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1; ▲ After stirring patriotism in the early 1990s with “Fly Me Courageous,” Orivin’ n f Cryin’ emerges with a politically relevant new record.
Band releases first album in a dozen years
By CHRIS MILLER
The Red & Black
It's not uncommon for rock bands
to be relatively finite. They put out a
few good albums and then fade.
Drivin’ n' Cryin’ seemed to be one of
those finite groups —but now it is
back on tour to promote its first stu
dio album in 12 years, and the eco
nomic state of America has given it
something to talk about.
"I kind of predicted this would hap
pen; a lot of people did." said Kevn
Kinney, lead singer and founding
member of Drivin’ n’ Cryin’. “Anytime
anything’s too good to be true, it’s too
good to be true."
The band’s new album, “The Great
American Bubble Factory” released on
Sept. 28, Is a sort of tribute to America
and its current economic woes. From
outright rockers such as “Detroit City”
to acoustic, almost bluegrass ballads
like “This Town,” the album maintains
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punk and country to make music that
took them on world tours with music
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first ‘Fly Me Courageous* show... they
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begun, and the title track off “Fly Me
Courageous” struck a patriotic chord
nationwide. During the next year, the
band was suddenly a national force.
“We were getting Invitations to play
Naval and Air Force bases and getting
tours of airplanes and pilots telling us
they were listening to it before take-
The band also found mainstream
success, with the music video for “Fly
rotation on MTV:
“It took a war to get us over the
hurnp,** Kinney said,
Drivin* n’ Cryta’ continued to put out’
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Kinney was in turmoil.
“I just felt like, ‘l’m kind of running
out of things to say... I'm not excited
about playing any of these songs any
more,’” he said.
Drivin' n' Cryin’ started work on
what would become its new release as
far back as September 2001, when the
infamous events of Sept. 11 would
once again crash down on the band.
“We all just felt really uncomfort
able I mean, everybody in the world
did,” Nielsen said. “It just felt like this
wasn’t the right time to do this, so we
just kind of shelved it.”
Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ played occasionally
until about two years ago, when
Kinney discovered a cist on his larynx.
“I could do one show, but then it
would take me three days before 1
could talk again,” he said. As his voice
began to recover from surgery, the
band’s creative spirit surged.
“As soon as that surgery happened
it was like a rebirth,” Nielsen said.
So far, Nielsen said the feedback
from the audience has been over
whelming. from first-time listeners to
fans from 1985.
"Were all really taking our musical
careers seriously again and we’re really
trying to make some history, trying to
revive ‘rock ’n’ roll music.’”
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