This from Ashvegas music correspondent MicFly:
Truck Stop: Patterson Hood in Town
When guitarists for rave-up rock bands do one-off solo shows, it’s often time break out the acoustic guitar and visit the softer side of life. Drive-By Trucker Pattersoon Hood brought an acoustic with him to Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. on Friday night, but still couldnt let go of his Les Pauls.
Calling for beers and bar towels, Hood plugged in and cranked out a loose and loud set of solo and Truckers tunes for an several dozen devoted fans. Joined on-stage by Truckers drummer Brad “Easy B” Morgan, Hood worked up a sweat three chords into “Tornadoes,” from the band’s latest, The Dirty South.
Introducing “Dead, Drunk and Naked,” as the oldest cut on the Trucker’s landmark double album “Southern Rock Opera,” Hood belted out the tune with customary vigor. “Me and old Jack Daniels, become the best of friends; we got all them Baptists to die for our sins,” he sang.
Hood bantered with his fans throughout the evening, announcing that he and two decade-long collaborator Mike Cooley would soon undertake their own retrospective tour, playing songs running back to their first ’80s band, Adam’s Housecat.
With members of the Truckers in Western North Carolina over the weekend for a friend’s wedding, several fans hoped to see an impromptu DBT set Friday. Those hardy enough to trek to the Watershed early Saturday morning got some satisfaction, as Hood joined newest Trucker guitarist Jason Isbell about 1 a.m. for a few set-closing songs at the Black Mountain club.