Drive-By Truckers/Jason Isbell Appreciation Thread

Isbell and the 400 Unit on Colbert tonight.

Damn; tweets take awhile to load on mobile.

 

Jeff Tweedy on Seth Myers.

 

That wink he threw at Amanda before his guitar solo.

 

Hope The High Road on Colbert

 

If We Were Vampires solo on Daily Show w/ Trevor Noah

 

I don't really social media, but some of you may be interested in this.
http://www.jasonisbell.com/turntable/

 

Really great interview on Daily Show.

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/jucxg...on--the-nashville-sound----extended-interview

 

Sort of a stretch in that interview and in White Mans World to say Shires cant take Nashville because she is a woman. No average music fans would know who she is without her husband.

 

I downloaded her solo stuff.

 

I, for one, only listen to cancer jams on the way to the Iron Bowl

 

https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/custom-signature-editions/d-18-jason-isbell/
retail $5999

 

I love her stuff - she has a Dolly/Emmylou feel to her. She also writes spectacularly well.

 

I was like "Oh I have to have that" then saw retail and

 

yeah if it was in the 2500ish range I would be on that

 

I knew he she was before I knew who he was so there goes that theory.

Unless you're calling me not average.

 

She's awesome. I love her music. But she was never going to take over Nashville. Her music lends itself to a niche following.

 

If you're focused on that you're hearing it wrong. Almost like a "couldn't even if she wanted to" kind of thing.

It's hard for great songwriters to get a crack at Nashville, and most assuredly harder for female songwriters.

 

Shit man, Margo Price's "Midwest Farmer's Daughter" got rejected by almost every label and outlet in Nashville, and that record kicks ass. Incredibly hard out there.

 

Which is ironic considering the only tolerable "Nashville country" musicians these days are women.

 

'Anxiety' may me one of my least favorite Isbell songs ever. Not sure how I feel about the album overall after listening through a bunch of times. White Man's World sounds like a cut from American Band

 

It is pretty fucking cool seeing Isbell experience the amount of commercial success he is right now. I think we've all had a moment in his early solo days thinking "nowhere near enough people will ever know this guy's genius." For me, that was Streetlights.

I think Isbell's business savvy is overlooked. Just like DBT being pioneers of building a fanbase through the Internet, it's no coincidence that Isbell's best works are being widely received now that he owns his own record label and controls pretty much every aspect his music.

 

Another random thought: Finally listening to Big Bad Luv in its entirety and wow, this shit is Moreland's Nebraska.

 

My favorite album of 2017 so far. Just fantastic.

 

Saw him last night in Cincinnati. Fucking incredible. Great seats.

 

Tickets purchased for July 18 in Houston on. Might make the pilgrimage to Austin for the weekend before as well

 

Yeah, overall I'm lukewarm on Nashville Sound. It's been out a few weeks, enough time for me to have multiple listens, and I really only listen to We Were Vampires, Hope the High Road and Tupelo at this point. Regardless of how relatively weak this record is, he's turned into such a commercial monster that I'm sure (without looking at the charts) he's sold a bunch of copies and made good money on it. Good problem to have.

 

Was definitely streetlights for me as well.

 

What don't you like about anxiety?

 

I think you either find Anxiety extremely relatable and powerful or it just doesn't do much for you. Seems to be no middle ground on that one just from comments and reviews.

 

I can't relate to it in that I don't have anxiety, but tend to believe it dines a good job of making those feelings real to the listener. More than that I like the way the song is constructed.

Chaos and clothes is probably my least favorite on the album, mainly due to the iron & wine esque voice effects.

 

Will pile on here as well, I had a holy shit moment when I pieced the whole song together.

 

I like seeing all the streetlights love. One of my favorites as well and this makes me feel like it's not as underrated as I've always thought it to be.

 

This is one of the better songs on the new album imo

 

To echo what others are saying, Streetlights is incredible. It's probably my favorite Isbell song.

 

Great find. This is my favorite Isbell cover, though. It also helped I was there this night.

 

Seems too simple and straightforward for him. And the chorus annoys the shit out of me for some reason

 

Streetlights is an incredible song

 

Hi I'm here for the Streetlights love fest.

 

Nuh uh, I'm playing in Streetlights honor

 

I've seen Isbell in concert 8 times and I think this would be the worst set list if compared with all the shows I've seen. That's not to say that it's a bad set list. It's impressive. I guess I'm just saying I miss the days when he played a good handful of his truckers songs.

 

As am I, but for a live show, hearing Outfit, Danko/Manuel, Decoration Day, Goddamn Lonely Love, TVA, and/or Never Gonna Change is always awesome

 

No Never Gonna Change was the only real disappointment seeing him in Asheville to start this tour. Sounds so damn good.

 

My personal favorite at his shows. It is nothing short of amazing.

 

Full interview here.