With the release of the Definitive Decoration Day on Friday, Drive-By Truckers will reunite with their old bandmate Jason Isbell for a performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, December 2. Patterson Hood says about the reunion: “Although we have always remained friends with Jason, and honestly he and I are closer now than ever, this is our first ‘announced’ appearance together in nearly 20 years. I consider Decoration Day to be our masterpiece, and he was such an integral part of that album that it’s wonderful that he’s able to join us in celebrating this release. Colbert has always been our favorite, so we are really psyched to be on his show again, with our previous appearance being the week of the election in 2016. This is a rare treat for us (and you).”
The 4x LP box set features a newly remixed and remastered version of Decoration Day and a bonus double live album, Heathens Live at Flicker Bar, Athens, GA – June 20, 2002. Hood says of Flicker Bar show: “We decided that it would be fun to go play an acoustic late-night show at the tiny Flicker Bar, less than a block away from our beloved 40 Watt Club. We ended up playing a set that included all but one song off of our new, but still unfinished album. I didn’t even know until recently that there was an existing tape of the show. This is a beautiful document of our band at a very crucial and joyous moment in time. I’m so happy that it exists.” The set will also include a 40-page, full color book of artwork, photos, and a new essay from Drive-By Truckers’ biographer (and former Paste contributor) Stephen Deusner commemorating the 2003 record’s legacy.
