What an important figure Jason is. His songs hit me in a very deep place that very few songs do. I also love his interviews. He's so literate and smart and funny and human to the core. Part of his genius is his willingness to share his weaknesses and anxieties with us. We are so lucky to have him on the scene (and he didn't pay me to say that!).
‘Vampires’ and ‘Cover Me Yp’ (not done in this interview) are two of the finest love songs written this century, or any other century for that matter. I put them up there with George Harrison’s ‘Something’. I didn’t know Jason’s background, I started knowing about him through DBT. Listening to the interview, and his songs, I noticed how well-read and literate his songs were, and how his use of literary devices like metaphor were so sophisticated in both general discourse and songs, so I looked him up in Wikipedia, and lo and behold, he’s a creative writing major! Now why am I not surprised! A great interview with both artist and interviewer showing delightful self-reflection. It really gave me a sense of Jason’s humanity and desire, post the self-destructive period in DBT, to be a good human. More power to him and his lovely wife and his band of brothers, the 400 Unit.
What would you expect--the host is an on air person for a public radio station---always a cut above the commercial stations as a rule......they are people who truly love REAL AND QUALITY MUSIC!!! Not just playing music that really is a secondary consideration to a commercial station---selling shit---most of we don't really need---but the powers that be want to make us think that we want and need.
Me neither Sara. It’s been a year since I saw them at the Ryman in Nashville (and they blew the roof off), but with all the quarantine going on, not sure when I’ll get to see them live again. Stay safe my musical friend!!
@@kemart537 ooooh....i saw them at the Ryman last year too. Such an amazing memory! If you need something to hold you over check out I So Lounging on Amanda's youtube. 😊🎶
Listening to "If We Were vampires" I know young people probably don't think about this stuff too much but my wife and I have been together 45 years and we do think about life this way. Both of us have had near death experiences and we treasure every minute with our family and friends. Enjoy life, enjoy music and take care of each other........
Love Jon Hart having the giant tear filled lump in his throat after Vampires. I feel the same way everytime i hear it. I think of my wife and kids and damn near bawl
As always a great interview, kudos from one Jon to another Jon. What can one say about Jason…. The guy lives in my head for days after hearing anything he writes. His writing is real, gripping, and unapologetically human, and in many ways the soundtrack of my life. But “Vampires”…… aside from being the sweetest most honest love song I’ve ever heard, it literally changed my life. I never knew anything close to that kind of love until one night and thought…that’s the kind of love I’ve been hoping would find me…it did and I played it for her one night, don’t think I did it justice really but I told her it was truly how I felt, and we been together almost ten years now.
I just love how Jason said : "you ready" and then all at once they coordinated and played a masterpiece. I can't even keep my own self together when studying for exams.
Big Isbell (and co.) fan here, from New Zealand - I've watched a lot of videos with these guys playing but this is by far the best I've seen. Great host and interview, camera work, sound - everything! Isbell is a gent and an amazing talent also of course.
Woah!!! All the way from New Zealand. Love the interwebz. And thanks for such a nice compliment! We were honored to have Jason and the gang in and can't think of any other way than putting 110% effort into capturing the beauty these artists create.
I definitely want more than just drab country or rock or choosing between the two. Really enjoying Jason and the 400 and the sweet singing fiddler poet!
I've seen his rig rundowns on Premier Guitar and I loved it, but I never listened to his music until just now. And man, I wish I didn't wait this long.
Just this year discovered Jason due to a cover by another artist. I'm loving him and the music. Here in Canada he is similar to Blue Rodeo or Colin James. Love Love the music
Wish i was in that audience i would be having the time of my life. MY hat is off to those playing music like this on the radio . I want a little bit more lol!
The content of the conversation that starts with Jasons's comment at 18:45 about getting his music played on the radio and radio stations not being able to find a format, "is it rock and roll?", "is it country?" is what frustrates me most about today's radio. Country stations haven't had an issue taking music and artist that aren't the country of yesteryear and call it today's country and blasting it non-stop. So, why are they so apt to play bro' country, but not Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Sturgill Simpson, Parker Millsap, John Fullbright, Amanda Shires and many other artists making killer music, but not heard on today's country, rock or whatever radio? I know some stations in the country are playing them, just none in my locale.
Popular music is marketed to people who can't hold onto their money, i.e. kids. That's so music music that sells is about getting drunk, feeling your first tittie, boys being mean to you. When you write songs that are more sophisticated and become more abstract you lose a lot of the record buying public. it's a fact of life that there's a lot of great music out there, but intelligent adults have to seek it out on their own.
Indeed, selling beers, crying in one's beer, getting drunk on beer, showing up drunk on beer at your girlfriend's house, and being able to dance while drunk/drinking beer/hooking up with your drunken girlfriend, ad nauseum.
I, personally, cannot stand most stuff on the radio, especially country. It's shoved down your throat, and you're expected to like it, and it doesn't have that 'Music is the story of our lives' feel to it. That's one of the reason I haven't done radio in years...I just never really find what I want to listen to anymore. The country from the 80s-on, has that ingenuine, soulless feel of most popular music, and has driven me to appreciate a lot of the more classic country. TH-cam, Spotify, Apple Music, etc, are not trying to shove unoriginal, overhyped, overplayed music down your throat...They just put everything accessible out there, and the people decide what they want to listen to. Venues like Tiny Desk Concert, KEXP, Audiotree, The Bridge, etc gives us opportunities to listen to stuff we wouldn't listen to otherwise. That's a great thing, because all music continues to morph...for country music, since around 1960ish, it was the only genre that was put out there...now, with avenues that are available to us, the hybrids are getting more exposure...contemporary bluegrass, Americana, Southern Rock...these styles, for me, have the elements of Country that I like, without all the stuff that irritates me...all this just keeps me searching for more artists like Jason Isbell & 400 Unit...great sound, thoughtful lyrics...overall, a great band that deserves to be listened to. Thank you, 90.9, for showcasing JI&T4HU...not because they're country, or rock, or whatever...but, because we want a little more than what the others are providing!
Steve Earle has a good take on the nature of what is called "country music" today----that those who run the record companies that record the music and the radio stations that run the programming--they were going for the "easy money" to appeal to a narrow demographic that might not be so fully appreciative of good quality music, mostly only wanting background and party music----but having no appreciation of the history of country music and surely not really of much quality. Now Earle says, those who run that genre of music with their narrow parameters of what constitutes "county music" has painted themselves in a corner and now they have to live with the confines of what they have--one of those cases of "watch what you ask for---you might get it but the results may not be what you had hoped they would be." I call modern "country music" "Pop Goes the Country" and like most other modern pop music---it is music of "this second---don't worry about whether the music lasts more than five minutes-we will keep on cranking out "the hits" like it comes off an assembly line," and it is all pretty much "Throw Away Music." Most of the crap country they make now that makes up the programming and the "hot country hits"--it will not be music that "stands the test of time" and no one will listen to it 50 years from now--but much of the country music played and listened to 50 years ago will still be listened to and valued by discriminating listeners and those wanting to make REAL MUSIC that has value. They will surely be listening to the music of people like Jason Isbell, Steve Earle, Strugil Simpson, Ray Wylie Hubbard and others making that sort of music 50 years from now.
First of all, someone from Alabama shouldn’t joke about an Iowa accent. But all joking aside, Jason is one of the best artist today weaving creative lyrics with a great classic rock sound. Creating a sound that is fresh, new, and captivating. I wish radio stations would give him more love & the air time that he truly deserves.
A really nicely done short show---I love it that Jason has done many of them and that he gives his time to those who put out local radio and such. He surely is like the character in Outfit---he didn't feel he was "bigger than Jesus and that his family is not a joke....".nor are those who are not big national entertainment talents, but remained local ones...
The way I see it? Let the radio keep that bubblegum trash. I don't mind having to dig a bit further to find real talent like this if it means that it won't be tainted by mainstream pop
Amanda is soooooooo hot! I love the 400 Unit, i love the 400 Unit even more when she is with them. her playing, vocals and onstage magic w/ Jason is like a show within itself.
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I must say I enjoyed the banter as much as the music.. which is almost impossible to say these days. Well done by all!
Who are the 30 people that gave this a thumbs down? Jason is so genuine, awesome live, and the interviewer was super knowledgeable about the songs!
WHO ARE THEY?
What an important figure Jason is. His songs hit me in a very deep place that very few songs do. I also love his interviews. He's so literate and smart and funny and human to the core. Part of his genius is his willingness to share his weaknesses and anxieties with us. We are so lucky to have him on the scene (and he didn't pay me to say that!).
We feel the same way 😭
‘Vampires’ and ‘Cover Me Yp’ (not done in this interview) are two of the finest love songs written this century, or any other century for that matter. I put them up there with George Harrison’s ‘Something’.
I didn’t know Jason’s background, I started knowing about him through DBT. Listening to the interview, and his songs, I noticed how well-read and literate his songs were, and how his use of literary devices like metaphor were so sophisticated in both general discourse and songs, so I looked him up in Wikipedia, and lo and behold, he’s a creative writing major! Now why am I not surprised!
A great interview with both artist and interviewer showing delightful self-reflection.
It really gave me a sense of Jason’s humanity and desire, post the self-destructive period in DBT, to be a good human. More power to him and his lovely wife and his band of brothers, the 400 Unit.
You nailed it on the head Dave! Thanks for listening ✌️
Without a doubt Jon Hart is the best person to ever interview Isbell
🖤 We'll let him know you think so! Thanks for watching and your kind words.
Man I don't know how I missed or found this guy, so glad I did.
Welcome to the club! We're glad you found them too.
'When you start yelling people stop listening'. Thanks for those wise words Jason.
I love how genuine the interviewer is. real and raw from the heart performance. he's in tune with it. perfect.
What would you expect--the host is an on air person for a public radio station---always a cut above the commercial stations as a rule......they are people who truly love REAL AND QUALITY MUSIC!!! Not just playing music that really is a secondary consideration to a commercial station---selling shit---most of we don't really need---but the powers that be want to make us think that we want and need.
wise words ... so true ... Jason in tune and the interviewer in tune ...
An interview and music for people who want "something more". I never get tired of this one.
Me neither Sara. It’s been a year since I saw them at the Ryman in Nashville (and they blew the roof off), but with all the quarantine going on, not sure when I’ll get to see them live again. Stay safe my musical friend!!
@@kemart537 ooooh....i saw them at the Ryman last year too. Such an amazing memory! If you need something to hold you over check out I So Lounging on Amanda's youtube. 😊🎶
Listening to "If We Were vampires" I know young people probably don't think about this stuff too much but my wife and I have been together 45 years and we do think about life this way. Both of us have had near death experiences and we treasure every minute with our family and friends. Enjoy life, enjoy music and take care of each other........
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Love Jon Hart having the giant tear filled lump in his throat after Vampires. I feel the same way everytime i hear it. I think of my wife and kids and damn near bawl
The interviewer was great. Really enjoyed the witty banter between two wordsmiths and communicators
Jon Hart is the man.
As always a great interview, kudos from one Jon to another Jon. What can one say about Jason…. The guy lives in my head for days after hearing anything he writes. His writing is real, gripping, and unapologetically human, and in many ways the soundtrack of my life. But “Vampires”…… aside from being the sweetest most honest love song I’ve ever heard, it literally changed my life. I never knew anything close to that kind of love until one night and thought…that’s the kind of love I’ve been hoping would find me…it did and I played it for her one night, don’t think I did it justice really but I told her it was truly how I felt, and we been together almost ten years now.
What a great interview of one of the best artists out there.
I could listen to Jason Isbell interviews all day. This session is truly special. Thank you.
We would be listening right along with you. Thank you for watching!
This is not a studio session; it's a road trip. How fantastic.
Love it. That seems to be a better fit.
Such an unbelievable group. Their live performances never cease to amaze me.
Just one great performance after another. They seem to really like what they do.
Such an amazing artist
What a fantastic interview, Jon Hart is a pro on top of his game. Love and peace to you all, from Scotland. 👍🏴🎸🇺🇸
I just love how Jason said : "you ready" and then all at once they coordinated and played a masterpiece. I can't even keep my own self together when studying for exams.
What a band!
I found you on Spotify. Not soon enough in my life. Your music is now my personal favorite.
Better late than never!
That was just beautiful.
Fucking fantastic interview & performance.
What a fantastic show, interview. Thank you to Jon Hart for giving such space to songcrafters like Jason and Amanda.
Wonderful!!
Thanks for watching!
That violin is haunting in If We Were Vampires
Big Isbell (and co.) fan here, from New Zealand - I've watched a lot of videos with these guys playing but this is by far the best I've seen. Great host and interview, camera work, sound - everything! Isbell is a gent and an amazing talent also of course.
Woah!!! All the way from New Zealand. Love the interwebz. And thanks for such a nice compliment! We were honored to have Jason and the gang in and can't think of any other way than putting 110% effort into capturing the beauty these artists create.
Jon Hart, you're a real treasure. Thanks for this meaningful, well-researched and very personal interview. Well done as always.
I definitely want more than just drab country or rock or choosing between the two. Really enjoying Jason and the 400 and the sweet singing fiddler poet!
Great performance and I adore the ONE camera approach.
Awe, thats sweet! We adore you for saying that.
So good! Great performance!
Wasn't it!?!
This is fantastic from start to finish.
Very nice Clash reference. This dude is a true music fan.
I've seen his rig rundowns on Premier Guitar and I loved it, but I never listened to his music until just now. And man, I wish I didn't wait this long.
amazing interview !
What a talent and gentleman.
Go see them live. You will never forget it! I haven't.
This is sound advice.
I want to so so badly.
Fantastic interview. Excellent sound and video recording. This is the bar all the other 'intimate recording sessions' need to meet.
Woah, that is far too kind! Thanks for watching and listening. Made our day.
I love this interview - interviewer and all.
incredible interview
Just this year discovered Jason due to a cover by another artist. I'm loving him and the music. Here in Canada he is similar to Blue Rodeo or Colin James. Love Love the music
He's always funny. Killer band!
Is there a Grammy for between song banter?
Jon Hart has 15 of them
07:25 - Hope the Highroad
15:35 Cumberland Gap
25:50 If We Were Vampires
thank you!
Don't skip the interview, y'all. The songs are great, but you need to hear the rest! Jason Isbell is a gift!
The sounds is amazing. Feels like I'm right there in the room with them. Thanks.
A fan of just a few months, thrilled to be seeing them July 2 in Dayton!
Hope you enjoyed the show! Been a fan of his since 2001 (DBT) and still haven't been able to catch him live :(
Just ... thank you.
Wish i was in that audience i would be having the time of my life. MY hat is off to those playing music like this on the radio . I want a little bit more lol!
Haha yes! We thought that was an excellent way to put it. Keep searching for good music! It's out there!
The content of the conversation that starts with Jasons's comment at 18:45 about getting his music played on the radio and radio stations not being able to find a format, "is it rock and roll?", "is it country?" is what frustrates me most about today's radio. Country stations haven't had an issue taking music and artist that aren't the country of yesteryear and call it today's country and blasting it non-stop. So, why are they so apt to play bro' country, but not Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Sturgill Simpson, Parker Millsap, John Fullbright, Amanda Shires and many other artists making killer music, but not heard on today's country, rock or whatever radio? I know some stations in the country are playing them, just none in my locale.
You should Google, "Country Music Industry," there you will find your answer.
Popular music is marketed to people who can't hold onto their money, i.e. kids. That's so music music that sells is about getting drunk, feeling your first tittie, boys being mean to you. When you write songs that are more sophisticated and become more abstract you lose a lot of the record buying public. it's a fact of life that there's a lot of great music out there, but intelligent adults have to seek it out on their own.
Indeed, selling beers, crying in one's beer, getting drunk on beer, showing up drunk on beer at your girlfriend's house, and being able to dance while drunk/drinking beer/hooking up with your drunken girlfriend, ad nauseum.
I, personally, cannot stand most stuff on the radio, especially country. It's shoved down your throat, and you're expected to like it, and it doesn't have that 'Music is the story of our lives' feel to it. That's one of the reason I haven't done radio in years...I just never really find what I want to listen to anymore. The country from the 80s-on, has that ingenuine, soulless feel of most popular music, and has driven me to appreciate a lot of the more classic country.
TH-cam, Spotify, Apple Music, etc, are not trying to shove unoriginal, overhyped, overplayed music down your throat...They just put everything accessible out there, and the people decide what they want to listen to. Venues like Tiny Desk Concert, KEXP, Audiotree, The Bridge, etc gives us opportunities to listen to stuff we wouldn't listen to otherwise. That's a great thing, because all music continues to morph...for country music, since around 1960ish, it was the only genre that was put out there...now, with avenues that are available to us, the hybrids are getting more exposure...contemporary bluegrass, Americana, Southern Rock...these styles, for me, have the elements of Country that I like, without all the stuff that irritates me...all this just keeps me searching for more artists like Jason Isbell & 400 Unit...great sound, thoughtful lyrics...overall, a great band that deserves to be listened to.
Thank you, 90.9, for showcasing JI&T4HU...not because they're country, or rock, or whatever...but, because we want a little more than what the others are providing!
Steve Earle has a good take on the nature of what is called "country music" today----that those who run the record companies that record the music and the radio stations that run the programming--they were going for the "easy money" to appeal to a narrow demographic that might not be so fully appreciative of good quality music, mostly only wanting background and party music----but having no appreciation of the history of country music and surely not really of much quality. Now Earle says, those who run that genre of music with their narrow parameters of what constitutes "county music" has painted themselves in a corner and now they have to live with the confines of what they have--one of those cases of "watch what you ask for---you might get it but the results may not be what you had hoped they would be." I call modern "country music" "Pop Goes the Country" and like most other modern pop music---it is music of "this second---don't worry about whether the music lasts more than five minutes-we will keep on cranking out "the hits" like it comes off an assembly line," and it is all pretty much "Throw Away Music." Most of the crap country they make now that makes up the programming and the "hot country hits"--it will not be music that "stands the test of time" and no one will listen to it 50 years from now--but much of the country music played and listened to 50 years ago will still be listened to and valued by discriminating listeners and those wanting to make REAL MUSIC that has value. They will surely be listening to the music of people like Jason Isbell, Steve Earle, Strugil Simpson, Ray Wylie Hubbard and others making that sort of music 50 years from now.
This is fantastic, great recording!
“Gotta find the fine line between a whisper and a shout”. Even is general conversation Isbell is a poet.
First of all, someone from Alabama shouldn’t joke about an Iowa accent. But all joking aside, Jason is one of the best artist today weaving creative lyrics with a great classic rock sound. Creating a sound that is fresh, new, and captivating. I wish radio stations would give him more love & the air time that he truly deserves.
I think that’s the point. Southern accents are always made fun of and we’re portrayed as stupid. He’s tuning the stereotype on its head.
Amanda's harmonies on Hope the High Road really make that chorus. Killer song.
That nod at 26:56 when Amanda comes in on If We Were Vampires....respect.
A really nicely done short show---I love it that Jason has done many of them and that he gives his time to those who put out local radio and such. He surely is like the character in Outfit---he didn't feel he was "bigger than Jesus and that his family is not a joke....".nor are those who are not big national entertainment talents, but remained local ones...
Cool & fun interview & excellent players 😎👍
Loved this, the music and the interview were great
The legendary Jon Hart, everybody 👏👏👏
Great interview and performances.
Already seen this
Still awesome
Fixed the audio tracking on Cumberland Gap. Sweet!
Iowa accent, you are very perceptive Jason. And yes, I'm from Iowa.
do love the one camera and camera work thanks for sharing XO
Thanks so much!
J Isbell musician by day; railroad engineer by night.
Haha! Nice one.
I like Jason isble and the 400 unit
I get the John Prine connection. When I first heard Isbell, I was describing his story telling style of song writing as Steve Goodman like.
Love how they filmed this!
Wow!
Wow!
It's such a shame that great music like this takes a backseat to the recycled sound played on the radio 24/7
Amen Patrick
The way I see it? Let the radio keep that bubblegum trash. I don't mind having to dig a bit further to find real talent like this if it means that it won't be tainted by mainstream pop
Maybe but we do have TH-cam for our enjoyment...Merry Christmas
Wrong station 📻
Never new Amanda went to Redemptorist or lived in KC. I have seen her many times in KC and have never heard that before.
So sad to hear him talk about John Prine in the present. :(
Amanda is soooooooo hot! I love the 400 Unit, i love the 400 Unit even more when she is with them. her playing, vocals and onstage magic w/ Jason is like a show within itself.
this was soooooooo close to being a nice comment
@@909thebridge nice, lol
Super sad to listen to this in 2021, and know John Prine is dead :(
25:50 VAMPIRES
If music didn't work out, Jason could have made it as a stand up comedian.
Have you ever been watching a video performance and wound up clapping at the end of a song? .... No, me neither. ;)
Hahaha, we like you! :)
They should just make the next record here. Sounds better than The Nashville Sound.
Thats high praise! Thanks Timothy. Of course we welcome Jason and the gang back if they'd like to record here!
And John prine did that.
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I love you Jason Isbell, but WTF are you wearing? That hat and shirt combo aint workin son.
The music makes up for it
gotdamn that is a silly hat
The music was great. The interview was looooonnnnngggggg winded and boring.
Well it is after all an interview
blah blah blah.... just play the music man
It is an interview, after all..
We won’t shut up n sing