Drive-By Truckers Songs That Sound Like a Dive Bar
"It's the middle of the afternoon, drink like it's midnight."
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Back when I still traveled home for the holidays, my Christmas Eve tradition was to finish up family stuff and meet friends at a local dive bar. Rather than emanate a sad-drunk vibe, dive bars on Christmas Eve feel alive. They’re usually decorated for the holidays (Those lights have been up for two years? Doesn’t matter.) and filled with folks seeking a few hours of solace with friends.
With NYC temperatures in the 20s this week, a dive bar is about the only place I want to drink, besides my own couch. Now feels as good a time as any to talk about dive bars and Drive-By Truckers. While the Truckers only have a few lyrics that explicitly reference bars, they do have songs that capture the dive bar’s essence.
I love a good dive bar. I come from a solid dive-bar town, and I did most of my early drinking in dive bars. These bars offer a warm, familiar comfort that's ready to receive you no matter where you are in the world. I often seek them out when I travel, because dive bars promise a fleeting sense of community, a "we're all here right now" unity.