And how come you didnt know before? But finding a voice now and sharing their stories now is as good as any time. Amanda Shires appeared on The Late Late Show to perform her recent song Take It Like a Man. Playing with her band, the singer offered an emotive take on the NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) Three months after an emergency heart transplant, Grammy-nominated keyboardist, producer, songwriter and artist Peter Levin And but I think for the players in the band, they took me seriously as a player. So its probably important to stay alive before you start questioning your liberty.. I didnt believe it. I see you talking, but I cant hear a thing. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). It's a sentiment that Shires has echoed many times since. In a June 2022 follow-up, the artist detailed for Rolling Stone her experience of ending a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy in August 2021. And he married my grandmother. I mean, many songwriters would say, oh, theyre not about me. And nobody would let me in, but I sat there anyway. I know I can take it like Amanda. Amanda Shires. Amanda Shires (born March 5, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and violin player. She has performed as a member of the Texas Playboys, Thrift Store Cowboys and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, as well as in a duo with Rod Picott. Shires has released six solo albums, her most recent To The Sunset on the Silver Knife label in 2018. My guest, Amanda Shires, is a singer, songwriter and fiddle player. And as it happened, eventually the auxiliary cable quit working in the van so I was left to the radio choices of sports ball and Top 40 country music. FRESH AIRs executive producer is Danny Miller. How did you manage to do that? Jason Isbell performs in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Musician Adia Victoria also tweeted at Isbell and praised the artist for continuing to put the health and safety ofhis crew, my band, venue employees and fans first and foremost, to which he replied with three heart emojis. And I was reading mine. Along On top of that, Shires notes, the pro-life stance doesnt typically extend past birth. And (laughter) I, like, played the part. Im so glad you wrote it. During "Break Out the Champagne," Shires wryly relates an account of a female friend who was dumped by a dullard, only to realize that he'd never really satisfied her anyway: "I'm rock and rock and roll, and you're golf." And I was really into that. Why didnt more people show up and speak up? And if you want a doctor, Ill examine every inch of you. Isbells grandfather and uncle were both musicians, says Tompkins on the phone from Nashville. You know, its Jimmy Webbs song originally, but. And Id sit on his porch. Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires perform at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. I think a lot of women are born healers and nurturers. And I had been internally bleeding for a whole lot of hours. We both know that none of that was keeping, keeping me anyhow. He could still leave it dish in the sink, you know? Shires would go on to make a name for herself, both as a solo artist and as the founder of the country supergroup The Highwomen, which includes Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby. "I did a parking lot pirouette / I said, 'You're right I'm not done with you yet.'" All the time, the want, the overwhelming volume of breathing. The song is named "Parking Lot Pirouette" for its protagonist's graceful forwardness, her decisive movement to prolong a pleasurable dalliance. In 2020, The Highwomen won Album of the Year at the Americana Music Honors and Awards ceremony. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. And so I felt in my mind, I felt those things. 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And the reason I think that my grandmother knew is because also lately, we found out that my moms oldest sister isnt doesnt have the same dad as her, as my granddad. Jason Isbell and his wife, Amanda Shires, were walking around last weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, where they played the Newport Folk Festival. We have Olivia Rodrigo and Phoebe Bridgers speaking up, and Ariana Grande. Im going to change the subject here. Teaching himself to hear his own songs objectively has been one of the harder lessons to learn, he says: Its impossible to get that distance for me. And youve called on country music stars to speak out, too. Isbell said everyone attending the bands shows would also be required to wear a mask. SHIRES: I mean, I think theyre pretty good. Some of the reason [The Problem] is only coming out now is fear on my part, and Ill admit that. Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires say they've turned in their memberships with the Country Music Association, due to the organization's "failure" to acknowledge the Trending If you see my milk cow, please drive her on home cause I had no milk and butter no since my cows been gone. It was there I found, beside the Alamo, enchantment, strange as the blue up above. And I think theres more valuable strength there than there is in suppressing your emotions and poisoning yourself with your own feelings, I guess. SHIRES: (Singing) Im well aware of what the nights made of. Warblers and wrens, hymn at my throat, shook and quivering. fiddle-playing damn Texan. The song is called Hawk For The Dove.. Theyre just songs because everybody goes through troubles in their relationship. Jason Isbell will put his tour on hold after announcing he tested positive with for COVID-19. Singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires still remembers the moment she fell in love with the fiddle. SHIRES: I didnt know anything about them. Theres still just as much awe.. My best hope is that people continue to get angrier and that the folks who have been fighting so hard for so long, and are already tired, find some strength to keep fighting and also to mobilize others, especially youth, along the way. Wills was the father of western swing. GROSS: How did you find that out? Recognition has been building steadily; he won Song of the Year at the 2012 Americana Honors and Awards at the Ryman Auditorium last September for Alabama Pines. He calls his superb backing band the 400 Unit, after the psychiatric ward of a hospital near Muscle Shoals, the part of the state where he grew up. GROSS: So we have to take another short break here, so let me reintroduce you. And so I got to do that basically because I was willing to work in a group and play a part and do just that thing and show up on time. This part of my life and our marriage was difficult and it took me back to the reason I came to writing and doing music in the first place, which is expression, she says. "Last night you walked me to my car / You said, 'You won't be getting far before you turn around,'" she sings, her phrasing seesawing and scampering. Is that right? Amy Salit and Susan Nyakundi produced and edited this interview for broadcast. I cant see a thing from here. Lets get back to my interview with singer-songwriter and musician Amanda Shires. The next year, she won a Grammy for best americana album as part of her husbands group, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. What made you think of yourself as his disciple? And I said, yes, Id love to. Her new album of original songs is called Take It Like A Man. She also co-founded the country supergroup the Highwomen, which includes Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby. And Tommy said, if you can hold down that lower third harmony and Id love to, you know, have that spot filled. (Playing guitar, singing) Like a common loon, I started hearing birds, birdsong everywhere. After Isbell announced last week that he would require enhanced Covid countermeasures at his show in Austin, Texas, singer-songwriter Marc Broussard took to Twitter to lash out at Isbell, calling him bourgeois and elitist. Broussard asserted, Some working-class fans cant afford the risks associated with either the vaccines or even getting a test, adding, Id rather quit music than become a pawn in the pressure campaign. He did not provide any evidence of the risks he claimed were associated with getting the jab or receiving a test. You can call it serious trouble cause thats what I want. If you want a partner, take my hand or only you want to strike me down in anger, here I stand. And thats when the fertilized egg stays in the fallopian tube. How did you come up with the image of my hands are two empty cups? GROSS: OK. Ive listened to all of his records. Because once you have a baby, theres no social programming to help. We just couldnt get along. SHIRES: When I write songs, I go into it either with an idea to explore something, make sense of the world or my feelings, you know, all that. And I guess when we got to the third album sequence that I had, Jason was like, why isnt Fault Lines on there? It doesnt have to be Im Your Man. I just know that youve done that. We have to work hard now to mobilize and help people vote. Isbell said he had to cancel his Asheville shows scheduled for Jan. 11-12, but he and his team are working to reschedule shows in Louisville, Columbus, Wilkes-Barre and Wilmington. What does that phrase mean to you? JASON ISBELL: (Singing) What do you want to do? Someone saw me sleeping naked in the noon sun. Why did you want to form this group? A lark in the shower from the night to the morning after. What happened between now and then? And then my mom would drive me down there. SHIRES: I didnt know I was going to work it into a song until I got to the to writing it. Also, during this time when I was leaving, I was thinking about how [my daughter] Mercy picked up a kazoo and she could play a kazoo. The South is in need of a lot of help, Shires tells Rolling Stone. I dont care if somebody wants to put a target on me. But if you dont, youre going to be wondering, What didnt I do? However, Rapinos memo notes that Live Nation and artists can only make vaccines a requirement where permitted by law. Artists performing at government-operated venues in states where lawmakers have prohibited vaccine mandates will be prohibited from enforcing such measures. 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