Drive-By Truckers band is outspoken on matters that matter

Drive-By Truckers band has always been outspoken, telling a distinctly American story backed by ambitious sound and a social conscience.

Founded in 1996 by singer/songwriter/guitarists Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood, the band has delivered 11 albums; among them, “The Big To-Do,” which reached No. 1 on the Indie albums chart.

But with 2016’s “American Band,” they made their most explicitly political album. A powerful, provocative work, the album is the sound of a true Southern American band speaking on matters that matter.

DBT addresses race, income inequality, the NRA, deregulation, police brutality, Islamophobia, suicides and opioid abuse.