Wow. Mad respect for Jason Isbell after reading this.

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I got a wake up call. Time to delve into this man's music a bit more. Great article, pretty long.  

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/elaminabdelmahmoud/jason-isbell-rym...

He's the real deal.

Was a bigger fan when he was with the Driveby Truckers.  A lot of whiney little bitch stuff lately.

 

Disagree.  A ton more depth since he left Truckers.

Nice to see him not sweating whiskey and nicotine every time he's on camera, too.

The truckers were never before and have never since been better (live, at least) than they were with jason in the band. And shonna too for that matter. But that's just my opinion.

which is really an indictment of his remarkable talent even when he was wasted and buried three guitars deep in the mix

But this isn't really about that

It's just about him recognizing and leveraging his privilege to hold space for other musicians who probably wouldn't ever get the chance.

Fantastic read, I didnt think I could like JI any more than I did already.

Nice post!

I love the "white nostalgia " shout out.

i kinda don't get the hype. 

his voice is terrible, and i don't really find the music nor the lyrics that great...

ps. i do enjoy the truckers. with and w/o.