state of the art projection.
This year's films include THE GODFATHER #2, THE WIZARD OF OZ, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, THE SHINING, ALL ABOUT EVE, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, and Hitchcock's TO CATCH A THIEF.
(Festival is March 25 - 28)

Advance Tickets for the Guitar Pull are on sale at www.40watt.com
(No hard tickets will be sent, they will be on a pre-paid list night of show).

THANKS ALL
Patterson Hood

Secret to a Happy Ending

A documentary about the Drive-By Truckers by Barr Weissman

This is a film about the redemptive power of rock and roll; it’s about the American South, where rock was born; it’s about a band strad...dling the borders of rock, punk and country; it’s about making art, making love and making a living; it’s about the Drive-By Truckers. This film documents the band and their fans as they explore tales of human weakness and redemption. With unparalleled access, this documentary encompasses three critical years of touring and recording as the band struggles to overcome trauma and survives a near breakup, in a persistent search for a happy ending.
DIR/PROD Barr Weissman. US, 2009, color, 101 min. NOT RATED

February 5, 9:15 only! In Person: Director Barr Weissman and the Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley and Brad Morgan! THIS SHOWING IS SOLD OUT. There is another showing at 12am (technically Feb 6) without the guests.

GET TICKETS

NOISEPOP FILM FESTIVAL
Artists' Television Access
San Francisco, CA
Sun, February 28, 2010
2:00 PM (Doors: 1:45 PM)
$10.00
http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/4533

Note from Patterson:

THAT EVENING SUN is a really great film written and directed by Scott Teems and starring Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook.
I had the honor of contributing a couple of songs to the film which as been winning film festivals all over.
Join my mailing list to get a free download of Depression Era.
I will be attending the screenings and participating in a Q & A afterward along with Scott and hopefully Ray McKinnon (who produced and acted in it).
I was asked to bring my guitar so perhaps they'll get me to perform my song there.
The Atlanta screening will be Friday night the 22nd at UA Tara Cinemas.
The Athens screening will be Saturday night the 23rd at Cine'.

For a complete list of screenings go to http://thateveningsun.com/index.php/screenings/

Here are the Athens and Atlanta times:

FRIDAY, 1/22
7:00pm - Showtime @ UA Tara Cinemas
8:50pm - Q&A w/ Scott & Patterson @ UA Tara Cinemas (immediately following the movie)
UA Tara Cinemas · 2345 Cheshire Bridge Road NE · Atlanta, GA 30324

SATURDAY, 1/23
7:30pm - Showtime @ Cine
9:20pm - Performance by Patterson @ Cine (immediately following the movie)
Cine · 234 West Hancock Ave. · Athens, GA 30601


Watch this Criminal Minds clip to hear Patterson Hood's "Heavy and Hanging"




FRIENDS: Here's a new video from Cracker's latest album, Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey, featuring Patterson Hood. Originally penned by Cracker's own Johnny Hickman for his solo album Palmhenge back in '05, it was revived for a Sunrise duet between Hood and David Lowery.

THAT EVENING SUN

THAT EVENING SUN is an amazing film that Patterson contributed original music for. The film has been winning film festivals the world over. It was written and directed by Scott Teems, stars Hal Holbrook (Academy Award nominee for Into The Wild) and is co-produced and co-starring Ray McKinnon and Walton Goggins (The Accountant, Crystal, Randy and the Mob).

It has won about 8 festivals so far and is about to receive some wider release. Patterson wrote and performed a brand new song called "Depression Era" especially for it. He also performs a version of Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel #3 (I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down) which inspired the title. The film is based on a short story by William Gay.

VIDEOS TO WATCH:

"Back of a Bible", "Belvedere", "All the Girls Love Alice":

   

Check out all of the great press and reviews for Murdering Oscar!

Rolling Stone - Fricke's Picks
By David Fricke
A Trucker's Solo Trip
Murdering Oscar(and other love songs)(Ruth St.), the new solo album by singer-guitarist Patterson Hood of roaring Georgians Drive-By Truckers, has a knotty back story. Hood was in rough straits in 1994 - recently divorced without a band - when he began documenting the emotional wreckage in many of these songs: the sexual vengeance in "Screwtopia," the war with guilt in the title track. The hell wasn't all his - "Heavy and Hanging" was Hood's immediate response to Kurt Cobain's death - and the darkness lifts in later songs like "I Understand Now." But Hood, who formed the Truckers with guitarist Mike Cooley in 1996, would not start recording any of this material until 2005. That was our lucky break. What might have been, in '94, an album of oppressive self-pity crackles and gallops in the '05 sessions with weathered muscle and howling-wolf guitars, like a side road out of the Truckers' 2004 master blast, The Dirty South. Hood's band is also hauling big freight this season: Live in Austin TX(New West), a CD-DVD set of the Truckers' hot 2008 set on Austin City Limits; and a rarities bundle, The Fine Print(New West). The latter opens with a brawling Bob Dylan pastiche, "George Jones Talkin' Cell Phone Blues," then closes with the true grit: a cover-on-fire of "Like a Rolling Stone."

Robert Christgau's Consumer Guide - Murdering Oscar

Listen to a review of Murdering Oscar on Fresh Air

Patterson Hood, 'Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs)' Spin

Murdering Oscar best album of 2009 so far CNN

Catching Up With... Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers Paste

SEE MORE REVIEWS...

Update From Patterson Hood - June 23, 2009

Today we are releasing Murdering Oscar (and other love songs). My long-awaited (by me anyway) second solo album featuring performances by Will Johnson and Scott Danbom (from Centro-matic) my dad David Hood, David Barbe (Sugar, The Quick Hooks), Drive-By Truckers and Don Chambers.

Songs from 1994 and 2005 coming out on CD, mp3, and deluxe vinyl (2LPs with 3 bonus tracks and free CD and gatefold sleeve). Available in stores everywhere, online and at a show near you.

If you haven’t had a chance to hear the album you can stream it here:
http://www.rhapsody.com/patterson-hood/murdering-oscar-and-other-love-songs
or here:
http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/5

It's a good one.
See yall soon.
Patterson

DBT Update From Patterson Hood - June 11, 2009

Y'ALL:

Lots happening in Truckerland.

First off, less than two weeks remain before the release of MURDERING OSCAR (and other love songs).

For those who haven't heard, it's my second and long delayed solo album (although I prefer to refer to it as a side project since it was certainly not done alone).

I recorded MURDERING OSCAR with lots of very talented friends including my DBT bandmates, David Barbe (Sugar, Mercyland, etc.) Will Johnson and Scott Danbom from Centro-matic; and my father David Hood.

We recorded the majority of it back in January of 2005 shortly before the birth of my daughter.

For business, legal and scheduling reasons, it's only now seeing the light of day, but I promise you'll agree it's worth the wait.

MURDERING OSCAR (and other love songs) will be released on CD, Digital Download, iTunes, and Vinyl on June 23.

The vinyl version is a two record set with gatefold sleeve and a CD of the album for your car or iPod.

The vinyl version also includes 3 bonus tracks that are well worth checking out.

You can pre-order the album now at http://www.pattersonhood.com/merch.html.

To celebrate the release, I will be going on a short tour with The Screwtopians, which is a band comprised of the core musicians that play on the majority of the album. Joining me for The Murdering Oscar Tour, we'll have David Barbe, who hasn't toured since the breakup of Sugar in 95, Will Johnson and Scott Danbom from Centro-matic; and DBT members Brad Morgan and John Neff. Check out tourdates and order advance tickets here.

On a final side-project note, please check out my new and improved website. Jenn has worked really hard redesigning it and it looks fantastic.

This weekend we will be at Bonnaroo. I will be playing twice (once solo and once with The Screwtopians) on Friday.

On Saturday, Booker T and the DBTs will be playing. This is one of the last times for this project and I highly recommend that you check it out.

Watch Booker T & the DBT at Bonnaroo - broadcast live from the AT&T Blueroom

July 7th is the release date for DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - LIVE AT AUSTIN CITY LIMITS DVD / CD.

The collection features the entire performance from last September and in my opinion is the finest live footage ever captured of my band. It includes stellar versions of 13 DBT songs (old and new) and includes a full length "18 Wheels Of Love" with the full story and sequel which has been retired. I'm very happy to have it captured for posterity.

NEW DBT TOURDATES just announced (more coming soon!):
Thu Jul 23 - Florence, AL - SHOALS THEATRE
Fri Jul 24 - Florence, AL - SHOALS THEATRE
Thu Aug 13 - Sun Valley, ID - ELKHORN SPRINGS RESORT
Thu Aug 20 - Macon, GA - COX CAPITAL THEATRE
Fri Aug 21 - Myrtle Beach, SC - HOUSE OF BLUES

Please note that The Florence AL shows at The Shoals Theatre are our first shows in our hometown in over five years.

The Shoals Theatre is where I used to go see Walt Disney movies as a kid. The last time I payed there was over twenty years ago when Adam's House Cat played there in November of 1988. That was the night that the tornadoes hit our hometown and was the inspiration for our song "Tornadoes". The theatre is a super cool art-deco theatre from the 1930's that has recently been restored and we are very excited to play there. The opening act for the Thursday show is our good friends (and label mates) The Whigs. The opening act for the Friday show is The Decoys, a Muscle Shoals based band that features none other than my Dad, David Hood, on bass. This will be the first time our bands have shared a stage and it promises to be a rip-roaring great time.

One final sad note. Barry Beckett passed away last night in Nashville TN.

Barry was my Dad's partner in The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section for twenty plus years, was an amazing piano and B3 player and highly successful producer. After the breakup of The MSRS, he moved to Nashville and produced scores of very successful albums for a roster diverse enough to include Hank Williams Jr. AND Phish. He has been in very bad health for some time but will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him. RIP.

That should get me caught up for now. Hope to see you at Bonnaroo or one of the upcoming shows.

Long Live Rock and Roll.

Sincerely,
Patterson Hood - June 11, 2009

Newberry Comics Patterson Hood presale!

Pre-Order Patterson’s upcoming release, Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) and get a limited autographed CD Booklet with purchase! GET IT NOW

Deep Groove Records in-store signing

Patterson Hood & Wes Freed will be signing copies of Patterson's new solo record Murdering Oscar (and other love songs) on Friday, June 26th at 1:00pm at Deep Groove Records (317 North Robinson St., Richmond, VA). Get your record signed by Patterson and the artist who creates the album art for Patterson and DBT, Wes Freed!

PATTERSON HOOD TO RELEASE MURDERING OSCAR (and other love songs) on June 23, 2009

Patterson Hood will release Murdering Oscar (and other love songs) on June 23, 2009 on Ruth St. Records. The second solo record from the leader of the Drive-By Truckers has been 15 years in the making. The album was produced by Hood and long-time DBT producer David Barbe (Sugar). Most of his DBT band mates join him on the album as well as Don Chambers, Will Johnson and Scott Danbom from Centro-matic/South San Gabriel. This is also the first time Hood’s father David Hood, famed Muscle Shoals bass player, joins him on a record.

The album was recorded at Chase Park Transduction Studios in Athens, GA and will also be released on 180 gram vinyl. The vinyl release will include three exclusive bonus tracks. An a cappella version of “Range War” will also be available exclusively with iTunes. “Pollyanna” and “Pride of the Yankees” are available to preview on his Myspace page.

Hood and the Screwtopians will start the first leg of their tour in Nashville and end with a headlining slot at AthFest in Hood’s hometown of Athens, GA. Joining Hood on tour will be Brad Morgan (drums), John Neff (guitar/steel), Scott Danbom (keys/fiddle), Will Johnson (guitar) and David Barbe (bass), who has not toured since his days with Sugar. Will Johnson will open the shows.

TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED:

Patterson Hood and The Screwtopians are touring this summer to support Murdering Oscar. Catch them live in many citys across the U.S.!

GREAT REVIEWS FOR PETE SEEGER 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

Patterson Hood was part of the huge 90th birthday party for music legend Pete Seeger that took place at NYC's Madison Square Garden on June 2. Check out what The LA Times had to say about it... read review >