Frigid Temps, Cold Hearts and Tornadoes – Four Nights on the Road with Jason Isbell part 2 Most normal folks go to tropical locales or exotic lands on vacation. Music writers? Well, we follow the music. So, after seeing Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit twice in my adopted home state of Colorado (which really […]
Frigid Temps, Cold Hearts and Tornadoes – Four Nights on the Road with Jason Isbell – part 1 Most normal folks go to tropical locales or exotic lands on vacation. Music writers? Well, we follow the music. So, after seeing Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit twice in my adopted home state of Colorado (which […]
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Jason Isbell – Lyric Opera House with Palehound When Jason Isbell introduces himself and The 400 Unit at the top of his shows, he no longer says, “We’re from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for the most part.” That reality sunk in Tuesday night as Isbell and his band stopped at the Lyric Performing Arts Center in […]
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Sept. 12 at Riverside Theater in Milwaukee I came late to the Jason Isbell party. I was a peripheral Drive-By Truckers fan during his tenure with Patterson Hood and the boys. I knew his voice stood out then and the lyrics he was singing were some of my favorite […]
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B.J. Barham photos by Glenn Cook at Union Stage show B.J. Barham picks up the phone and apologizes. He needs to delay the start of our conversation. The 38-year-old American Aquarium frontman, a self-described extravert who talks a mile a minute and is known for his high-energy tightrope walking shows, is picking up his daughter […]
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“Can you imagine us years from today Sharing a park bench quietly? How terribly strange to be seventy” Old Friends by Paul Simon Old Friends was written by Paul Simon at age twenty-four. That to me is an amazing fact. How could a person of that age possibly even dare to write a song from […]
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I crave the songs now. If it smells like one, I just go chasing it.
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There was James McMurtry with his blunt solemn lyrical observations, delivering somber truths in his black fedora hat and spiraling curls; and Jason Isbell, with lyrics so emotionally moving he’s got fans loyal to the core.
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