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    Drive-By Truckers' Hood Releases Free Election Day MP3

    • Posted on Nov 3rd 2008 7:00PM by Benjy Eisen
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    Just one day before the big election, Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood has released a song entitled 'Uncle Phil and Aunt Phyllis in the Month After the Election.' The track is available as a free download today and Tuesday only.

    Hood explains that, as the name implies, the song was written following the 2004 election, right before his daughter was born and right after George W. Bush was re-elected President. "I was depressed to think of her born into the world during a Bush presidency," writes Hood in a statement.

    The song features Hood's father on bass, and producer (plus long-time member of Bob Mould's Sugar) David Barbe on keys. They're joined by fellow Truckers Johnny Neff and Brad Morgan on guitar and drums, respectively.

    Hood's statement goes on to encourage everyone to vote, while giving his own endorsement for Barack Obama. In typical Drive-By language, Hood states, "Jr. has wrapped the Camaro around too many telephone poles and it's time to take his keys away. LONG LIVE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY." (And, we hope, the Drive-By Truckers.)

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