Jason Isbell - Sirens of the Ditch

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  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    Toronto fans...support some good southern music. Jason's playing Toronto tomorrow (Tues) night. Tickets are only like $8!

    Stop supporting crappy commercial music, and support good music for a guy who puts his heart into rock : )
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Red Lukin wrote:
    Toronto fans...support some good southern music. Jason's playing Toronto tomorrow (Tues) night. Tickets are only like $8!

    Stop supporting crappy commercial music, and support good music for a guy who puts his heart into rock : )
    I like your thinking.....too bad I can't be in Toronto tomorrow night to help 'ya.
    :)
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    tybird wrote:
    I like your thinking.....too bad I can't be in Toronto tomorrow night to help 'ya.
    :)

    I went to see him open up for Son Volt (I'm not a SV fan at all - just went to see Jason), but I swear there were eonly 20 people there to see him - there were more, but sitting near the back waiting for SV.

    Sure he played a short set, but it was great music!
  • augustwest
    augustwest Posts: 739
    Red Lukin wrote:
    Actually never heard of the site until now. I checked it out, but I still don't know what time he hits stage.

    Anyone?

    Perhaps you need to go here?????

    http://tinyurl.com/2h2nnn
  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    Is anyone else considering the Madison, WI show at the Terrace this Friday (7/27)? I feel like I need to see him again now that I've heard the whole record :D

    (BTW, my local indie shop STILL hasn't stocked Sirens, and won't even special-order it for me - and I know it's not because they have some issue with New West because I got the whole DBT back catalog there. :( Weird.)
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • augustwest
    augustwest Posts: 739
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    Is anyone else considering the Madison, WI show at the Terrace this Friday (7/27)? I feel like I need to see him again now that I've heard the whole record :D

    (BTW, my local indie shop STILL hasn't stocked Sirens, and won't even special-order it for me - and I know it's not because they have some issue with New West because I got the whole DBT back catalog there. :( Weird.)

    It will be a different gig for sure, now that the cd is out...those new songs didn't work as well, not knowing them, when he opened for Son Volt...

    Now, is a completely different story :)

    What a great cd I might add...sooo many different textures...I keep getting a new fave song every 3-4 listens! lol

    Lately it's The Magician...love that banjo!

    Sounds like you need to find a new independent local record store ;)
  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    augustwest wrote:
    Perhaps you need to go here?????

    http://tinyurl.com/2h2nnn

    Sweet, thanks for the info!
  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    augustwest wrote:

    Lately it's The Magician...love that banjo!

    Oh, I know, right? I am an orphan, man, but ain't we all?
    augustwest wrote:

    Sounds like you need to find a new independent local record store ;)

    I fear you may be correct!
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • augustwest
    augustwest Posts: 739
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    Oh, I know, right? I am an orphan, man, but ain't we all?

    Bingo ;)

    lol
  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    Anyone else going tonight? I'm heading out soon. I'll give a review tomorrow (maybe)!
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Red Lukin wrote:
    Anyone else going tonight? I'm heading out soon. I'll give a review tomorrow (maybe)!
    Thanks.........looking forward to it since I will miss him when he visits Birmingham in August......but DBT is coming through in October!!!!!!
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • deadmosquito
    deadmosquito Posts: 729
    my copy of the record just came in today from amazon... listening now. definitely different than i expected i think. like what i've heard so far :)
  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    Wow, great show! Much better and longer than I expected (1:45-1:50 I believe). I heard they may only play for an hour, and when they opened for Son Volt I think they played 30-45 min. The other guitarist (not sure of his name) was very good too.

    I do feel bad for the band though - I can't believe I only paid $8 for the show. Jason said for anyone willing to stick around he'd sing some things, but I gotta work tomorrow (and well not really a groupie) so I left. Seems like a really nice guy. Jason cracked quite a few smiles too - seemed like he was having fun (some girl in the front kept trying to touch him - it was more funny than anything).

    Someone (either a friend of the band or bartender) brought over 5 shots of whisky for the band. So Jason takes his during a song. Then some random girl pushes up front, picks up the tray to try and hand it to the guys. No one from the band is looking (bc they're too busy rocking out). Then she drops them. What an idiot. Jason turns around minutes later and his face is like "where the hell's the JD?" Good thing the bar replaced them.

    There's so much passion coming from Jason's lungs, and his guitar speaks it as well. Some great jams too!

    I don't wanna over hype it, because it's not like seeing PJ of a Floyd show, but hey get liquored up and check these guys out if you can. So much fun!
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Red Lukin wrote:
    Wow, great show! Much better and longer than I expected (1:45-1:50 I believe). I heard they may only play for an hour, and when they opened for Son Volt I think they played 30-45 min. The other guitarist (not sure of his name) was very good too.

    I do feel bad for the band though - I can't believe I only paid $8 for the show. Jason said for anyone willing to stick around he'd sing some things, but I gotta work tomorrow (and well not really a groupie) so I left. Seems like a really nice guy. Jason cracked quite a few smiles too - seemed like he was having fun (some girl in the front kept trying to touch him - it was more funny than anything).

    Someone (either a friend of the band or bartender) brought over 5 shots of whisky for the band. So Jason takes his during a song. Then some random girl pushes up front, picks up the tray to try and hand it to the guys. No one from the band is looking (bc they're too busy rocking out). Then she drops them. What an idiot. Jason turns around minutes later and his face is like "where the hell's the JD?" Good thing the bar replaced them.

    There's so much passion coming from Jason's lungs, and his guitar speaks it as well. Some great jams too!

    I don't wanna over hype it, because it's not like seeing PJ of a Floyd show, but hey get liquored up and check these guys out if you can. So much fun!
    The whiskey was also a staple back in his DBT days too. Great to hear that he puts on an excellent show. :D
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Finally picked this album up yesterday, and it's excellent!
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • augustwest
    augustwest Posts: 739
    Ripped from the Ninebullets message brd

    See Jason's new website! http://www.jasonisbell.com

    Hear Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit in a full band performance on NPR's World Café On Wednesday, August 15 between 2PM and 4PM ET. To find your local station go to: http://worldcafe.org
    To listen on the web go to:
    http://xpn.org/listen_live/listen.php

    Jason Isbell eCard:
    http://ecards.newwestrecords.com/jasonisbell/JasonIsbell_eCard_Amazon_Launch.html

    To stay in touch with Jason: Sign up for my email list
    http://www.newwestrecords.com/lists/?p=subscribe&id=7

    Join Jason's Myspace.com - http://www.myspace.com/Jasonisbellmusic
  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    He'll also be doing an in-studio on KEXP at noon PDT on August 1st. You can listen online at kexp.org if you're not in the Seattle area. DBT's got a recent in-studio archived on the KEXP site, too.
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • likepilateihaveadog
    likepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    DBT's got a recent in-studio archived on the KEXP site, too.

    Cooley just slays on this.
    :D
    Patterson can barely finish, he's laughing so hard.
    Teamwork. Rawk. Pwnage. Infinite Possibilities. YIELD. Hells yeah.
  • FreshTendrils
    FreshTendrils Posts: 267
    Did anybody else get the DBT e-mail today? Look for a new album early next year.
    I share a cigarette with negativity.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    FreshTendrils wrote:
    Did anybody else get the DBT e-mail today? Look for a new album early next year.
    Got it........the way it reads....looks like the B'ham show is a "Dirt Underneath" show!!!!

    They also hype the Jason release.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.

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