American singer-songwriter (born 1979)
Jason Isbell
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Jason Isbell performing at Ryman Auditorium, October 2023
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Birth name
| Michael Jason Isbell
[1]
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Born
| (
1979-02-01
)
February 1, 1979
(age 45)
Green Hill, Alabama
, U.S.
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Genres
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Occupation(s)
| Musician
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Instrument(s)
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Years active
| 1995?present
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Labels
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Member of
| The 400 Unit
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Formerly of
| Drive-By Truckers
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Spouse(s)
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(
m.
2002;
div.
2007)
(
m.
2013;
div.
2024)
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Website
| jasonisbell
.com
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Musical artist
Michael Jason Isbell
(
;
[2]
born February 1, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He is known for his solo career, his work with the band The 400 Unit, and as a member of
Drive-By Truckers
for six years, from 2001 to 2007.
[3]
[4]
[5]
Isbell has won six
Grammy Awards
.
Outside of music, Isbell has appeared in roles in the television series
Squidbillies
and
Billions
, as well as the films
Deadwood: The Movie
and
Killers of the Flower Moon
.
His most recent album with his band The 400 Unit,
Weathervanes
, was released in June 2023.
Early life
[
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]
Isbell was born in
Green Hill, Alabama
, two miles (3 km) from the
Alabama
/
Tennessee
state line,
[6]
the son of interior designer Angela Hill Barnett and house painter Mike Isbell.
[7]
[8]
Isbell's mother was only 17 years old (and his father 19 years old) when he was born
[9]
and is the subject of a song, "Children of Children".
[10]
Isbell's parents divorced, and he has two much younger half-siblings.
[2]
Isbell grew up in
North Alabama
. His grandparents lived on a farm down the road next to the school that Isbell attended; they looked after him while his parents were at work. His grandfather and uncle taught him to play various instruments,
including the
mandolin
when he was six years old, as it was easier for him to grip as a small child. They enjoyed
gospel music
,
bluegrass music
, and the
Grand Ole Opry
. In high school, he played
trumpet
and
French horn
.
[2]
Isbell's family would get together and play music every week, sometimes twice a week.
[12]
[13]
Isbell's paternal grandfather, who came from a musical family, was a
Pentecostal
preacher and played guitar in church. Isbell spent his childhood attending both the Pentecostal church and the stricter Church of Christ, which permitted only singing without musical instruments.
[2]
[14]
Isbell started playing in a
garage band
and a country cover band when he was 14 or 15 years old with his friend, songwriter
Chris Tompkins
.
[15]
They played at the
Grand Ole Opry
when Isbell was 16.
[2]
Isbell attended the
University of Memphis
,
[16]
studying English and creative writing. He dropped out, being short one credit, to go on tour.
[2]
In September 2023, after discussions with the University of Memphis about his career experience, he was awarded his bachelor's degree in English.
[17]
Career
[
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]
When Isbell was a teenager, many musicians took him under their wing.
[18]
He got to know session bassist
David Hood
, father of
Drive-By Truckers
co-founder
Patterson Hood
, because David Hood was in the
Florence, Alabama
area and played around town on Friday and Saturday nights in local restaurants and bars. By this time, Patterson Hood and his future Drive-By Truckers co-founder,
Mike Cooley
, were older and had moved out of town. Isbell would go watch David Hood and others perform. It took a while, but once he finally got up the nerve to tell them he played, they would have him sit in with them, which resulted in friendship and mentorship.
[2]
Isbell submitted demos and eventually got a publishing deal with
FAME Studios
of
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
, when he was 21. He worked with FAME for 15 years, through his solo album
Southeastern
. Isbell also recorded pieces of his solo albums at FAME Studios, as well as the Drive-By Truckers'
The Dirty South
.
[19]
Drive-By Truckers
[
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]
In 2001, at age 22, Isbell joined the Drive-By Truckers while they toured in support of their album
Southern Rock Opera
.
[20]
The band operates out of
Athens, Georgia
, where Isbell lived while with the band. Co-founder
Patterson Hood
recalls that he met Isbell through Dick Cooper, a mutual friend from Muscle Shoals.
[21]
Hood invited Isbell to join the Drive-By Truckers after he sat in with the group at an acoustic house party when guitarist Rob Malone did not show up.
[22]
Isbell recorded and contributed many songs to the Drive-By Truckers for their next three albums, 2003's
Decoration Day
,
2004's
The Dirty South
,
and 2006's
A Blessing and a Curse
.
The title track of
Decoration Day
was revealed by Isbell in the 2014
Live from Lincoln Center
concert to be a true story about his family members.
[23]
For most of his time as a band member, Isbell was married to
Shonna Tucker
, who joined the band after Isbell as bassist. The two were part of the band's documentary,
The Secret to a Happy Ending
.
[24]
The two later divorced.
[25]
On April 5, 2007, Isbell announced that he was no longer a member of the Drive-By Truckers. The following day, Patterson Hood confirmed the break on the band's official site. In his letter to the fans, Hood described the parting of ways as "amicable" and expressed the hope that fans would continue to support the Drive-By Truckers as well as Isbell's solo efforts.
[26]
Isbell had been with the Drive-By Truckers for six years.
[10]
On June 15, 2014, Isbell teamed with Hood and Mike Cooley for a benefit at the Shoals Theater in
Florence, Alabama
.
[27]
The sold-out acoustic performance was the first time Isbell had performed with his former bandmates since they split in 2007.
[28]
In August 2015, Hood joined Isbell onstage and played a couple of Drive-By Truckers songs together in Hood's new adopted hometown of
Portland
,
Oregon
.
[29]
Solo work
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Isbell released his first solo album,
Sirens of the Ditch
, on July 10, 2007. In 2012, Isbell supported singer-songwriter
Ryan Adams
on his tour. Both played solo acoustic sets.
On June 11, 2013, Isbell released his fourth solo album,
Southeastern
.
Produced by
Dave Cobb
and featuring accompanying vocals by
Kim Richey
and Isbell's wife,
Amanda Shires
,
Southeastern
received overwhelmingly positive critical reviews, earning a score of 87
[30]
on
Metacritic
.
[31]
Southeastern
led to Isbell's clean sweep of the
2014 Americana Music Awards
.
Southeastern
won Album of the Year, Isbell was named Artist of the Year, and the song "
Cover Me Up
" was named Song of the Year.
[32]
It was later certified Gold by
RIAA
in 2022.
[33]
NPR
rock critic Ken Tucker listed
Southeastern
at No. 1 on his top ten albums of 2013. Isbell's record received praise by artists like
Bruce Springsteen
and
John Prine
.
[34]
The music video for the song "Traveling Alone" features the Jackson House, a historic home in
Moulton, Alabama
.
[35]
Isbell's fifth solo record,
Something More Than Free
,
was released on July 17, 2015, on Southeastern Records.
Dave Cobb
again produced the album, which was recorded at
Nashville
's Sound Emporium studio with a full band.
[36]
During the summer of 2015, Isbell was on a North American tour to promote the album, with four consecutive sold-out nights at the
Ryman Auditorium
in Nashville at the end of October.
[37]
[38]
In April 2016, Isbell appeared on the
BBC
live-music show
Later With Jools Holland
,
singing "The Life You Chose", one of the tracks from
Something More Than Free
.
Isbell said that compared to
Southeastern,
Something More Than Free
has a feeling of celebration,
[39]
[40]
which reflects his upcoming fatherhood and a forward-facing momentum.
[41]
One track on the record, "To a Band I Loved", is a love-letter to the band
Centro-Matic
, a now defunct band from
Denton, Texas
, Isbell played with back in his Drive-By Truckers days.
[39]
Something More Than Free
debuted at number 1 on
Billboard Magazine
's rock, folk and country record charts.
[10]
[42]
Although Isbell had had critical success in the
Americana
genre, this was the first time he received such high ranking across genres.
[43]
The album was well received, winning two Grammy awards for Best Americana Album and Best American Roots Song ("24 Frames").
[44]
[45]
On May 11, 2016, Isbell, a four-time winner, was nominated for three more
Americana Music Honors & Awards
: Album of the Year (
Something More Than Free
), Song of the Year ("24 Frames"), and Artist of the Year.
[46]
He won the first two, while
Chris Stapleton
won Artist of the Year.
Emergence of The 400 Unit
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Isbell's band, The 400 Unit, is primarily made up of musicians from the
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
, area.
[18]
The current lineup is:
[47]
- Sadler Vaden
, guitar, backup vocals ? also of
Drivin' N Cryin'
- Anna Butterss, bass guitar, upright bass
- Derry deBorja, keyboard, accordion, backup vocals ? formerly of
Son Volt
- Chad Gamble
, drums, backup vocals ? brother of
Al Gamble
- Will Johnson
, guitar, backing vocals, drums/percussion, gong
The band's name comes from the 400 Unit, a colloquial name for the psychiatric ward of Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in
Florence, Alabama
. It was originally called the 400 Unit because it was in a separate building from the main three-story hospital. After renovation in the 1980s, the ward was renamed as the Behavioral Health Center, also known as 1st North, and is located on the hospital's first floor.
[48]
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's
eponymous album
was released on February 17, 2009, on Lightning Rod Records.
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
was Isbell's second solo release and his first release with The 400 Unit.
Matt Pence
of
Centro-Matic
co-produced and engineered the record, as well as playing drums on the record.
Isbell and the 400 Unit released their second album,
Here We Rest
,
on April 12, 2011, on Lightning Rod Records. The album was produced and recorded by the band. The song "Alabama Pines" was named Song of the Year at the 2012
Americana Music Awards
.
On March 13, 2017, Isbell announced a new album with the 400 Unit,
The Nashville Sound
. The album was released on June 16, 2017.
[49]
Isbell and the band won the
Grammy Award for Best Americana Album
and Isbell won
Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song
at the
60th ceremony
.
In October 2017, Isbell was announced to be the official artist-in-residence at the
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
.
[50]
He made a guest appearance on
John Prine
's 2018 album
The Tree of Forgiveness
.
[51]
Isbell contributed the ballad "Maybe It's Time" to the soundtrack of the 2018 film
A Star Is Born
, where it was performed by actor
Bradley Cooper
's character, Jackson Maine.
[52]
On February 11, 2020, Isbell announced a new album,
Reunions
. It was released on May 15, 2020.
[53]
Reunions
sees Isbell once again working with producer
Dave Cobb
and features guest vocals by Jay Buchanan of
Rival Sons
and
David Crosby
. The album announcement was made alongside the release of the first song of the album, "Be Afraid", which peaked at a career high number 5 on the
Adult Alternative Songs
chart. Also, second single, "Dreamsicle" peaked at number 20 on the same chart.
[54]
On November 5, 2020, Isbell announced on
Twitter
that if
Joe Biden
won the state of
Georgia
in the
2020 United States presidential election
, he would record a charity album featuring covers of songs by Georgia artists, such as
R.E.M.
and
Gladys Knight
. After it was projected that Biden had
won the state
, he reaffirmed on Twitter that he was being serious and that he would begin work on the album shortly.
[55]
The album, entitled
Georgia Blue
, was formally announced on September 14, 2021, with release dates of October 15 for the digital version and November 26 for CD and vinyl.
[56]
Isbell and the 400 Unit contributed a cover of the Metallica song "
Sad but True
" to the charity tribute album
The Metallica Blacklist
, released in September 2021.
[57]
In June, 2023, Isbell and the 400 Unit released the album,
Weathervanes,
on Isbell's own Southeastern Records label. The album, produced by Isbell, included the singles, "Strawberry Woman," "Cast Iron Skillet," and "Miles." In February, 2024, Isbell was nominated and won two grammy's for Best Americana Song, "Cast Iron Skillet," and Best Americana album, "Weathervanes."
Acting
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Isbell's first acting role came in 2016 when he guest starred in the animated TV series
Squidbillies
, providing the voice of pastor Kyle Nubbins. The show has featured other Americana singers in cameo roles, including
Elizabeth Cook
,
Todd Snider
, and the Drive-By Truckers, among others.
[58]
In 2019, Isbell had a cameo as a guitar-playing wedding guest in the
HBO
film
Deadwood: The Movie
.
[59]
[60]
Billions
, another TV series known for giving cameo roles to musicians, featured Isbell in a 2021 episode, with Isbell playing himself viewing an art exhibit.
[61]
In 2021, Isbell was cast in
Martin Scorsese
's epic Western crime drama film
Killers of the Flower Moon
(2023) as Bill Smith, a victim of the
Osage Indian murders
. Bill Smith was the white husband of an Osage woman who was a victim in the murder conspiracy that led to the deaths of many Osage.
[62]
Isbell's role in the film was announced on April 6, 2021, and marks his major on-screen acting debut; fellow country singer
Sturgill Simpson
was also announced as being part of the cast.
[63]
Musical influences
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Isbell has spoken about the importance of his northern Alabama roots: "I definitely don't feel like I would be the musician that I am, or the type of songwriter, had I not come from that particular place," he says now. "The soul music that came out of there, and a lot of the soul-influenced rock and roll and country music that came out of the studios in north Alabama in the 1960s and 1970s had a big influence on me."
[64]
Isbell said that working at FAME Studios was "everything" to him, that it was "a gateway towards the music that he wanted to play."
[10]
In addition to citing
Neil Young
as a big influence, Isbell is a fan of singer-songwriter
Ben Howard
and guitarist
Blake Mills
.
[9]
Personal life
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Isbell was previously married to
Shonna Tucker
, a fellow musician from the
Muscle Shoals
community and a former bass player for
Drive-By Truckers
. They were married in 2002 and divorced in 2007.
[7]
Isbell was friends with
Justin Townes Earle
and played guitar on several of Earle's albums, including
Harlem River Blues
. Isbell and Shires both performed in a 2023 tribute concert to Earle after his death from a fentanyl overdose in 2020.
In February 2012, Shires, Isbell's manager Traci Thomas, and
Ryan Adams
initiated an
intervention
, leading to Isbell entering a rehabilitation treatment program at Cumberland Heights in Nashville.
[7]
Isbell has discussed getting
sober
extensively, saying he drank
Jack Daniel's
and did
cocaine
during his time with Drive-By Truckers in his late 20s?a time he does not remember very clearly.
[65]
[66]
Southeastern
, Isbell's 2013 solo album, is reflective of his newfound sober lifestyle.
[67]
Isbell moved to
Nashville, Tennessee
in 2011 ? where he has remained since.
[22]
[68]
[69]
He married singer-songwriter and
violinist
Amanda Shires
, with whom he had worked on and off for a decade, in February 2013 ? two days after they finished work on
Southeastern.
[70]
[71]
Musician
Todd Snider
officiated their wedding.
[2]
The couple have a daughter.
[72]
[73]
[74]
On February 8, 2024, news was released that Isbell had filed for divorce from Shires in December 2023.
[75]
Isbell has a tattoo on the inside of his left arm with a quotation from the lyrics of the
Bob Dylan
song "
Boots of Spanish Leather
": "Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled, from across that lonesome ocean."
[70]
He said that the quote "reminds him about the idea of salvaging things", that for him it "evokes the idea of loss as well as learning and growing from the experience".
[10]
During the 2015
Newport Folk Festival
, Isbell cited Dylan as a huge influence on his writing.
[76]
Isbell is politically
left-wing
, having advocated for
gun control
,
abortion rights
,
LGBTQ and transgender rights
.
[77]
[78]
[79]
In one instance of the former, Isbell posted the following to
Twitter
on the day of the
2019 Dayton shooting
: "If you're on here arguing the definition of '
assault weapon
' today you are part of the problem. You know what an assault weapon is, and you know you don't need one."
[80]
A Twitter user by the name of William McNabb responded to Isbell, asking what he as a "
rural American
" should use to kill the "30-50
feral hogs
" in his yard. McNabb's tweet itself soon became an
internet meme
, with Twitter users widely mocking him for what was perceived to be an absurd hypothetical question that was quizzically worded.
[81]
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Discography
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Studio albums
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Live albums
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Extended plays
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Singles
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Year
|
Title
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Label
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2015
|
Sea Songs
by Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires
[99]
"
I Follow Rivers
" and "Mutineer"
|
Southeastern Records (digital only)
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Music videos
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Producer credit
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Filmography
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Awards and nominations
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Americana Music Honors & Awards
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The
Americana Music Honors & Awards
celebrate outstanding achievement in the genre of Americana. Isbell has won nine awards out of 19 nominations.
Year
|
Category
|
Nominated work
|
Result
|
2009
|
Album of the Year
|
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
|
Nominated
|
2012
|
Song of the Year
|
"Alabama Pines"
|
Won
|
Album of the Year
|
Here We Rest
|
Nominated
|
Artist of the Year
|
Jason Isbell
|
Nominated
|
2014
|
Song of the Year
|
"Cover Me Up"
|
Won
|
Album of the Year
|
Southeastern
|
Won
|
Artist of the Year
|
Jason Isbell
|
Won
|
2015
|
Nominated
|
2016
|
Album of the Year
|
Something More Than Free
|
Won
|
Song of the Year
|
"24 Frames"
|
Won
|
Artist of the Year
|
Jason Isbell
|
Nominated
|
2017
|
Nominated
|
2018
|
Nominated
|
Album of the Year
|
The Nashville Sound
|
Won
|
Duo/Group of the Year
|
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
|
Won
|
Song of the Year
|
"If We Were Vampires"
|
Won
|
2021
|
Artist of the Year
|
Jason Isbell
|
Nominated
|
Album of the Year
|
Reunions
|
Nominated
|
Song of the Year
|
"Dreamsicle"
|
Nominated
|
Country Music Association Awards
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The
CMA Awards
celebrate outstanding achievement in country music. Isbell has received one nomination.
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | Country Music Hall of Fame
[
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]
Year
|
Category
|
Nominated work
|
Result
|
2017
|
Artist-in-Residence
|
N/A
|
Won
|
Daytime Emmy Awards
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The
Daytime Emmy Awards
are American accolades bestowed by the
New York
?based
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
in recognition of excellence in American
daytime television
programming. Isbell has received one nomination.
Grammy Awards
[
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The
Grammy Awards
celebrate outstanding achievement in music. Isbell has won 6 awards out of 7 nominations.
[100]
Americana Music Honors & Awards | UK Americana Awards
[
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The
UK Americana Awards
celebrate the best roots music released in the UK and internationally. Isbell has won three awards out of five nominations.
[101]
[102]
Year
|
Category
|
Nominated work
|
Result
|
2016
|
International Artist of the Year
|
Jason Isbell
|
Won
|
2018
|
International Album of the Year
|
The Nashville Sound
|
Won
|
2024
|
International Album of the Year
|
Weathervanes
|
Nominated
|
International Artist of the Year
|
Jason Isbell
|
Nominated
|
International Trailblazer Award
|
Jason Isbell
|
Won
|
Home media
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See also
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References
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