solace Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 alright fuckers... http://www.myspace.com/jasonisbellmusic check out the full band version of Dress Blues (the solo version is one of the most heartwrenching songs i've ever heard, if you know the story surrounding the song), is that Shonna on backup on this one? sounds gorgeous... and the kick ass rocker Try... haven't listened to Grown yet, but these are way more fleshed out and full compared to those previously early demos... this record is going to kick ass... sure hope this beyotch finally comes out when it's scheduled to : Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Hot damn, I can't wait for this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uwmryan Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 nice, really looking forward to this one as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 nice, really looking forward to this one as well.I do believe I'll be seeing Jason Isbell next week at The Vic with Son Volt. Anyone else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delmarkurt Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Sweet! Sounds great. I've been looking forward to both Jason and Patterson's new solo albums. Any word on Patterson's? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bsr8j Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 It's about damn time they released this album. My wife and I can't wait! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Yes, very pumped about this one. I like the studio version of "Dress Blues". To be honest, the songs that were on his 'unofficial' myspace page a few weeks back were even better than these. Looking forward to seeing Jason next week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 Yes, very pumped about this one. I like the studio version of "Dress Blues". To be honest, the songs that were on his 'unofficial' myspace page a few weeks back were even better than these. Looking forward to seeing Jason next week.i thought those other demos were a bit unpolished and a bit too Eagles-ish... they weren't bad, but nothing out of those previous 3 touches Try (and obvs Dress Blues, easily one of the best songs he'll ever pen) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrNo Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 On first listen, this sounds super generic to me. Like Tom Cochrane "Life is a Highway" generic. What's the deal? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 On first listen, this sounds super generic to me. Like Tom Cochrane "Life is a Highway" generic. What's the deal?uhm... overexaggerate much? that guitar tone on Try alone sets it apart from that song... and if you aren't moved by Dress Blues, you have no soul in your body the third song, Grown isn't as great as the other two, but still... i really hope you're referring to that song with that comment... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 It's... dare I say it... ok... not sure I'd say it was "super" generic, but it doesn't sound anything different even though the songwriting is good, the song obviously means something, just a little let down with it's delivery... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 It's... dare I say it... ok... not sure I'd say it was "super" generic, but it doesn't sound anything different even though the songwriting is good, the song obviously means something, just a little let down with it's delivery...how bout this one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 how bout this one? It works a heck of a lot better stripped back like that... now THAT'S powerful, it gets a bit waterdown on the myspace track. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 i don't mind either really... i can see why he did it how he did on the full band record still leaves the option open for the more powerful solo version live Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 you never planned on the bombs in the sand or sleeping in your dress blues Oh man, this video just gets me every time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrNo Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 how bout this one? That's a little better. It's certainly touching lyrically, but I'm still not that into it. I wasn't into the Isbell songs on the last Truckers album either, though. I still think his best songs were on Decoration Day and the Dirty South. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 the entire last record (while still some killer songs) wasn't really all THAT great anyhow... definitely their weakest of the last 4i loved Daylight myself, that song coulda got some decent airplay if they had pushed it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bsr8j Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 It works a heck of a lot better stripped back like that... now THAT'S powerful, it gets a bit waterdown on the myspace track. I agree that the solo version of Dress Blues is way better than the band version. (Now part of the reason for that is that it was the first version I heard of the song...and the one that I listened to nonstop for months.) I'm still looking forward the new album. He's written some stellar songs for DBT. It's almost unfair that DBT has three outstanding songwriters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orkie Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 On first listen, this sounds super generic to me. Like Tom Cochrane "Life is a Highway" generic. What's the deal? Agreed. Very generic sounding. I guess it just shows how great Cooley and Patterson are. I think they bring the edge to the Truckers that's missing from these new Isbell tracks. I'm a *huge* DBT fan(and especially Isbells DBT songs), but based on these Myspace tracks I probably won't be buying the album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 Agreed. Very generic sounding. I guess it just shows how great Cooley and Patterson are. I think they bring the edge to the Truckers that's missing from these new Isbell tracks. I'm a *huge* DBT fan(and especially Isbells DBT songs), but based on these Myspace tracks I probably won't be buying the album.did you actually expect a solo record by one of the DBT members to rock as hard? this stuff is certainly more interesting and uptempo than Patterson's & Cooleys solo stuff imo... i liked DBT prior to Isbell joining, but they weren't a great band until after he joined. i prefer his vocals and guitar playing to Patterson & Cooley as well, w/ Cooley a close second. Patterson's high pitched whine often bugs me, even though he's definitely a super strong songwriter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
danelectro Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Agreed. Very generic sounding. I guess it just shows how great Cooley and Patterson are. I think they bring the edge to the Truckers that's missing from these new Isbell tracks. I'm a *huge* DBT fan(and especially Isbells DBT songs), but based on these Myspace tracks I probably won't be buying the album. Is that supposed to validate your opinion? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orkie Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Is that supposed to validate your opinion? It's called sincere conversation with a frame of reference. Try it some time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Planetchad Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Y'ALL: It's with a wide range of emotions and feelings that I'm announcing that we have parted ways with Jason.The split, which I consider extremely amicable is the result of a period of personal and artistic growth from all sides which has left us with differing dreams and goals. Wow! I just saw this at the dbt site. Man, this sucks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Wow! I just saw this at the dbt site. Man, this sucks. WOW... I figured it was just an amount of time before they split but I didn't think it would be this soon. That sucks. I was hoping to get a few more albums out of the deal. Tough for 3 songwriters to share a band though. You never see that last too long. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DawgSong Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 I rcd this email today. Guys, I am terriblyh sad and yet infinetly hopeful to post this fromPatterson. You guys get it first - his orders. Y'ALL: It's with a wide range of emotions and feelings that I'm announcingthat we have parted ways with Jason.The split, which I consider extremely amicable is the result of aperiod of personal and artistic growth from all sides which has left uswith differing dreams and goals. Jason joined our band, mid-tour, in the fall of 2001, shortly after therelease of our 4th album (Southern Rock Opera). His impact on the bandwas immediate and profound, bringing an awe-inspiring combination ofvocal range, guitar dexterity, and amazing songwriting and leading usinto an era of creativity that has resulted in three albums that I willbe proud of for as long as I live. Life in a band is always a delicate balancing act of personal andmusical chemistries. Having been in bands for most of my life, I stillmarvel that any band stays together for longer than a year. Especiallyif the band in question spends anywhere from 150-220 days a year on theroad, as our band has done since 1998. That said, I have also likenedthis band to a family. A big, messy, sometimes dysfunctional one, but afamily full of love all the same. It is in this spirit that I plan onJason continuing to be a part of our lives wherever our roads anddreams take us in the immediate future. Jason is about to embark on a tour (including a leg of dates with SonVolt) with his stellar band and will be releasing (finally) his amazingsolo album "Sirens of the Ditch" . Weall are wishing him nothing but the absolute best on every step thatplays before him. Cooley and I will have played together for 22 years this summer and DBTis about to begin it's 12th year of existence on the very day that wewill be going into the studio to begin recording our 8th album. Cooleyrecently sent me a demo of five new songs and yesterday I demoed ninenew ones for consideration. In addition to Shonna and Brad (who iscoming up on ten years in the band) John Neff will be playing with usfull time, playing both guitar and pedal steel. John was a foundingmember of the band in 96 and has already played on four of our albumsand has been on the road with us, full time for going on two years. It is my sincere and and adamant hope that everyone will support all ofus, and by that I mean our band and Jason's, as we deal with thistransition. Jason's tenure in this band has been one of the greatestthings that has ever happened to me on a personal and musical level andour love for him and his music is in no way changed or endangered byour collective decision to move into different directions. In addition to the upcoming THE DIRT UNDERNEATH tour and the recordingof our next album, we will also be playing some special ROCK SHOW datesthis summer and hope to do another leg or two of THE DIRT UNDERNEATH inthe fall. As always, the bond that we have with each other, as well as with thefolks that come to our shows and listen to our records has always beenone of the things that has set this band apart. We plan to continue onin that tradition and spirit and hope you will come with us as weattempt to tell another tale and Rock the nights away a little whilelonger. Sincerely Yours,Patterson HoodDrive-By TruckersApril 6, 2007 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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