''Gangstabilly'' is the 1998 debut album of American

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band

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. The album was recorded "live in the studio" over the course of two days and was produced by Andy Baker and Andy LeMaster. The album's cover art was created by Jim Stacy. The album was re-released on January 25, 2005 by

New West Records New West Records is a record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, and Athens, Georgia. It had offices in Burbank, California, and Beverly Hills, California. The label was established in 1998 by Cameron Strang "for artists who perform real music ...

along with the band's second studio effort, ''

Pizza Deliverance ''Pizza Deliverance'' is the second album released by Alabama rock band Drive-By Truckers, released in 1999. It was recorded with high spirits in five days at Patterson Hood's house. The album was mixed by Andy LeMaster. The album cover art was c ...

''. On the band's website, bandmember Patterson Hood says that " 'Gangstabilly'' isthe most country of any of our albums." He goes on to admit that the record is "not our best album, but lots of fun and more than a little hint of the better things to come." Hood has consistently stated that the song "The Living Bubba" is the best song he has ever written. Hood wrote "Demonic Possession" while watching

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's televised speech at the

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. "The Living Bubba" is a tribute to musician Gregory Dean Smalley.

Track listing

#"Wife Beater" - 3:32 (

Patterson Hood Patterson David Hood (born March 24, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter and co-founder of the band Drive-By Truckers. Early life Hood was born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the son of Jan Patterson Adams and David Hood, the longtime bassist ...

) #"Demonic Possession" - 4:51 (Hood) #"The Tough Sell" - 3:41 (Hood) #"The Living Bubba" - 5:56 (Hood) #"Late for Church" - 5:26 (Hood, Howell) #"Panties in Your Purse" - 4:41 ( Mike Cooley) #"Why Henry Drinks" - 4:13 (Hood) #"18 Wheels of Love" - 4:10 (Hood) #"

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" - 5:12 (Hood) #"Buttholeville" - 5:25 (Hood) #" Sandwiches for the Road" - 6:40 (Hood)

Personnel

* Mike Cooley - guitars, vocals, banjo (5) * Patterson Hood - guitars, vocals, banjo * John Neff - pedal steel guitar, vocals * Adam Howell - upright bass, vocals * Matt Lane - drums * Barry Sell - mandolin (5), backing vocals (5) * Redneck Greece - backing vocals (8) * Jim Stacy - harmonica (9, 10)

References

1998 debut albums Drive-By Truckers albums New West Records albums Albums produced by Andy LeMaster {{1990s-rock-album-stub