I would have died had this procedure not been available to me. Theres still just as much awe.. So hold on to your thoughts. So when I would write the songs, I dont know whats going to come out, but sometimes, it was so I was just so down that the only way I could get better was to take it out on writing a song. 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. 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. The Mandalorian Season Three Gets Off to a Disappointing Start GROSS: So how seriously were you taken by the musicians in the band? It seems like a simple thing to say, but its really true. But I think folks forget that access to abortion and reproductive healthcare is not just about terminating unwanted pregnancy. But they also understood that I was a kid. So by the time I went into the hospital, my fallopian tube had already ruptured. Curled up on the floor with it all. I mean, many songwriters would say, oh, theyre not about me. Never one to shy away from his beliefs, Isbell implored his fellow man, in Alabama or otherwise, to get vaccinated, that is, if they wanted to see him perform in person, hoping to make a difference. Ive found and scrounged and continued to for every interview that hes done in any form and any language. Are they just going to sit around and drink beer? WebWe would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. I know I can take it like a man. In 2016 I was going on the road. For the past decade or so, Amanda Shires has sung about the dark shades of relationships lapsed communication, broken trust, fading intimacy with a devastating eye for detail. What does that phrase mean to you? You can call me serious trouble. She co-founded the country supergroup The Highwomen, which includes Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby. Its a great song, so I thought wed play some of it. Interracial marriages cant happen. Privacy rights are going to be gone. SHIRES: Yep, yep on his songs without asking him. "I did a parking lot pirouette / I said, 'You're right I'm not done with you yet.'" You can say I lost my grip. GROSS: Without him asking? And any policing will disproportionately affect people of color, low-income folks and other marginalized groups. Jason Isbell Releases Death Wish' From New Album Lawrence Rothman has been a model of self accepting themselves. 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. SHIRES: Oh, I would have had to find somebody to drive me to Mexico or somewhere else. Ninety-five percent of study participants who did have an abortion still stood by their decision. Im glad to be a listener and also glad to see folks from those generations supporting the right to choose. SHIRES: (Singing) Im well aware of what the nights made of. You can just say Im crazy. Some of the reason [The Problem] is only coming out now is fear on my part, and Ill admit that. I was snared by your wrist. But one time, you know, not everybody could make a show. Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. Shes not really a rock & roll kid, for lack of a better term. We just couldnt get along. The former Drive-By Truckers newfound sobriety, a recurring topic of discussion (and of his exceptional songwriting), may have cost him some of his sense of adventure, but it has undoubtedly focused his attention on his craft. But for me, I was just happy to be up there playing music I loved. Someone saw me sleeping naked in the noon sun. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. So either you have surgery or I think you die. Shires, who was touring with the Texas Playboys when she was still a teenager, has a sense of responsibility thats been good for him, he says. Jason Isbell and his wife, Amanda Shires, were walking around last weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, where they played the Newport Folk Festival. You can call it serious trouble cause thats what I want. Im all for freedom, but I think if youre dead, you dont have any freedoms at all, Isbell said. You used to lean in like I was whispering, any excuse to get near again. She was in her home recording studio with her fiddle and with guitarist Zach Setchfield, and they played a few songs. If you want a driver, climb inside or only want to take me for a ride, you know you can. The players in the band, they took me seriously as a player, but they also understood that I was a kid.. How did you decide to say that these songs are really about a bad period of your marriage? And Tommy said, if you can hold down that lower third harmony and Id love to, you know, have that spot filled. In my case, I blame the education system, but I didnt even know what an ectopic pregnancy was. And so I just had to get emergency surgery to remove the tube and clean the blood from inside of my body. Why did you want to form this group? And it was a Carrie Underwood song from it was, like, six years before that or something. And I said, OK. And then I fell in love. This is FRESH AIR. Her new album is Take It Like a Man. ISBELL: (Singing) Im on your side. Michael Schmelling. Amanda Shires has become a coveted presence at the intersection of nervy artistry and activism, folk and country acclaim, rock attitude and Nashville influence. Elizaveta Porodina/Courtesy of the artist Theres not a lot of filler, not a lot of songs I would skip through, he says. And one day, we wound up in the studio, and we cut the song. These really arent personal. 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). And nobody would let me in, but I sat there anyway. SHIRES: On August 9, yes, I was in Texas at Austin City Limits. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. Roberta Shorrock directs the show. SHIRES: You want to come to the play the show tomorrow night, too? And because of that, I felt like we should make it something thats as safe as it can possibly be. Its yet another thing that, when policing does happen, is going to happen haphazardly and ruin lives. And it was a picture of hands holding on to nothing. And Lanny Fiel, he would say, youre really, really great at the parts you love. GROSS: With the Texas Playboys when youre performing with them or something that you learned from one of your teachers but that really made you fall in love with the style and that epitomizes what that style is. SHIRES: Theres a medication that you cant take right now after, you know, about two weeks after this happened to me. Click the audio link above to get the full experience, On channeling her feelings about her marriage into writing Fault Lines and showing it to Isbell, I went and I sat down in my barn of internal wandering, and this is after some kind of nebulous argument, and I wrote Fault Lines and then I texted it to him, just like youd imagine, I said, I just wrote this song. And then in my mind I thought, Well, if he couldnt hear the frequency of my voice before, maybe he could hear it through music, you know? And she would dance a little bit to the Beatles and stuff and started seeing the possibility that she might go into music one day. I cried, I asked and I balled. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. She sings of the excruciating awareness of both mirroring and superseding her own mother. As Delta Variant Spreads, Artists and Venues Scramble to Keep Concerts Safe (Rolling Stone), Live Nation Allows Artists to Require Vaccination or Proof of Negative Test Result for U.S. Concerts (Variety), This is a BETA experience. Isbells grandfather and uncle were both musicians, says Tompkins on the phone from Nashville. How did you manage to do that? And Id sit on his porch. photos by @alyssegafkjen I know they enjoy it. So I started just taking notes on the radio because in 22 songs, [I heard] one womans voice and it was a Carrie Underwood song from six years before that or something. Like, I know that in all of the searching that he did still believe that there was something bigger out there, so I dont have to go trying to learn all these other things. Shires has released seven solo albums starting in 2005, her most recent being Take It Like a Man in 2022. All Rights reserved. I would have died; my daughter, Mercy, would have lost her mother; my husband, Jason, would be a widower. I mean, only just now nine months later, interestingly enough have I returned to having normal periods. So I dont have to go trying to learn all these other things. And one day we wound up in the studio and we cut the song. I accept it now. Yeah, I can do an excerpt. And from there, he introduced me to Frankie McWhorter. But and after you did the main melody part, you get to improvise. And I thought if Im going to get any rest, Im going to have to do something about this. Isbell said everyone attending the bands shows would also be required to wear a mask. She has a big conscience, a big heart. Fellow singer/songwriter Aimee Mann tweeted well wishes to Isbell: Im so sorry. It made me think, You know, I bet our grandmothers are more pro-choice than everybody leads us to believe.. And then and neither of them told us that stuff. Thats the song Faultlines, performed by Amanda Shires with Zach Setchfield on guitar in Amandas home studio outside of Nashville, Tenn. Thats one of the songs on her new album, Take It Like a Man. So lets talk about that song a little bit. See where your favorite artists and songs rank on the Rolling Stone Charts. Isbell took a stand, even facing backlash from his fellow artists. I was like, Thats what I want to do, because you play this song and then you get to improvise you just play what you feel within the chord. You can say its all my fault. "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. Not standing up for folks is not helping and its not right. If youre just joining us, my guest is songwriter, singer and musician Amanda Shires. 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 And he said, try playing this one. I was learning orchestra and classical music in school and privately. When the ball goes in the pocket, you win. Writing songs isnt so cut and dried, he says. Lets get back to my interview with singer-songwriter and musician Amanda Shires. While Shires might not have set out to make an album that reminds us of the power of women pursuing their own impulses, desires and ambitions with abandon, that perspective enlivens this bracing 10-song set. Well definitely get to your verse, which is the second one. My focus stays strong I can work on a song for six or seven hours in one day, and not get bored or tired of it.. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. But a lot of times when youre growing up and taught what how to be successful and how to be to survive in the world as a woman with a career and all this stuff and probably young many young kids are taught this. If you want a boxer, Ill step in the ring for you. Jason Isbell) Official Video ft. Jason Isbell Watch on Tour Dates Track to get concert, live stream and tour updates. And then it was never like, oh, they have to be on a record once I do record them. Probably nobody enjoys it as much as I do, but its not a necessity for survival. The majority of people are in favor of womens reproductive rights and health; its others were trying to get to. I had to spend the night with her at work. I had no problem taking direction, but and I had no problem helping when I needed to help, so. And then you also youve got guys thatll back you up. 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 guess for awhile youve been looking for the exit. No more? And I got awarded a scholarship to be able to go to those. We found all this out afterwards. Life cant help but interfere. I dont care if somebody wants to put a target on me. SHIRES: Sure. And then in my mind I thought, well, if he couldnt hear the frequency of my voice before, maybe he could hear it through music, you know? On top of that, Shires notes, the pro-life stance doesnt typically extend past birth. So I was left to the radio choices of sports ball and country top 40 country music. 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But through the process of making the record and all the things that go with that, the hours and the tedium, it got easier for us to have conversations, not because we were doing the work of addressing the problems, but because we found common ground on something again, which has always been music and words.. GROSS: That your Father had spent 25 years in Alcatraz? Theyre just songs because everybody goes through troubles in their relationship. 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." Her new album is called Take It Like A Man.. Its all control.. On Shires' latest record, her songwriting is more fearless and vulnerable than ever but as always, it's a reflection of an artist focused intently on community, equality GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. SHIRES: (Singing) Trying not to think of names. If youre just joining us, my guest is songwriter, singer and musician Amanda Shires, and her latest album is called Take It Like A Man. Well be right back. Because once you have a baby, theres no social programming to help. "I'm daring to do what she couldn't bring herself to do," Shires ruminates, shadowed by her own feathery harmonies. Why not? Where would that leave my own daughter? And he said, well, you can always put it on there and just choose not to answer questions about it and, you know or you can he was pushing for me to leave Fault Lines on there because it is a good song, as he said. It was it took Dave Cobb and it took Brandi, and then it took Natalie and Maren Morris. And then, really, while the idea was mine, it wasnt only me that made The Highwomen be a thing. I own one of his guitars and. At age 34, hes got the baggy eyes of a man who has spent a lot of time thinking hard late at night. GROSS: That sounds really, really awful. Shes also one of the founders of the group the Highwomen. So theres thinking my thinking is that my granddad married my grandmother knowing that she was pregnant with somebody elses child. And while I I know the voice that I have is what I have. My guest, Amanda Shires, is a singer, songwriter and fiddle player. On August 9, 2021 my fallopian tube ruptured. Theres a lot of things you do with your hands, but it struck me the most is matching the feeling of desperation or even begging. People dont have to come to a concert, Isbell said. Im Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. And I had been internally bleeding for a whole lot of hours. Thats abundantly clear on his breakout new album, Southeastern, one of the years best in any genre. Refunds at point of purchase but were working on rescheduling. 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