Drive-By Truckers

This is their first album in more than three years, the longest gap in band history.

He's learned not to question inspiration, even when his muse takes the band into uncomfortable places.

This album opened the door for what would ultimately become a tumultuous relationship with their hard-living new collaborator.

The Drive-By Truckers' path to becoming one of the best rock bands of the new century was paved the old-fashioned way: though lots and lots of touring.

Patterson Hood, the frontman for the Drive-By Truckers, is practically rock royalty. His father, David Hood, was the bassist of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. Known as the Swampers, they played on or produced hundreds of classic rock and soul records and were name-checked on Lynyrd Skynyrd's…