Good to know. I'm in the same boat. Got the Isbell tickets via email, but not the Sturgill tickets. I got a little nervous when neither event showed up on the app though. Have you ever used the app or should I just abandon that shit?
I honestly never used the app until you mentioned it and then I downloaded it real quick and signed in to see if anything would populate for me. All my events were listed but I don't know that I'll really use the app ever.
I hate scalpers, but artists attacking the scalpers makes things harder on real fans as well. Damned either way I guess.
^On the loss of decorum (mostly related to assholes emboldened by Trump's behavior) in American society.
I am so fired up about White Man's World - what a terrific song anyone that tried to skew Hope The High Road to the right will be set straight with that one.
not immediate, but it sets the stage The Nashville Sound Tracklist: 01. Last of My Kind 02. Cumberland Gap 03. Tupelo 04. White Man’s World 05. If We Were Vampires 06. Anxiety 07. Molotov 08. Chaos and Clothes 09. Hope the High Road 10. Something to Love
Almost half the album has been released at this point right? I heard Something to Love yesterday on a local radio station, that one is a little more upbeat than the rest that have come out to until now
Went to the Drive By Truckers show last night at The Sanctuary in Fargo. Outstanding show as expected! Last night was the first time DBT had played in North Dakota and they have now performed in 48 states. Looking forward to Isbell in September.
While I feel "If We Were Vampires" is the best song of the album, "Anxiety" hit me right in the heart. It completely floored me when I heard it for the first time. From the pounding opening guitar riff to the way he sings about real life anxiety - you can feel the pain. As a person that deals with a generalized anxiety, I've never heard a song that so accurately portrays that feeling. "It's the weight of the world But it's nothing at all Light as a prayer, and then I feel myself fall You got to give me a minute Because I'm way down in it And I can't breathe so I can't speak I want to be strong and steady, always ready Now, I feel so small, I feel so weak. Anxiety How do you always get the best of me? I'm out here living in a fantasy I can't enjoy a goddamn thing Anxiety Why am I never where I am supposed to be? Even with my lover sleeping close to me? I'm wide awake and I'm in a pain." That verse followed by the chorus sums up what living in anxiety feels like.
I think Anxiety is a great song, but I'm fortunate to not really experience any serious anxiety so it doesn't hit as close for me. Hope and the High Road, however, hit me fucking hard. I was having a rough few months: sleep was all fucked up, frustrated with work and just didn't care, etc. When I heard "I know you're tired and you ain't sleeping well, uninspired and likely mad as hell, but wherever you are I hope the high road leads you home again" I was fighting back tears. I don't know how he can continually write such powerful lyrics. The greatest songwriter of this generation by a mile.
I do find it interesting in how Jason's perspective has changed as time has gone by, and as he's become a father and happily married. Not all artists would as transparent and open about that kind of stuff. Dress Blues: What did they say when they shipped you away/To fight somebody's Hollywood war? White Man's World: There's no such thing as someone else's war/Your creature comforts aren't the only things worth fighting for/If you're still breathing, it's not too late/We're all carrying one big burden, sharing one fate
have listened three times. album hits hard as fuck. he's more bare on this one, confronting issues head-on as opposed to using his (amazing) story telling abilities to teach a lesson. you can tell he's got a lot on his mind as a father and husband, as someone who is just dipping my toe in the water of that journey - it lands solid on me for sure. I had initial doubts after hearing Hope the High Road a few months back - but taken in context with the rest of the album it's great. don't think there is a weak point on the whole thing (that's 3 in a row without a weak effort)
"Close your eyes and remember this. It won't be back again, it's almost gone. Even times that don't seem like much will be your only crutch when you're alone. Time moves slow when you're seventeen and then it picks up steam at twenty-one. Pretty soon you'll remember when you could remember when you loved someone."
Listened to the CD 4 times through on NPR. Fucking phenomenal, I think it's better than southeastern.