Drive-By Truckers at the Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver

Drive-By Truckers at the Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, March 11 2011. Skot Nelson photo

PhotosÂ – Drive-By Truckers at the Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, March 11 2011

– photos by Skot Nelson

Alabama-based rock band Drive-By Truckers on tour in support of their latest album, Go-Go Boots.

The group was founded in 1996 by Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley. Their third album, Southern Rock Opera, catapulted them to the top of critics’ year-end lists. Go-Go Boots is the band’s ninth album and features Cooley, Hood, bassist Shonna Tucker, drummer Brad Morgan, keyboardist Jay GonzalezÂ and guitaristÂ John Neff. The album was produced by David Barbe and recorded at the same time as the sessions for previous album, 2010’s The Big To-Do.