Drive-By Truckers: “Birthday Boy” (DBT Webisode #1) Video

Next Tuesday (March 16th), the Drive-By Truckers will release their 10th studio LP via ATO. In anticipation of The Big To-Do, the Southern rock institution is partnering with Ghost Town Media, to release a series of webisodes that tell the behind the scenes story of each track off the new record. If you can’t wait, stream all of The Big To-Do at AOL Spinner.

Check out the first webisode one above. It features the Cooley tune “Birthday Boy.” (It’s from the P.O.V. of a stripper and already sounds like classic DBT.) In the clip, the group talks about how the track barely made its way onto the full-length. There’s also footage of the six-piece in their Athens, Georgia studio, and playing the track at sound check and on stage. Check the band’s Vimeo page for future installments.

In other DBT news, the band expanded their touring schedule, with select dates opening for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. They will also stop by Late Show with David Letterman tonight and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, March 31st. For more A.V. excitment, head on over to iClips Network for a live stream of their two-night stand (March 12-13) at Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse.