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LISTEN: Drive-By Truckers Have The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week

On this week’s broadcast of Mountain Stage, we welcome southern rock royalty, the Drive-By Truckers, back to the show for their fifth appearance. On this encore episode, guest host Larry Groce also welcomes West Virginia country rocker and songwriter Charles Wesley Godwin, singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell, Afrofuturist folk artist Jake Blount with percussive dancer Nic Gareiss, and contemporary folk musician Tomberlin.

On this week’s broadcast of Mountain Stage, we welcome southern rock royalty, the Drive-By Truckers, back to the show for their fifth appearance. On this encore episode, guest host Larry Groce also welcomes West Virginia country rocker and songwriter Charles Wesley Godwin, singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell, Afrofuturist folk artist Jake Blount with percussive dancer Nic Gareiss, and contemporary folk musician Tomberlin.

On this episode, Drive-By Truckers perform songs from their 14th studio album Welcome 2 Club XIII, which was released in 2022. The album looks back on their formative years both realistically and nostalgically, with songs like the title track “Welcome 2 Club XIII,” and others like “The Driver” with bittersweet memories of being on the road thinking about life.

Our Song of the Week is Drive-By Truckers’ performance of “The Ballad of Cecil McCobb.” Patterson Hood wrote this song in memory of their good friend Wes Freed, who created the band’s album and poster art for many years. After months of trying to write this song, Hood had an epiphany saying, “There’s no way to fit him into a song, but by God, I know what he liked.” So, he wrote this song, knowing that he would love it.

Join us starting Friday, June 21 on these NPR stations to hear the Drive-By Truckers and live performances by Charles Wesley Godwin, Eilen Jewell, Jake Blount & Nic Gareiss, and Tomberlin.

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The Power Of Old-Time Music And Drive-By Truckers Have Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, people have always used music to do everything from soothe children to sleep to revving up the crowd for the big game, but it can do so much more. For Inside Appalachia, Folkways Reporter Liz Pahl learned about the healing power of old-time music when she visited a weekly jam session at the home of a couple in Athens, Ohio.

On this West Virginia Morning, people have always used music to do everything from soothe children to sleep to revving up the crowd for the big game, but it can do so much more. For Inside Appalachia, Folkways Reporter Liz Pahl learned about the healing power of old-time music when she visited a weekly jam session at the home of a couple in Athens, Ohio.

Also, in this show, our Mountain Stage Song of the Week comes to us from the Drive-By Truckers. We listen to their performance of “The Ballad of Cecil McCobb,” which appears on the group’s 14th studio album Welcome to Club XIII, which was released in 2022.

West Virginia Morning is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting which is solely responsible for its content.

Support for our news bureaus comes from Shepherd University.

Eric Douglas produced this episode.

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New Documentary ‘O Pioneer’ And Our Song Of The Week On This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, an opening partly in French isn’t what you might expect in a film set in West Virginia, but the new documentary O Pioneer is unusual. Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch spoke with Jonathan Lacoque and Clara Lehman, the makers behind their film, to learn what O Pioneer means.

On this West Virginia Morning, an opening partly in French isn’t what you might expect in a film set in West Virginia, but the new documentary O Pioneer is unusual. Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch spoke with Jonathan Lacoque and Clara Lehman, the makers behind their film, to learn what O Pioneer means.

Also, in this show, our Mountain Stage Song of the Week comes to us from Drive-By Truckers. We listen to their performance of “The Ballad of Cecil McCobb.” Patterson Hood wrote this song in memory of their good friend Wes Freed, who created the band’s album and poster art for many years.

West Virginia Morning is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting which is solely responsible for its content

Support for our news bureaus comes from Concord University and Shepherd University.

Our Appalachia Health News project is made possible with support from CAMC and Marshall Health.

West Virginia Morning is produced with help from Bill Lynch, Briana Heaney, Caroline MacGregor, Chris Schultz, Curtis Tate, Emily Rice, Eric Douglas, Liz McCormick, and Randy Yohe.

Eric Douglas produced this episode.

Listen to West Virginia Morning weekdays at 7:43 a.m. on WVPB Radio or subscribe to the podcast and never miss an episode. #WVMorning

LIVE SHOW NEWS: Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls to Appear On Mountain Stage Oct. 22, On Sale Now.

Two Mountain Stage events in Charleston this October are on sale to the public now.

Last week we announced that Mountain Stage will welcome Tony winner and West Virginia native Michael Cerveris as special guest-host on October 22 when the show is part of FestivALL Fall.

We’re excited to announce that Emily Saliers, well known as one-half of the Indigo Girls, will make her first solo appearance on Mountain Stage October 22 in support of “Murmuration Nation,” her first release under her own name, due for release on August 11. Click to pre-order.

“It was so freeing to pursue the kind of music I truly wanted to make without regard to what I’d done before or who I’m expected to be,” says Saliers. “I hope that this record can take people who think they know me already on a journey that’ll really surprise them.”

This show is also on sale to the public now. You can click here, call 877.987.6487, or stop by Taylor Books in downtown Charleston. Tickets are only $20 until August 31, at which point they will be $30.

Also appearing is the indie-pop duo Overcoats, who we first met in 2016 when they made their first appearance on Mountain Stage. You can hear their set via NPR Music and watch some of it courtesy of our VuHaus Channel.

On-line sales began today for Sunday, October 8 when Larry Groce welcomes The Drive-By Truckers, Paul Kelly and Daniel Norgren to The Clay Center. Tickets are available now online, and available by phone- 304-561-3570- or box office walk-up, starting Monday, July 31.

Australia’s Paul Kelly, whose new album “Life Is Fine” is due Aug. 11, stops by Mountain Stage Oct. 8 as part of his first full-band tour of North America in 13 years.

Don’t’ forget you can join us THIS SUNDAY via VuHaus as we stream our sold-out show featuring St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Mac McAnally, The Wild Reeds, Sarah Siskind and Chastity Brown. Just point your browser to MountainStage.org at 7pm EST and enjoy!

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Drive-By Truckers, Paul Kelly Headed to Mountain Stage Oct. 8

Fresh off the release of their critically acclaimed and politically charged latest release, “American Band,” modern-day rockers Drive-By Truckers will appear on a special Mountain Stage w/ Larry Groce Sunday, October 8 at The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston, WV.

The Drive-By Truckers have made two appearances on Mountain Stage since 2009. The band’s primary songwriters Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley have both made solo appearances.

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Australian songwriting standard-bearer Paul Kelly, who has appeared on Mountain Stage five times since 1992, will also be on the bill. Kelly has recorded over 21 studio albums as well as several film soundtracks (Lantana and the Cannes 2006 highlight, Jindabyne) and two live albums, in an influential career spanning more than thirty years. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1997. Listen to his 2012 appearance at NPR Music. More artists will be added in the coming weeks.

Australian songwriting royalty Paul Kelly returns to Mountain Stage on October 8 at the Clay Center.

Emerging songwriter Daniel Norgren, who has been building an impassioned audience in his home country of Sweden and throughout Europe, is making Mountain Stage a part of his first North American tour. Read more in a Vinyl Me, Please feature.

Tickets will be $25 and $35 in advance, reserved seating, available to Clay Center Subscribers and Mountain Stage Members starting Tuesday, June 27 at 10 a.m. Individual sales will begin online Friday, July 28 and at all other outlets starting Monday, July 31.

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Mountain Stage is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting and is distributed by NPR Music. The program is heard on over 200 stations and via podcast. You can also see our favorite performances at VuHaus.

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WATCH LIVE: Mountain Stage feat. Bottle Rockets, Drive-By Truckers' Mike Cooley, HONEYHONEY and more

This Sunday, March 20, point your browser to MountainStage.org at 7pm EST to watch a LIVE recording of Mountain Stage with Larry Groce via VuHaus.

Sunday’s performance at Charleston’s Culture Center Theater marks Mountain Stage’s 866th episode and features performances by Indie-minded roots rock band Bottle Rockets, Drive-By Truckers’ co-founder Mike Cooley, Cali alt-folk rockers HONEYHONEY, legendary tunesmith Marshall Crenshaw and honky-tonk rocker Webb Wilder. Our radio listeners will hear this episode on over 150 NPR stations via NPR Music starting April 29.

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Watch more Mountain Stage performances (including our last two shows featuring We Banjo 3, Ra Ra Riot, Overcoats, Ona and more) on VuHaus.