A Band Resurrected (albeit only briefly)

I've never seen Cheap Truckers' Speed.

From 1997 to 2001, while I lived outside of Washington DC this alt-country combo held court in Morgantown as one of the town's finest local acts. If you missed the boat on Cheap Truckers Speed, as I did, it's not to late.

Frontman Brian Porterfield has resuscitated the group for a one off celebration this Saturday night at Gibbie's. Joining Porterfield will be Raj "Boom Boom" Chandren on drums, Kim Monday on bass, and former CTS drummer Billy Matheny playing utility man on guitar, lap steel, mandolin and more.

Cheap Truckers Speed will be revisiting their entire catalog, and it looks to be a marathon affair of twangy guitars, cheap whiskey, and fast women. For this special occasion the group has also re-released everything they ever recorded as a two cd compilation titled Six Strings and the Will to Live. If tunes like "I Only Love You When I'm Drunk", "Hard Liquor, Hard Livin', Easy Women" and "Jehovah's Key Witness" sound like your thing, make sure to check this one out.