I see you talking, but I cant hear a thing. FRESH AIRs executive producer is Danny Miller. Well, why dont you sing some of it for us? And it was much safer for us to sleep in the closet with the TV at the bail bonding place than to be left to her own devices at home. The election is November 8. That last talk left me a makeup rainbow of tears, turned everything blurry. And so I felt in my mind, I felt those things. SHIRES: Yep, yep on his songs without asking him. I hope you get well soon. Isbell responded, Thank you Aimee. GROSS: Oh, I wish he could have heard you do it. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. I didnt believe it. When it reopened, he was in the first 200. Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Amy Salit, Phyllis Myers, Sam Briger, Lauren Krenzel, Heidi Saman, Therese Madden, Ann Marie Baldonado, Thea Chaloner, Seth Kelley and Susan Nyakundi. Were you in Texas at the time? 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. It was love at first listen, Shires says of the fiddle songs. SHIRES: And I think Sheryl Crow plays bass on that one. But I thought, what am I going to do about that in the event that she does go into country music? GROSS: So that was the Highwomen, which is a song performed by the supergroup The Highwomen, which was co-founded by my guest, Amanda Shires, and Brandi Carlile. Im Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. Amanda Shires, performing during the Americana Awards at Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 22, 2021 in Nashville. When we overturn Roe, we risk going back to, Oh, now same-sex marriages cant happen. What does that phrase mean to you? Im all for freedom, but I think if youre dead, you dont have any freedoms at all, Isbell said. Where the fuck are the rest of them? And I know that Jasons platform is bigger than mine. So Amanda, you took fiddle lessons from Frankie McWhorter, who played with Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys from 60 to 62 62 was the year that Bob Wills had a heart attack and retired for a long time from music. 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. Why not? Thats the percentage of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 who have not had a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization or death, according to the CDC. Theyve ended shows with Neil Youngs Like a Hurricane or Van Morrisons Into the Mystic. Tonight its the Rolling Stones Cant You Hear Me Knocking, and its ecstatic. Is there a song that youd like to do? And, you know, she. No more? The next time Jason Isbell told Amanda Shires he wanted to quit, she began talking with his manager about facilitating a trip to rehab. However, the "night-before bender" nearly broke them. Shires told WNYC Studios, "He wanted to do every drug, drink every thing, drink the moonshine, all the late night stuff, it was crazy. And but I think for the players in the band, they took me seriously as a player. Since writing that op-ed, I have had reproductive healthcare that some might call an abortion when I was hospitalized in Texas on August 9, 2021, with a ruptured fallopian tube caused by an ectopic pregnancy. I am Terry Gross. SHIRES: Well, that was that parts a secret, Terry. Shires, an incisive songwriter and solo artist and occasional member of husband Jason Isbells 400 Unit band, has been vocal about protecting a womans right to choose in the past. And I also want to thank Zack Sedgefield for playing guitar and also Diana Walsh, who engineered your end of the music and the conversation from your home studio in well, outside of Nashville. The attention hes getting for Southeastern, from the opening recovery track Cover Me Up and the brutally stark Elephant to the full-throttle raver Super 8, feels like its coming at the right time, after hed had ample opportunity to get good at what he does. And tell us how. Lets get back to the interview I recorded last week with singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires. She makes the decision before it gets to the point where she makes a mistake, and I like that. And I said, yeah, I feel like theres not a lot happening there emotionally for me. Im your man. You have your fiddle with you. Amanda Shires' To the Sunset comes out Aug. 3. Then I told my friend Dave Cobb about my idea and he really liked it, and he said, Im going to have you meet Brandi Carlile. But I think she probably knew. 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 never wouldve thought that before, but now I know its true. And I know that he feels the same way I do. And it also made me stronger in the fact that I could feel comfortable singing about it and talking about it. Why didnt more people show up and speak up? GROSS: Were you nervous about being on stage or just about singing? GROSS: So we have to take another short break here, so let me reintroduce you. GROSS: Amanda Shires, how did you decide you wanted to write a song about abortion? So thanks to them as well. And I know I can take it like a man. You can call it serious trouble cause thats what I want. Do you think God still sees me, coming out of this twilight sleep? she asks, before the band carries the song out with a powerful extended coda. Why werent you accepting it? And then you also get to play you get to improvise, which is when you go off the page, as they say, or you just play what you feel within the chords. And I am still alive. Wherever you get that support whether in a relationship or friends no matter what you believe, you can believe to support somebody through something hard.. So I started just taking notes on the radio because I heard it. 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. Amid the rise in infections, it was reported last week that one of the worlds most prominent concert promoters, Live Nation, will allow artists performing at its venues to require guests in the U.S. to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test. But finding a voice now and sharing their stories now is as good as any time. Im not a big AA guy, but Ill go every once in a while. ", In the bruising roots rocker "Eve's Daughter," propelled by a tense groove and serrated, scraggy guitar riffs, Shires plays the part of a woman so desperate to expand her horizons and satisfy her hunger that she's unafraid to take risks in the name of escape. You used to lean in like I was whispering, any excuse to get near again. It was it took Dave Cobb and it took Brandi, and then it took Natalie and Maren Morris. "Through a sunset, shifting gears, to the something better shining diamond clear.". All Rights reserved. 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. I dont care if somebody wants to put a target on me. And I got awarded a scholarship to be able to go to those. At age 34, hes got the baggy eyes of a man who has spent a lot of time thinking hard late at night. We just couldnt get along. All the time, the want, the overwhelming volume of breathing. And Milk Cow Blues goes like this. Shes not really a rock & roll kid, for lack of a better term. And one day, we wound up in the studio, and we cut the song. SHIRES: I began writing that song when I did the record My Piece Of Land a long while back. And he said, try playing this one. Theres nothing left to fix. If youre just joining us, my guest is songwriter, singer, musician Amanda Shires. Girls high school basketball team forfeits a game because it refused to play against a team with a transgender player, Fox Leaders Wanted to Break From Trump but Struggled to Make It Happen, Not Going to Read That: White House Press Secretary Brushes Off DeSantis Op-Ed, Sunshine returns to SoCal on Thursday but cold temps stick around, AccuWeather: AM showers before a mild afternoon, Opening arguments heard in court for 2020 Conway fatal shooting that killed a 19-year-old. For those who are unfamiliar, it is impossible for an ectopic pregnancy to go to term. And thank you so much for having me as a guest. All rights reserved (About Us). And usually that works. They all feel good, he says of making records, and they all feel really bad when youre working, simultaneously.. It was keeping me up at night. 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. If you want a boxer, Ill step in the ring for you. Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble. Theres so much attached to folks thinking women treat it as a kind of birth control. Being from Muscle Shoals is kind of like having a cool tattoo or something., After getting sober, writing and recording the new album felt more natural to me, says Isbell, lighting a cigarette as seagulls caw overhead. I was lucky. 1,286 talking about this. If youre just joining us, my guest is songwriter, singer and musician Amanda Shires. Which brings up the question, why were Jason and I, and Margo Price, the biggest celebrities quasi-celebrities at the march in Nashville? Were proud to be from that area. I think she probably knew 100%, but.. Fully renovated in 1994, the Ryman has never been more vibrant, attracting entertainers and fans from around the globe to enjoy its now legendary acoustics and rich history.Connect with the Ryman Auditorium:Like the Ryman Auditorium on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/rymanfbCheck out the Ryman Auditorium on INSTAGRAM: ttp://bit.ly/RymanInstagram Follow the Ryman Auditorium on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/tweettherymanBEHIND THE SCENES with Amanda Shires | Backstage at the Ryman | Ryman Auditoriumhttp://www.youtube.com/user/RymanAuditorium#AmandaShires, #Ryman, #TheHighwomen, #RymanAuditorium, #BackstageattheRyman 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 So what didnt you like about your voice? When we left off, we were talking about when Shires was 15 and started playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys, which used to be Bob Wills band. And she came over and I showed her. When the ball goes in the pocket, you win. Writing songs isnt so cut and dried, he says. I recorded my interview with her last week. Wade was leaked last month, Amanda Shires shared some personal news on social media. So either you have surgery or I think you die. The Highwomen were tapped as last-minute fill ins, though founding member Amanda Shires was unable to attend as she continues to recover from an emergency 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. Like, do you say, hey, honey, heres a song I wrote about how bad things are between us right now? 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, WNET is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. WebBEHIND THE SCENES with Amanda Shires | Backstage at the Ryman Presented by Nissan | Ryman Auditorium 11,820 views Jan 1, 2019 92 Dislike Share Ryman Auditorium As they talked, Isbell was struck with a realization. And my hands are two empty cups. We have to work hard now to mobilize and help people vote. Me and @JasonIsbell RCA studio B making a musical recording. And I was trying to sing that song A Little Walk With You (ph). But whatever. It was love at first listen. The South is in need of a lot of help, Shires tells Rolling Stone. A few hours later, his band is peeling the wallpaper with their customary encore cover tune. Amanda Shires is a singing, songwriting. Here's why. And I also went to Greece and hung out at his house. But if you dont, youre going to be wondering, What didnt I do? I could just trust based on how Leonard Cohen did all that work for us. Im glad to hear it. Its not more threatening than the idea of taking away the services and the work that doctors and nurses do. To see more, visit. And I said, OK, well, Ill be the healer. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. And the other parts, youre just kind of asleep. She has a big conscience, a big heart. 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. Shires new album, Take It Like A Man, includes several songs she wrote that came out of a difficult period in her marriage to Jason Isbell. People dont have to come to a concert, Isbell said. When do you show him the songs? How did you manage to do that? Michael Schmelling. And Natalie said, I want the one about preaching. 2023 WNET. SHIRES: Oh, right, in Alcatraz. GROSS: The bail bondsmen are often their offices are often located in a very low-rent part of town. I said, I just wrote this song. A person having a miscarriage may have to fly to another state, just so they or their doctor doesnt get into legal trouble. Do you think you would have been able to have the surgery if abortion had already been banned in Texas? 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. Some of the reason [The Problem] is only coming out now is fear on my part, and Ill admit that. And you got your start professionally at age 15 playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys. GROSS: That your Father had spent 25 years in Alcatraz? The Truth About Amanda Shires And Jason Isbell - TheList.com And I followed a dress code. Related OK. GROSS: I think its so interesting that your mother worked as a bail bondsman, not knowing that her own father had spent so much time in prison. Can you play something that you think kind of epitomizes the style that you learned and fell in love with? GROSS: Lawrence Rothman produced your new album. In 2016 there was 13% representation of women to men on country radio, and now it still sits pleasantly at 16% on a good week. WebWe would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. And I know that he likes to help. Maintaining that vigilance and devoting necessary energy and attention to confronting and correcting not only sexual wrongdoing but warped thinking can be all-consuming. Look at Texas' Primary. And that song, its part my story and part, you know, stories I know from friends. In "Leave It Alone," a song introduced by a brittle, programmed loop and a jangly, arpeggiated guitar figure, she elegantly describes exploring a new lover's body: "Hands find the places where they've never been, to know for themselves new surfaces / And mine, they've got a mind of their own / I can't leave it alone." They do tell you that going out and helping other people really helps you a lot. When Roe is overturned, some healthcare workers may feel afraid to help people. But one time, you know, not everybody could make a show. The Idol: How HBOs Next Euphoria Became Twisted Torture Porn Editors picks Upcoming Dates Past And then more recently, just about a year ago, in August of 2021, you had an ectopic pregnancy. You can say I lost my grip. Its an often-times divisive topic, and I dont want to bring any hurt to my family by doing something like putting out a song about this topic, but I lost all that fear when I got angry. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. And because I was in the time of my life where I was having a disconnect in my marriage and not feeling great in with music but I discovered that it takes a lot to be vulnerable, and it takes a lot to talk to folks and to understand each other. Im going to change the subject here. Singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires still remembers the moment she fell in love with the fiddle. In 2020, she penned an op-ed for Rolling Stone about why abortion rights matter. And we met. When Shires was in the hospital giving birth to their daughter, Mercy, in 2015, she had to disclose to her doctor, with her husband and mother in the room, that shed had an abortion. And I save them all and I return to them often I own one of his guitars My whole left arm is tattoos of Leonard Cohen I really do feel like he did a lot of work for me that I dont have to do. It's not often in country musicor pop music for that matterin which an artist addresses a very personal and sensitive subject like abortion through a song. GROSS: Well, I want to take a short break here. It is not trapped in your throat. 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. But and after you did the main melody part, you get to improvise. Its no fun but well be alright.. Tommy Duncan was the singer. Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. And luckily, my teacher was one of those good and rare teachers that notices when you know, when a student needs a little more help. And Lanny Fiel, he would say, youre really, really great at the parts you love. My daughter was about a year old, and I was getting into my touring van because I hadnt worked my way into a bus yet. I laid hands upon the world. And I save them all. Im a big, big fan. GROSS: You know, youve said that a lot of the songs on this album come from a troubled period of your marriage to songwriter and singer Jason Isbell, who you perform with and who plays on this album. But I did move a couple of times out of the house, not because it was a leaving thing, but because I didnt want to do anything that would harm, you know, make it worse. And after he did his time, he didnt say anything about it. And hes saying, you know, basically that hes going to support her and hes there for her. When the band step back from their microphones to begin the extended breakdown, Isbell smiles like a boy on a great adventure. You can say its all my fault. And I guess when we got to the third album sequence that I had, Jason was like, why isnt Fault Lines on there? 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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. Whereas before, I would just, in my mind, wish it was something different like Etta James or something. People will have to prove that they have been raped. And I think theres more valuable strength there than there is in suppressing your emotions and poisoning yourself with your own feelings, I guess. You can keep the car and the house. And this is can I ask you to perform Fault Lines, to do an excerpt of it? Shires plays fiddle in her husband Jason Isbells band, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. I think thats what people keep forgetting. Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires Celebrate Vinyl and Indie Retail as Record Store Days 2023 Ambassadors: Were Building the Embassy as We Speak. And I was like, my granddad was in Alcatraz? In a new interview, Shires who returns with her latest album Take It Like a Man in July goes deeper into her own experiences and calls on artists, especially those in Nashville, to start using the platforms theyve been given. Then I tried recording it in a couple of other situations, and I just didnt have it right yet. But for me, I was just happy to be up there playing music I loved. And nobody would let me in, but I sat there anyway. Opening with solemn piano chords, The Problem features Isbells voice first, then Shires joins, and the pair trade lines as they move the story along. Too caught up in the way I want you rolling over me. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. No more? 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.. As if to match it, she experimented for the first time with filtering the sound of her fiddle through effects pedals, which lends her playing a fierce luminescence. Probably nobody enjoys it as much as I do, but its not a necessity for survival. BRANDI CARLILE: (Singing) I was a Highwoman and a mother from my youth. 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. Ive found and scrounged and continued to for every interview that hes done in any form and any language. 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. Then her character takes control of the exchange in a teasing tone. And it took me back to the reason I came to writing and doing music in the first place, which is expression and trying to do something for me that could make me make sense, I guess. SHIRES: (Singing) Trying not to think of names. On August 9, 2021 my fallopian tube ruptured. I would have died had this procedure not been available to me. Like, I know that in all of the searching that he did still believe that there was something bigger out there. Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires to Serve as Record Store Days 2023 Ambassadors. (SOUNDBITE OF AMANDA SHIRES SONG, SWIMMER), GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. And how come you didnt know before? So I think she did a good job. 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AL.com spoke to Isbell last September about when he decided implementing these COVID restrictions at his shows was the right thing to do, how this stance has affected the relationship with some of his fans, what its like to finally hit the road and play again and what it will take for Alabama to have a change of heart on getting vaccinated. I had to spend the night with her at work. SHIRES: Oh, yes, Mercy is my daughter. Web0:00 / 2:57 Amanda Shires - Fault Lines (Official Audio) Amanda Shires 26.8K subscribers Subscribe 23K views 6 months ago "Fault Lines" is on Amanda Shires' new album. GROSS: Oh, yeah. SHIRES: So I thought if I could write a song with my feelings in it, that it might bring him around to the walls that arent really walls that we put ourselves behind sometimes. With artists and concert promoters nationwide forced to confront a surging spike in infections and hospitalizations attributed to the spread of the delta variant, Grammy award-winning musician, Jason Isbell, announced Monday that he and his band, the 400 Unit, will require concertgoers to provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test to attend all their future shows, whether they are held indoors or outdoors. Home to the Grand Ole Opry from 1943-1974, the Ryman earned the moniker \"Mother Church of Country Music\" as the genres of country and bluegrass developed on its stage and found a national audience on radio and television. They might not have had a voice before or might have been cast out into the streets without any place to sleep had they mentioned it earlier in their lives. And Bob Wills was, like, the father of Western Swing, which combined country music and jazz. And a lot of its multilayered, the meaning take it like a man.

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