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I’m always way behind on popular culture so I don’t recall hearing about the country western sounding band Drive-By Truckers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This morning I caught the last half of an NPR story about them and when I heard their recording with the following lyrics I immediately began doing an internet search for them:<\/p>\n \u201cThey say his trouble with the ladies can\u2019t be his fault \/ After all he\u2019s what it\u2019s natural they should want \/ That there\u2019s just outside forces turning them against him \/ A conspiracy to water down his blood \/ A conspiracy to water down his blood \/ And it\u2019s all the fault of it or them or they \/ Give a boy a target for his grievance \/ And he might get it in his head they need to pay\u201d<\/p>\n Though Mike Cooley\u2019s songwriting isn\u2019t as prevalent on The Unraveling as on previous Drive-By Truckers albums, his contributions are felt more than ever before, especially on \u201cGrievance Merchants,\u201d a song that laments the cycle of gun violence in the United States. Cooley\u2019s anger and frustration are all over the track, and every time these lyrics hit the speakers, it\u2019s impossible not to join him in those feelings.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The person being interviewed Packer something got in trouble with his teacher as a third grader in Alabama writing a defense of Richard Nixon’s impeachment. Whoa!<\/p>\n