Jason Isbell: Tiny Desk Concert

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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
  • Aug 28, 2017 | Stephen Thompson - Like many singer-songwriters, Jason Isbell writes music that mirrors developments in his own life. In recent years, that's thankfully included the hard-won contentment he's experienced on his path to 40: sobriety, marriage and on from there. On this summer's The Nashville Sound, the decorated Alabama-born star understandably casts his gaze toward parenthood - a job he's recently come to share with singer, fiddler and Tiny Desk veteran Amanda Shires - but expands his scope further to encompass politics, fear of obsolescence, and his place in the world. It's a gorgeous record: noble and scruffy, graceful and human.
    For his Tiny Desk debut, Isbell and his band The 400 Unit performed three songs from The Nashville Sound, but their set fanned out to include lengthy bits of funny banter, a false start and an impromptu bit in which he shone a spotlight on a member of the audience. "This is like an audition and a rock show at once," he deadpanned to Ashwin Wadekar, a guest in the building who - not to spoil anything - got more than he'd likely expected from his visit to NPR headquarters.
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    SET LIST
    "Chaos and Clothes"
    "Molotov"
    "Last of My Kind"
    MUSICIANS
    Jason Isbell (vocals, guitar); Sadler Vaden (guitar); Amanda Shires (fiddle, backing vocals); Jimbo Hart (bass); Derry deBorja (keyboards); Chad Gamble (drums); Ashwin Wadekar (guitar on "Last of My Kind").
    CREDITS
    Producers: Bob Boilen, Niki Walker, Bronson Arcuri; Audio Engineers: Josh Rogosin, Jason Willetts; Videographers: Niki Walker, Tsering Bista; Production Assistant: Nick Michael; Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR.
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  • @sethangel4334
    @sethangel4334 3 месяца назад +81

    Does anyone else come back and re-watch this video like once per week because this live performance is just perfect, or is that just me?

    • @jeremypittman3945
      @jeremypittman3945 3 месяца назад +1

      Often!

    • @sneakyd1680
      @sneakyd1680 2 месяца назад +1

      It's my favorite Tiny Desk Concert out of all of them, and that's saying something since there are so many that are great. I come back to it all the time. Just excellent from start to finish.

    • @tlm8436
      @tlm8436 2 месяца назад +1

      Quite often. Just a magnificent performance and with the comradery amongst bandmates and don't be so surprised when I say I came up on this by accident and I'd never heard of Jason Isbell. Now I know all the words to these three songs.

    • @tyten28
      @tyten28 Месяц назад +1

      Definitely. I don't know what it is, maybe because I had a couple cubicle jobs, Tiny Desks always have a great sound. This one is for sure in a constant rotation for me. P.S. the commentary is always cool.

    • @thinkbigize
      @thinkbigize Месяц назад

      Same here! ​@@tlm8436I came here randomly. Not even a huge country music fan, but the second they started playing and I heard their sound, I knew I would be watching this over and over. That was five years ago.

  • @hannahmckie9183
    @hannahmckie9183 6 лет назад +905

    "Do you miss the girl you once had time to be?" is such a quietly devastating line. It gets me every time

    • @jdhed1
      @jdhed1 5 лет назад +8

      Looks like you've still got plenty of time. Although your comment was a year old by the time I saw it. You were lovely last year at least

    • @jenniferbeavers8680
      @jenniferbeavers8680 4 года назад +3

      Hannah McKie SAME❤️❤️❤️

    • @CaliforniaCarpenter7
      @CaliforniaCarpenter7 4 года назад +3

      Oh for Christ's sake you're twelve...

    • @willbaskin700
      @willbaskin700 4 года назад +16

      Just taps on an insecurity we all feel about slipping away. Childhood joy is hard to find again. It's okay to let music take you on an emotional ride, get spirited away nothing wrong with that.

    • @michaelkeymont501
      @michaelkeymont501 3 года назад +3

      That’s a very “David Gray-ish” song... I like it.

  • @Selmer1430P
    @Selmer1430P 2 года назад +287

    Shires is a true pro. She watches him on every harmony to make sure her timing is right, and watches the lead player to make sure she doesn't step in his toes during soloing. Fun to watch.

    • @jefftalloden1890
      @jefftalloden1890 Год назад +4

      They sound amazing together

    • @elmoblatch9787
      @elmoblatch9787 Год назад +2

      She's a looker.

    • @JvdubN
      @JvdubN 9 месяцев назад +2

      I don't think anyone got her "thank you joke" @12:20 😆

    • @jeffreymiller5655
      @jeffreymiller5655 7 месяцев назад +1

      You are so right. She is amazing, and the 400 Unit are like Tom Petty's Heartbreakers.

    • @jacklelandharrison
      @jacklelandharrison 6 месяцев назад +1

      Good eye. Very cool to watch.

  • @gagginglemer1
    @gagginglemer1 3 года назад +66

    "I spent so much time on that word and then I said the wrong one"
    Man, I appreciate the heck out of that.

  • @MoiraRussell
    @MoiraRussell Год назад +109

    Every time I listen to Jason Isbell my jaw is just on the floor at his lyric ability. "You've got the past on your breath my friend" -- that's amazing.

    • @eveleedy4362
      @eveleedy4362 Год назад +2

      6:50 am. One of the best songwriters ever, right alongside Amanda. Thank you both for finding my heart. ❤

  • @tylermatchett8291
    @tylermatchett8291 4 года назад +620

    Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Tyler Childers: best of modern country music. God bless y'all!

    • @rabi1812
      @rabi1812 4 года назад +20

      Yes!! I live in Nashville and get tired of the pop country!! I hope you have also listened to Whiskey Myers!!! They have some amazing stuff as well!!

    • @JohnPedder
      @JohnPedder 4 года назад +3

      Cheers Tyler, giving me some musicians to check out. Any female singer songwriters you'd recommend?

    • @Apollothecrowing
      @Apollothecrowing 4 года назад +15

      @@JohnPedder Sierra Ferrell, Gillian Welch

    • @tylermatchett8291
      @tylermatchett8291 4 года назад +16

      @@JohnPedder Not any in particular. If you like bluegrass there is a band called Mandolin Orange. The guy sings most of the songs but there are a few where the female singer gets her time to shine. Highly recommend

    • @averagejoe4932
      @averagejoe4932 4 года назад +4

      I've never really listened to country music until recently but I love isbell,Simpson,and Childress.

  • @wilbyli
    @wilbyli 5 лет назад +156

    Ashwin Is about that action. Someone asked for a good guitar player and he stepped up. Respect

  • @Jimberino760
    @Jimberino760 4 года назад +84

    Amanda’s smiling as they sang Molotov while looking straight at Jason absolutely melts my heart.

    • @hugemanatee
      @hugemanatee Месяц назад +5

      In 2024 it kind of breaks my heart a little bit.

  • @toddrushton3240
    @toddrushton3240 7 лет назад +174

    One of the best songwriters around today.

  • @LaaLaa901
    @LaaLaa901 4 года назад +32

    Jason Isbell people are my people. Nice to meet you all.

  • @EarToTheGroundMusic
    @EarToTheGroundMusic 7 лет назад +425

    It's such a testimony of Isbell's character that he brought up a guest guitar player. Here he is on a massive stage singing one of the lead singles on this superb album and is happy to share the stage. That's what humility in action looks like.

    • @eatnosenuggets
      @eatnosenuggets 6 лет назад +35

      This stage isn't massive. It's tiny. Hence the name.

    • @rowesawyer4533
      @rowesawyer4533 6 лет назад +33

      They may have meant it figuratively.

    • @yaisum
      @yaisum 6 лет назад +16

      such a gentle touch Rowe! bravo for avoiding a youtube cliché

    • @societyreborn33
      @societyreborn33 6 лет назад +4

      Nuggets just won the internet haha. Isbell so good

    • @kyzorsosay9938
      @kyzorsosay9938 6 лет назад +3

      EarToTheGroundMusic good ole Alabama boy

  • @erickincaid9779
    @erickincaid9779 4 года назад +59

    This is the greatest Tiny Desk Concert I've ever seen. If you don't love Jason Isbell, I just don't know what to tell you.

    • @gregd.6250
      @gregd.6250 2 года назад

      Another stellar TDC is Jesse Ware's set.

    • @sierrasix2003
      @sierrasix2003 10 месяцев назад

      Check put Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks Tiny Desk Set. This too was amazing.

    • @thomobrien5172
      @thomobrien5172 10 месяцев назад +1

      watch the Mandolin Orange TDC...

  • @eqsheiky
    @eqsheiky 6 лет назад +183

    "Nobody ever wants to hear about my dream". That line breaks my heart every time; it actually kind of haunts me.

  • @sneakyd1680
    @sneakyd1680 2 года назад +56

    "Did she leave a trail of crumbs, so you could find her when what you could become... or did she know you well enough to realize that garden just won't grow... oh no" - Some of the most truthfully devastating lyrics I've ever heard and I absolutely love them. This song lyrically is so deep on so many levels, and to hear his wife subtley come in on the backround vocally and with the violin, plus the accordian... just enhances how great this song is.

    • @robinm2604
      @robinm2604 2 года назад +2

      Written about Ryan Adams. Ryan should get royalties on the song ;)

    • @shiftyslc
      @shiftyslc 11 месяцев назад +1

      It punctured my heart. Incredible line.

  • @SouthernPinesNetwork
    @SouthernPinesNetwork 6 лет назад +69

    I've been writing all my life, it is my passion... this man is an absolute icon. Plain and simple, Jason Isbell sets the standard for what I would consider a guiding light to great songs... Thank you for the inspiration you provide me to write a decent song.

  • @jimmy5634
    @jimmy5634 4 года назад +47

    The guy’s a National treasure and a wake up call to real music and poetic lyrics with an anchor in the human experience.

  • @nickbriggs9620
    @nickbriggs9620 4 года назад +66

    I don’t listen to country, but if it was all like this I’d listen to nothing else! Never heard of Jason Isbell, but this came up when I watched Chris Stapleton. Apparently I like more country than I thought!

    • @Garyj1784
      @Garyj1784 3 года назад +4

      There are some truly amazing artists out here that get branded country, but are rarely if ever played on the radio. Check out Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, and Zach Bryan just to name a few.

    • @LibbyONeal09
      @LibbyONeal09 2 года назад +10

      "I thought I didn't like country, turns out I wasn't listening to the right kind."

  • @Wheelchair-Travel
    @Wheelchair-Travel 5 лет назад +553

    In November 2017, Isbell was asked on Twitter "Why do we have to inject politics in every aspect of our life can't we just enjoy the music and the football games?" Isbell responded, "Until you are the one being treated unfairly, that's easy to say."

    • @Cardgar
      @Cardgar 5 лет назад +41

      Damn, this makes me love him even more

    • @_____8488
      @_____8488 4 года назад +8

      So brave

    • @gambit688
      @gambit688 4 года назад +28

      He's one of the good ones. This is a tough area to come up with that attitude in life and I applaud him.

    • @jenniferbeavers8680
      @jenniferbeavers8680 4 года назад +16

      Love it❤️ And now on the project he is working on with his wife’s band even better!!!

    • @michaelhayes9773
      @michaelhayes9773 4 года назад +18

      The problem with that logic is that the people who inject politics into everything do not have the perspective of those who are actually being treated unfairly. It's only their political perspective and their anger. I'm sick of political messages myself. However I have written a few of them myself, would you like to hear one? I didn't think so, I keep them to myself. There is a huge difference in being treated unfairly and what you do to yourself.

  • @MorrowProduction
    @MorrowProduction Год назад +30

    I love his lyrics and the way they discern between heartbreak and reflection but without too much pain and toxicity. He's not lingering on the past with spite he's just talking about what he went through. But some of the revelations are like knifes that slip deep into your heart.
    "Did she leave a trail of crumbs, so you could find her when you're what you could become?
    Or did she know you well enough to realize that garden just won't grow?"
    Poignant lyrics that nobody truly understands until you've experienced it and suffered through that pain.

    • @scoobydoo3928
      @scoobydoo3928 11 месяцев назад +2

      This reply is about 8 months late. But I just discovered Jason Isbell a few months ago. You nailed it here with your description of his music and lyrics. I lost my wife of 38 years, in 2020. I can't listen to his music without tears coming out. The pain is real. The music is cathartic.

  • @audiosmackdown
    @audiosmackdown 7 лет назад +212

    Last of My Kind could be one of the best country songs ever

    • @joshuawebb6694
      @joshuawebb6694 5 лет назад +9

      Yvette gets me every time.

    • @squillytimmons4179
      @squillytimmons4179 5 лет назад +10

      Except "If we were vampires" is better 😜

    • @parkerrobison2845
      @parkerrobison2845 4 года назад +7

      Squilly Timmons if we were vampires isn’t really a country song

    • @bandittwain5512
      @bandittwain5512 4 года назад +1

      I agree. Always makes me think of my Dad and miss him.

    • @seanhandlin9577
      @seanhandlin9577 3 года назад

      Only children, speed trap town, last of my kind my top three

  • @bretditty1342
    @bretditty1342 3 года назад +15

    Is no one gonna talk about how incredible Sadler is on slide? It’s just effortless for him.

  • @Pumpkinking64
    @Pumpkinking64 Год назад +32

    Jason and Amanda’s faces they make really show how much they mean it; how much this music means to them.

  • @mcnell311
    @mcnell311 7 лет назад +1710

    Get someone who looks at you like Ashwin looks at Jasons finger placements

  • @gorafael123
    @gorafael123 7 лет назад +311

    A shout out to George Saunders, Abraham Lincoln, a tiny bass, a hat that says "Make Cornbread, Not War", and music from the best country songwriter of his generation. Easily one of the best Tiny Desk concerts ever

    • @mle1ravens1
      @mle1ravens1 6 лет назад +3

      Rafael Go Chris Stapleton might have a little something to say about one of your last statements but I agree with you, almost, completely!

    • @jerkison5700
      @jerkison5700 6 лет назад

      I need one of those hats

    • @blairmichaelhogan4502
      @blairmichaelhogan4502 6 лет назад

      Has Chris Stapleton ever written a song, let alone a huge catalog of objectively great ones?

    • @kakarrotcake6991
      @kakarrotcake6991 6 лет назад +9

      That’s all Chris Stapleton does lol

    • @elizabeth4958
      @elizabeth4958 6 лет назад +6

      Blair obviously doesn't know Chris Stapleton.

  • @steveiv9250
    @steveiv9250 2 года назад +22

    Wow ! I’m for sure an ol country western music fan , grew up on Jones, haggard , Jennings, hank and cash to name a few, but man this Jason Isbell guy is a breath a fresh air, love the music, talent the lyrics are above and beyond anything being produced today. Cheers Jason, I’ll be listening son. Awesome

    • @halmedrano
      @halmedrano 2 года назад +1

      I'm an old guy too and I agree. Country music...which is our collective roots music...is in good hands.

  • @trevormekelburg3773
    @trevormekelburg3773 3 года назад +108

    Not to be the “live is better than the album” dude..... but this chaos and clothes punches way harder.

    • @seanhandlin9577
      @seanhandlin9577 3 года назад +9

      Such a great observations, and so does molotov to be honest

    • @NCbassfishing24
      @NCbassfishing24 3 года назад +6

      That accordion does a ton for it. Terribly poignant.

    • @prideoverfire1
      @prideoverfire1 3 года назад +2

      “Live at the Ryman,” is the only way to listen to “The Nashville Sound.”

    • @alextowne8543
      @alextowne8543 3 года назад +2

      @@seanhandlin9577 i have to agree i kinda don’t like the echo in molotov i always think my headphones broke

    • @louieo.blevinsmusic4197
      @louieo.blevinsmusic4197 3 года назад +2

      It’s, IMO, cause “The Nashville Sound” had that weird affect. I did not care for it but every song live or just acoustic is good. If it good than nothing bad at all.

  • @meganjohnson6316
    @meganjohnson6316 7 лет назад +144

    I know absolutely zero about playing music, so am completely astounded by Ashwin's ability to just join in. (don't spoil it for me by explaining - let it be magical, ok?)

    • @TheVeek192
      @TheVeek192 5 лет назад +7

      Dont read the comment section if you don't want spoilers.

    • @kemart537
      @kemart537 4 года назад +2

      Megan Johnson you and I both Megan. A star with a new great album out, and invites stranger to play....the world needs more humanity!!

    • @JonahLoeb
      @JonahLoeb 4 года назад +22

      I'm even more impressed by the fact that he didn't use a capo when both of the other guitarists were using one. Means he couldn't cheat by just copying their fingerings, since his guitar was temporarily "tuned" a full step below theirs. Not the hardest song to play cold, but definitely not the easiest one either. Trust me, this is just as magical whether you know about music or not!

    • @mad6582
      @mad6582 3 года назад +6

      @@JonahLoeb was gonna say this! When he said no to the capo I was like 👀 dang okay! Loved this rendition and how Jason had him join. So heart warming

    • @HeyZeus096
      @HeyZeus096 3 года назад +2

      I'm a musician and play in a progressive rock/metal band; I'm impressed by how seamlessly and easily he picks up this tune! Especially since Isbell has it capoed and Ashwin doesn't!

  • @cestmoi5702
    @cestmoi5702 3 года назад +10

    This is my first time hearing this musician. I love them and everything they just did together. This is my America. ❤️🙏🏾🥰

  • @cherokeelaketennessee7895
    @cherokeelaketennessee7895 4 года назад +15

    If you haven't seen him live, do whatever it takes to get to one of his shows,. By far the best I've seen and I've seen a bunch in my 54 years.

    • @jenniferbeavers8680
      @jenniferbeavers8680 4 года назад +1

      Cherokee Lake Tennessee so so so great!! My father and I (64&42) have been in St. Louis two years in a row❤️

    • @johndoppleguard
      @johndoppleguard 3 года назад

      Kenken? Yo, YO, WAZZUP!! TANK. BOY . KILLIN FRIENDS RELATIONSHIPS ONE AT A TIME!!
      Its cool man the WITCH is all yours. Actually Kenny you did me a huge favor.
      Thank you brother
      Godspeed.

    • @davidbenditt9560
      @davidbenditt9560 2 года назад +1

      Just saw my first a couple weeks ago ... fantastic show. Decoration Day in particular enters my mind more than I care to admit

    • @cherokeelaketennessee7895
      @cherokeelaketennessee7895 2 года назад

      @@davidbenditt9560 I remember when our son went off to basic training in San Antonio, my wife couldn't get through "Dress Blues" without crying.

  • @roccowalsh7271
    @roccowalsh7271 7 лет назад +11

    Quite possibly the finest songwriter of this generation, and one of the very best to come along in a long long time. He is excellent live.

  • @williamstewart102
    @williamstewart102 6 лет назад +26

    I was very fortunate to meet Amanda Shires a free concert/interview with Lloyd Maines and Jimmie Dale Gilmore in Lubbock, and it was definitely a moment I will remember forever. She asked me and my buddy if we write songs, and my friend told her he does. She proceeded to give us tips and strongly encouraged him to keep it up. Jason and Amanda are both lovely people who work hard to keep music unique and alive with younger generations. The second I heard both Jason and Amanda sing and play together, I was hooked and I haven't been able to turn their music off. It's just brilliant!

    • @mpgarr
      @mpgarr 5 лет назад +1

      Amanda is now truly a Woman of Letters--a few years ago--she graduated from the low residency MFA program in writing at Sewanee: University of the South in Sewanee, TN--I am going to attend that program beginning in 2020 myself---I can really see how her song writing has advanced since then and the way that she is going--she might well come to rival Jason in her own right with her own great coming musical successes....

  • @SkyTechElectronics
    @SkyTechElectronics Год назад +14

    Just when I think I've heard the best this guy has to offer I stumble across something like this and I'm blown away again.

  • @Dalton145
    @Dalton145 6 лет назад +5

    The way she looks at him when they sing, is beautiful.

  • @NoWay1969
    @NoWay1969 7 лет назад +18

    This made that bass player's day. You know he just thought, this is a perfect place to play the Ashbory.

  • @noaheriksson352
    @noaheriksson352 7 лет назад +47

    Dang. I've listened to and read about and watched a LOT of Jason over the past few years...but THAT was special. Something about the evident comfort - and JOY - that came through in this special venue. And what artist just invites someone up to play? Someone real comfortable in their skin me thinks. So good!

  • @jakehargis234
    @jakehargis234 6 лет назад +7

    Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit performed the best Tiny Desk concert I've seen so far. An extremely talented songwriter and musician, his music and lyrics resonate with so many of us. A beautiful representation of true country music. His new album is fantastic. I find myself listening to him almost daily since it came out. Thanks NPR!

  • @Cll4D
    @Cll4D 7 лет назад +54

    I didn't know them and I don't know why but when I saw the thumbnail I knew I was going to like them.
    I clicked and I liked. Thank you NPR.

  • @danleyendecker9578
    @danleyendecker9578 5 лет назад +21

    Check out 16:59 and the pure joy on Ashwin's face. He'll remember this for the rest of his life! So good

  • @yusergname
    @yusergname 2 года назад +4

    Just discovering this treasure of a man in 2021.
    Don't worry, back in high school I was also behind the trends by a decade.

    • @robert2948
      @robert2948 2 года назад

      You were probably behind the desk blowing the gym teacher.

  • @FanOfLiberty1776
    @FanOfLiberty1776 6 лет назад +534

    Sure is nice, when you don’t have regret about the last 20 minutes and six seconds you spent on RUclips

    • @helenlizzystewart4908
      @helenlizzystewart4908 6 лет назад +1

      that is a very cool way of putting it

    • @jaycaw9081
      @jaycaw9081 5 лет назад +1

      That last song made my hour, lyrically and musically and spiritually . Country isn't dead! Lucky dude at the end lol

    • @techobsessed1
      @techobsessed1 5 лет назад +1

      And it helps make up for the two hours prior.

    • @robertm4050
      @robertm4050 4 года назад +2

      Only problem is you listen to the lyrics and question what you have done or missed out on over the last 20 years.

    • @bandittwain5512
      @bandittwain5512 4 года назад +1

      100 percent agree. These tiny desk concerts are my favorite thing on RUclips.

  • @Theo-hc5ob
    @Theo-hc5ob 6 лет назад +22

    Loved, Loved, LOVED IT!!!!! Especially the way his wife looks at him with a combination of adoration and admiration.

    • @roddammit5510
      @roddammit5510 5 лет назад +1

      "I think I've got boogers" -he checks- you're good lol

  • @porpoisefulpop
    @porpoisefulpop 6 лет назад +14

    He sounds even better live. I DID NOT EXPECT THAT. WOW

    • @squillytimmons4179
      @squillytimmons4179 5 лет назад

      Hes few and far between. This is why hes my favorite singer songwriter! He alwats sounds better in person

  • @HeyZeus096
    @HeyZeus096 3 года назад +6

    It's so cute how Jason and Amanda look at each other during the set.

  • @climbslc2281
    @climbslc2281 3 года назад +11

    The harmony in Molotov is... WOW! Wheels come off!

  • @christiansherring5678
    @christiansherring5678 4 года назад +152

    5 minute normal youtube video: that seems a little long
    Back to back 20 minute npr videos: these are kinda short

  • @diegomontoya8889
    @diegomontoya8889 7 лет назад +3490

    Jason Isbell and Sturgil Simpson are trying their darndest to save Country music from itself. Thank you.

    • @Scomelbasses
      @Scomelbasses 7 лет назад +33

      Isbell maybe but Sturgil's last album wasn't country and wasn't very good.

    • @muttmitchell4675
      @muttmitchell4675 7 лет назад +116

      Scomelbasses Are you referring to "A Sailor's Guide to Earth"? I'll admit that perhaps it wasn't as "country" in its sound, but if you watch his interview with Charlie Rose regarding that album, he talks about its back story regarding his time in the Navy, his addiction and other life elements that in many ways are the story of country music. Love, loss, battles fought in one's life. I don't know. I guess what I mean is that Country music was never about getting drunk on a plane or white girls with big butts. That's all record selling to a public that no longer values song writing. But to your point, yes, it's a little different.

    • @Scomelbasses
      @Scomelbasses 7 лет назад +41

      The subject matter of his songs is no more country than many other styles of folk music or the typical singer/songwriter types. In other words, many songwriters write about similar experiences and they don't identify themselves as country artists and wouldn't be considered as such. I don't like modern country at all but can't say I was the biggest fan of classic country though there are plenty of artist I liked from that era. I do enjoy Isbell's music, Stapelton, Colter Wall, and several others. For me, I don't care whether country music needs to be saved, I just like well written songs delivered by a skilled singer.

    • @cw5090
      @cw5090 7 лет назад +31

      You don't like sturgill but like Stapleton huh? Cool

    • @Scomelbasses
      @Scomelbasses 7 лет назад +13

      Stapleton is an incredible singer I didn't say I don't like Sturgil. I just don't find that, considering his recent recording, that he is the savior for the classic country lovers.

  • @tonya9955
    @tonya9955 7 лет назад +6

    Such a talent, don't understand why is he is not more known.

  • @KlowdZzz
    @KlowdZzz 5 лет назад +76

    This dude just brought up anime and acid in about 30 seconds. I’m in.

  • @jwanda10
    @jwanda10 5 лет назад +4

    Man the sweetest thing I’ve seen is when Amanda shires says I didn’t do it that good either.... that was so gracious and nice. What a lovely family

  • @j_e_hill
    @j_e_hill 3 года назад +10

    That fiddle player is fantastic. What a performance by the whole band. 🤍

    • @LibbyONeal09
      @LibbyONeal09 2 года назад +2

      That's his wife 💜

    • @BlackCatBonkers
      @BlackCatBonkers Год назад +1

      That’s Amanda Shires, his wife, who is an equally talented and versatile musician. She also is part of The Highwomen. Check her out.

  • @mountainhobbit1971
    @mountainhobbit1971 7 лет назад +14

    beautiful and heart-felt...thank you. "everyone's clappin' on the one and the three...am I, the last of my kind?"

  • @mattsabean
    @mattsabean 5 лет назад +7

    "Last Of MY Kind" is so beautiful, everyone has so much passion in what they do especially the solo's. Amazing

  • @nmnsaimemark1842
    @nmnsaimemark1842 7 лет назад +11

    Jason Isbell is the shizzle. I love his music. I always aspired to be a songwriter, but his lyrics and melodies remind me true talent is a beautiful thing.

  • @ricodeco2139
    @ricodeco2139 2 года назад +8

    Have since learned Jason is a multi-Grammy winning artist and very familiar name to much of the world, but he was somehow new to me when RUclips pitched this vid to my home page a few days ago. I've always loved the Tiny Desk series so I hit the play button to check it out and barely a minute in I found myself thinking about the liner notes Kris Kristofferson wrote on John Prine's first album 50 years ago. Not always easy to define what makes certain singer-songwriters special, but the good news is you don't have to... you just know.

    • @Abasha2003
      @Abasha2003 2 года назад

      Man you are lucky! Enjoy the entire catalogue. And see him live ASAP! JI and 400U are the best!

  • @jdevore7
    @jdevore7 Месяц назад +1

    That camera work during last of my kind was exquisite, especially during the two solos at the end

  • @mpgarr
    @mpgarr 7 лет назад +175

    Modern music today, hardly gets much better than Jason Isbell and his backing band--the 400 Unit. I was so pleased that after a run of a few albums that just say "Jason Isbell," he once again has come to include the name for the backing band. For those who don't know Isbell's history, he started out getting a public stage doing a stint with The Drive By Truckers, but both he and the band at that time were really playing the role of hard core rock and rollers, with the attendant heavy drinking and drug abuse and man, Jason really was messed up then. It got so bad, the Truckers booted him and that probably turned out to be the best thing for him, for that firing lead to him forming this band. His first marriage to a female member of The Truckers had ended badly, but with the addition of Amanda Shires to this band, new love came for them both and as much as anything, it was that love that turned Jason around. He dried out, they married, now have a baby and they have a run of now three high selling and award winning albums beginning with Southeastern, then Something More Than Free. Southeastern was really incredible, Free maybe not so much but it had some good points, but with Nashville Sound, it is clear, Jason Isbell has reached a new height of creative output. I hope that his sobriety continues, it should, and that he goes on to be one of the top musicians in history, to take his place with those like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, John Prine and others. He truly is one of the top singer songwriters working today. The times surely need someone of his great talent. It was great that he asked for and invited someone in the audience to come up and play backup guitar. Jason really does seem to be someone "comfortable in his skin" now. We can all wish to be so fortunate. It is also a great thing that NPR created this series of concerts, they have had some top talent do this and it is great to see favorite musicians play in such an intimate setting as this. Same for the Back Porch sessions done by Garden & Gun Magazine down at their offices in downtown Charleston, SC.

    • @music_works
      @music_works 6 лет назад

      hell yeah

    • @TrippedGian1
      @TrippedGian1 6 лет назад +1

      Amen

    • @mpgarr
      @mpgarr 6 лет назад +9

      Since first making this post above-----I have reconsidered any knock that might have been inferred I made regarding "Something More Than Free." It is some damn good stuff on there too----to me---my favorite song on that one--which did "get me" when the album came out is "Children of Children." That song, in the way that they now play it in live shows----is almost anthemic in nature and the musicianship on the song along with its bittersweet pathos of the lyrics. I now place it among Jason's best work. Overall there was so much on Southeastern that just swept me away----like Traveling Alone and Elephant----to name just two of the top songs on that release as far as I am concerned---anything that came directly after that album---was at first not going to hold a candle to the songs I liked on Southeastern.

    • @derekpatten
      @derekpatten 6 лет назад +8

      The time he spent with the Drive-By Truckers was more than just a drunken stupor. That period was one of the most creative in DBT's history and the songs written by Isbell and the band collectively are easily some of their best. And the live performances during that period were full throttle rock shows with Isbell providing incredible electric guitar solos. I agree that the music he has created since the Truckers has been prolific and complex, but don't count out the classics he created while playing with them.

    • @Hogprint25
      @Hogprint25 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah, have to give it to NPR for these Tiny Desk Vid’s...I’ve discovered a few new bands through this forum. G&G has a good one also but I don’t see them pop up on the UTube feed as much...

  • @bangarang74
    @bangarang74 6 лет назад +112

    Jason Isbell saved my life. I'm not at all being facetious when I say that.

    • @fuelerr
      @fuelerr 5 лет назад +2

      Facetime saved my life too.

    • @prestonrunyan6899
      @prestonrunyan6899 5 лет назад +2

      In a Razor Town did the same for me.

    • @jordanpowell9504
      @jordanpowell9504 4 года назад +1

      Got me through the hardest time of my life. Great music has a way of doing that

    • @bigjdub13
      @bigjdub13 4 года назад +3

      He should be prescribed during recovery

    • @jenniferbeavers8680
      @jenniferbeavers8680 4 года назад

      I agree so much!!!

  • @-GuitarZero
    @-GuitarZero 11 месяцев назад +4

    I've seen this video a couple dozen times, but I just caught myself laughing and smiling through the whole thing. Y'all making the world a better place.

  • @Jennijenniwcitt
    @Jennijenniwcitt 4 года назад +4

    The music brings you in, his personality and heart make you stay with Jason Isbell

    • @jasonisbell7390
      @jasonisbell7390 2 года назад

      Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 🎶❤️

  • @peanutbutterjellyfish2665
    @peanutbutterjellyfish2665 7 лет назад +13

    Thanks to NPR...amazing as always.

  • @jena8277
    @jena8277 7 лет назад +11

    The incredible Jason & Amanda. So happy to see this!

  • @scootmcgoot570
    @scootmcgoot570 6 лет назад +3

    Being a fellow muscle shoals area native we are very proud of jason here! I went to school with jimbo (bassist). He has always been a precious person and musicteer. He played in the marching band with electric bass. He had an amp rig on a cart that a guy would wheel around behind him on the field.

  • @marymanning6942
    @marymanning6942 4 года назад +8

    Amanda's harmonies are terrific!

    • @jasonisbell7390
      @jasonisbell7390 2 года назад +4

      Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 🎶❤️

  • @ColbyTraber
    @ColbyTraber 6 лет назад +5

    What I love is how they sound the same live as on the album, that's what any artist should strive for

  • @jonaharbet1504
    @jonaharbet1504 7 лет назад +12

    I love this. Jason is so genuine, that was so cool he invited him up to play, I've had the same thought that Jason had too - of inviting someone up to play. Great Tiny Desk, thank you Bob for this amazing series!

  • @bryceflores3879
    @bryceflores3879 7 лет назад +16

    Pretty cool he invited that guy up there to play along
    Very nice sound, they've got another fan

  • @joetreetop5960
    @joetreetop5960 Год назад +2

    Thank you... Just thank you 🙏🏻

  • @mrspaulb3889
    @mrspaulb3889 3 года назад +16

    I’m a new fan and you’d better believe that I am converting others. It’s obvious that he puts a lot into his songs and that whenever he sings them, he’s feeling it again. Keep it up, Sir!

  • @delewan
    @delewan 7 лет назад +12

    What a gorgeous sound these folks make.

  • @imournhim
    @imournhim 2 года назад +4

    I keep coming back to this one. It is the best of them all.

  • @JosephJohnson-ut9ko
    @JosephJohnson-ut9ko 9 месяцев назад +2

    I love how they complement each others’ voice. Solid Cash/Carter counterpoint harmony going on here.

  • @HiSummerWasHere
    @HiSummerWasHere 3 года назад +4

    I love Amanda looking at him and smiling at him while they sing. So cute.

    • @jasonisbell7390
      @jasonisbell7390 2 года назад

      Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 🎶❤️

  • @Weareroses
    @Weareroses 7 лет назад +33

    Amazing. Real honest music, from real honest people. It doesn't get much better than that.

  • @gblackburn31
    @gblackburn31 4 года назад +5

    Jason is a unique soul that are few,far and between. True lyricist

  • @nmnsaimemark1842
    @nmnsaimemark1842 4 года назад +2

    Jason Isbell, thank you for sharing your gifts.

  • @chriswagner1335
    @chriswagner1335 Год назад +4

    Love the lack of ego. I messed up. Going to do it again. Love that.

  • @davidmarie
    @davidmarie 5 лет назад +14

    That little smile on Ashwins face at 16:58 made my day.

  • @AmberHarrison13
    @AmberHarrison13 5 лет назад +4

    I keep trying to watch other things and just keep coming back to this!! Cant get enough! Thank you NPR and Jason Isbell!

  • @anbyeastbank319
    @anbyeastbank319 8 месяцев назад +2

    Fiddle and slide guitar were sounding sooo nice on Last Of My Kind… the solo could’ve gone on forever for me.

  • @troyoswald5683
    @troyoswald5683 4 года назад +8

    Jason gives me hope.His music and the support of other great music, really sensational. He is so special! Wow we are lucky!

  • @chadmullins4373
    @chadmullins4373 5 лет назад +6

    "In my sleep I build machines...but nobody ever wants to hear about my dreams. "
    Just one very smart lyric of many in here. I am a fan.

  • @honkytears
    @honkytears Год назад +5

    Props to the sound engineer. Sounds excellent.

    • @SPSregister
      @SPSregister Год назад +2

      Every single time, too! I really appreciate the kind of music that they curate and that (especially lately), it's become an important stop for a lot of artists as they pass through DC, but I think what I appreciate the most is that there's a professionally lit/shot/mixed live recording of these artists, and that's true whether they're someone well established or someone just starting to get people's attention.

  • @Kitchenfreak81
    @Kitchenfreak81 5 лет назад +62

    Hands down one of the best TDC I've seen! And I had never heard of Jason and his music before. But when I heard the line "Did she leave a trail of crumbs, so you could find her when you're what you could become. Or did she know you well enough to realise that garden just won't grow" I was blown away. Man... sittin here cryin' at work. Making my boss think someone died in the family! hah!

    • @yangyu7309
      @yangyu7309 3 года назад +5

      Yeah...he does that. I've had a few moments when I just teared up listening to him. Sometimes I don't get a song, then a few years later I listen to it again after some life has happened, and it hits me so hard.

    • @chrisamburgey9253
      @chrisamburgey9253 3 года назад +4

      Listen to his stuff with the drive by truckers!

    • @johncombs6369
      @johncombs6369 2 года назад

      I hear you. I've bawled to this video many many times lol

    • @brettarnold7241
      @brettarnold7241 2 года назад

      @@chrisamburgey9253 I was a huge Drive By Truckers fan growing up... Then my ex introduced me to Isbell, and I'm like "Hey I recognize that voice!" Somehow I never caught onto his solo stuff.

  • @traviscarroll5762
    @traviscarroll5762 7 лет назад +5

    love the musical dialogue between Sadler and Amanda on Last of My Kind. What a group.

  • @BKWR11
    @BKWR11 3 года назад +3

    I have only just discovered this remarkable songwriter, and have now listened to this Tiny Desk episode many times, am left crying with so much emotion every time “last of my kind” is played! What a superb ensemble you have put together. The engineering is, as always, just superb. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I absolutely love this!!👏👏👏

  • @DavidTransformer
    @DavidTransformer 6 лет назад +17

    So much great music coming across the pond just now generally described as Americana. In Glasgow Celtic Connections has just started and acts like David Ramirez and Lone Bellow are gaining a good following. I have seen Jason and Amanda a few times now as well as Sturgill. The future of music is looking bright.

    • @AlexMDorr
      @AlexMDorr 5 лет назад

      DavidTransformer David Ramirez would also be an AMAZING Tiny Desk! Love his sound!

  • @2serve4Christ
    @2serve4Christ 4 года назад +2

    So good. Thank you Jason Isbell and fam. Thank you too Ashwin

  • @Harvestersz
    @Harvestersz 7 лет назад +58

    My favorite 400 Unit is now Ashwin Wadekar.

  • @neildavidvandenbergh5422
    @neildavidvandenbergh5422 7 месяцев назад +1

    This particular performance is so . . . Unspeakably exquisite! I love the acoustic rendition of all of these songs, with just a touch of Sadler's electric support. It's so warm, so great 🙏🏼❤️👏🏼

  • @lnctc
    @lnctc 7 лет назад +222

    this guy is our Dylan. good Lord he's the best

    • @DavidAndrewsPEC
      @DavidAndrewsPEC 6 лет назад +5

      Nah - the 1960s and 1970s had Dylan and we have Isbell ... and I know which one of those I prefer. He's a worthy antidote to the Dylanitis that's been so prevalent for ages.

    • @sorenchristian3834
      @sorenchristian3834 6 лет назад +19

      This is probably a worthwhile time to point out that he has Dylan lyrics tattooed on his left forearm.

    • @petepete9831
      @petepete9831 6 лет назад +8

      Corey Stephens Conor oberst is the Dylan of our time no one can argue that

    • @Mikkidk2400
      @Mikkidk2400 6 лет назад

      Corey Stephens haha

    • @holyworrier
      @holyworrier 6 лет назад

      Oh, good lord...

  • @octaneartllc
    @octaneartllc 3 года назад +3

    Isbell is the next generation and next level of legend...

  • @richardarthurmusic
    @richardarthurmusic 9 месяцев назад +4

    Every now and again I pause and think...'I wonder what Ashwin's doin right now'

  • @patrickmahoney6442
    @patrickmahoney6442 4 года назад +3

    I've watched this 20 times and I get teary during Last of My Kind... every time.

  • @ianbent0n
    @ianbent0n Год назад +6

    The lyrics to "Chaos and Clothes" are impeccable

  • @matthewcull3367
    @matthewcull3367 5 лет назад +7

    Wow I keep coming back to this, seriously good and funny too. Definitely my favourite versions of all of these songs.

  • @-GuitarZero
    @-GuitarZero 2 года назад +7

    We don't deserve Jason Isbell. Don't tell him, because I want to listen as long as I can.

  • @natelarson458
    @natelarson458 7 лет назад +12

    5 seconds in and i fell in love. This is some beauty. No question.

  • @madeinmississippi662
    @madeinmississippi662 5 лет назад +2

    As fate would have it. I have just found Mr. Isbell and I couldn't be more grateful. Soooo good🎼🎵🎹🎻🎸

    • @MatthewARiley
      @MatthewARiley 5 лет назад +1

      Four Part Harmony so happy for you. I remember the exact day that I found him. We live two lives....Before Isbell and After Isbell.

    • @madeinmississippi662
      @madeinmississippi662 5 лет назад

      @@MatthewARiley Yes! Before Isbell and After Isbell...that's a remarkable way to describe the experience of finding someone as phenomenal as him and his band. He sure is an inspiration in many ways. Will be taking the family to a concert very soon! Thanks for your reply and God Bless!

  • @jeremesullivan8526
    @jeremesullivan8526 3 года назад +6

    Such a great writer. Wonderful performance.

  • @TroubadourDistilleryCork2020
    @TroubadourDistilleryCork2020 2 года назад +14

    Definitely the best version of Molotov 🤠 beautiful harmonies

    • @DaysOfSodaAndLantana
      @DaysOfSodaAndLantana Год назад +2

      I agree! I have a playlist for my favorite songs of his, but I don’t have Molotov, even though I love it, because it is definitely missing something this performance has. So I keep coming back here to listen to it.