Patterson Hood

Patterson Hood at The Hi-Fi

Patterson Hood has spent a career finding stories inside Southern rock, country and soul. On December 6, 2026, he brings that perspective to The Hi-Fi in Indianapolis, and the billing puts the spotlight on Hood himself, not the full Drive-By Truckers lineup. That's a different kind of night, and a chance to hear one writer's voice up close.

Hood co-founded Drive-By Truckers with Mike Cooley in 1996, but his story starts earlier in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. His father, David Hood, is a bassist with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. That's a serious musical inheritance. You can hear its pull in a body of work that moves through rock, country and soul while wrestling with Southern identity, social justice and personal introspection. Those are big themes, and they call for a storyteller willing to be honest. Honesty is the draw here.

His solo catalog gives the evening real depth. Killers and Stars and Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance sit alongside Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams, produced by Chris Funk and released by ATO in February 2025. Hood also writes essays, columns and short stories, which says plenty about how he thinks: in scenes, characters and hard truths. If you like songs that feel lived in and words that stick, this 8:00 PM show on a December night is worth leaving the couch for. Grab your tickets to see Patterson Hood at The Hi-Fi and settle in for a songwriter with plenty to say.