SHIRES: (Singing) Trying not to think of names. It took me a minute to really learn how to improvise, Shires says of those early years. GROSS: So you ended up, like, accompanying him. GROSS: Thats Empty Cups from Amanda Shires new album, Take It Like A Man. Thats such a great song, Amanda. SHIRES: Thank you so much. And usually that works. SHIRES: Yes. Because thats not how I go into songwriting. 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." GROSS: I think its time for another break. And how did you figure out what you wanted your point of view to be, you know, like, who the song would be about? 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 so you know Ill say, I dont know, but no ones going to be asking me. So lets do that. My guest, Amanda Shires, is a singer, songwriter and fiddle player. SHIRES: I didnt know anything about them. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. We would sleep on the floor in the closet there because she would do the night shift, because she would was going to school in the daytime for being a nurse. The election is November 8. And so I felt in my mind, I felt those things. And after we recorded it, he said, Thats a really good song. And I said, Thats all you have to say. You can say I lost my grip. 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.. SHIRES: I mean OK Im going to call her up after this, too. GROSS: So this track features you, Natalie Hemby and Yola as a guest artist on it. The Truth About Amanda Shires And Jason Isbell - TheList.com But I thought, what am I going to do about that in the event that she does go into country music? But, yeah, after a while thinking about it, I got more comfortable with it. And I also went to Greece and hung out at his house. We found all this out afterwards. Michael Schmelling. 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.. Got myself a breakthrough case of Covid- feeling fine but well have to cancel the next few shows (Asheville, Louisville, Columbus, Wilkes-Barre, and Wilmington). 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: Well, in 2020, you and your husband, Jason Isbell, recorded a duet of a song you wrote called The Problem. And the song is from the perspective of a teenage couple. You can say its all my fault. The majority of people are in favor of womens reproductive rights and health; its others were trying to get to. And I really liked it. 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. SHIRES: I didnt know I was going to work it into a song until I got to the to writing it. I just feel like that invites a lot of conversation and questions, you know, into our marriage and our relationship. Elizaveta Porodina/Courtesy of the artist, Naming The Beast: Jason Isbell And Amanda Shires On Speaking Up In 2017. Weve had legal abortions for 50 years and now, suddenly, a long-held right will be illegal. 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. "Maybe it was circumstance, but I saw my chance and I took it," she boasts, her tone fuzzed-out by distortion. And this is can I ask you to perform Fault Lines, to do an excerpt of it? And, you know, I didnt know that this was a thing you should normally ask to do cause I was young. Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell depict a couple having an honest, difficult conversation about abortion in the new song The Problem. The tracks release coincides with International Safe Abortion Day and proceeds from its sales will go to the Yellowhammer Fund, a reproductive justice organization based in Alabama. Were you in Texas at the time? Tommy Duncan was the singer. SHIRES: I forced myself in that position. When it reopened, he was in the first 200. And I hadnt heard the fiddle being played at all. Then her character takes control of the exchange in a teasing tone. OK. Will you look at me the same? JASON ISBELL: (Singing) What do you want to do? So hold on to your thoughts. 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. Shed been learning to play classical music on Then I tried recording it in a couple of other situations, and I just didnt have it right yet. So I couldnt really get into it. We try to have as much fun as possible singing a bunch of sad-ass songs, he said from the stage with one of the few grins hed allow himself. And thank you for putting up with me. You slammed the door so hard I still hear rattling spoons. I like to play pool, he says. When we overturn Roe, we risk going back to, Oh, now same-sex marriages cant happen. Im on your side. Why not? All the time, the want, the overwhelming volume of breathing. And if you want a doctor, Ill examine every inch of you. 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 People dont have to come to a concert, Isbell said. Amanda Shires is in Serious Trouble in Hawk for the Dove Fallon Performance Its yet another thing that, when policing does happen, is going to happen haphazardly and ruin lives. So theres thinking my thinking is that my granddad married my grandmother knowing that she was pregnant with somebody elses child. Isbells grandfather and uncle were both musicians, says Tompkins on the phone from Nashville. GROSS: You know, your husband plays on this album, but the songs are about a bad period in your marriage. Shires new album, Take it Like a Man, includes several songs she wrote during a rough period in her marriage to musician Jason Isbell. SHIRES: (Singing) I was a healer. Shires character wrestles with the decision and the right thing to do in her situation, while Isbells character offers his support for whatever decision she makes. So I started just taking notes on the radio because I heard it. SHIRES: Oh, I would have had to find somebody to drive me to Mexico or somewhere else. I tried so hard to make myself clear. I mean, only just now nine months later, interestingly enough have I returned to having normal periods. SHIRES: She did. Victoria is scheduled to open for Isbell on this tour. Im your Amanda. And this is basically, like, a country supergroup. Theyre just songs because everybody goes through troubles in their relationship. Yet, Isbell noted, the problem is that many of the venue owners are getting so much pushback from some of the governors of certain states who want to kowtow to their political base.. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. We followed a coyote through the dust of Mexico. 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. 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. I heard in 22 songs, one womans voice I heard. GROSS: So how seriously were you taken by the musicians in the band? Having recently moved to Nashville with Shires whose own fourth solo album, Down Fell the Doves, comes out next week the newlyweds will sequester themselves in different corners of the house to write new songs, then play them for each other. I said, itd be cool if I was The Highwomen or maybe had a band The Highwomen. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Jason Isbell and his wife, Amanda Shires, were walking around last weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, where they played the Newport Folk Festival. And Im coming for you like a hawk for the dove. 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. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Kitty Eisele adapted it for the web. Sign up for Rolling Stones Newsletter. I got to a certain age and realized I couldnt be Indiana Jones.. Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble. After trailing off there, she draws a thorny conclusion about the web of intimate, familial dependency: "Maybe being human is an orphaned condition and what's missing isn't what should be found. Her new album is called Take It Like A Man.. Do you need the reasons why? So when you started taking lessons with Frankie McWhorter and then became part of the band, how much did you know about Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys? 2023 WNET. And when I would write these songs, it was never in my mind, oh, I have to record them. Im a big, big fan. I know they enjoy it. So its probably important to stay alive before you start questioning your liberty.. Where are our Nashville folks? I said, I just wrote this song. People forget that, if you take away access to reproductive healthcare, youre going to be killing moms like me. When it came down to it, when I finally got it done and recorded, Amy Coney Barrett had gotten sworn in. GROSS: OK. Like, dont cry; dont show your emotions; be stoic; be strong; everything else is weakness. And I kept imagining, like, how I had nothing left to give and nothing I could do or say to make anything feel right, like, within me somehow. 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. And then I thought about Waylon [Jennings] and Kris [Kristofferson] and them of The Highwaymen, and I was like, They were kind of speaking about ageism. I said, Itd be cool if I had a band, The Highwomen. 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. And we met. And then I asked Chance, and Chance was like, no, those are real documents. In 2020, The Highwomen won Album of the Year at the Americana Music Honors and Awards ceremony. It felt like maybe wed both leave at the same time. Along Or is this through listening to his records that you feel like youre his disciple? But I just got up on a stage and took the fiddle and started playing it. They do tell you that going out and helping other people really helps you a lot. Like, do you say, hey, honey, heres a song I wrote about how bad things are between us right now? On August 9, 2021 my fallopian tube ruptured. GROSS: You grew up in Lubbock, Texas, and Mineral Wells, Texas. If you want a boxer, Ill step in the ring for you. I still miss the way you lean in. The Idol: How HBOs Next Euphoria Became Twisted Torture Porn Editors picks 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. Her latest album is called Take It Like A Man. Well be right back. Jason Isbell and his wife, Amanda Shires, were walking around last weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, where they played the Newport Folk Festival. When youre trying to make a tough decision, you need a lot of support. And then my mom would drive me down there. The way she relaxes into low notes on that last line makes it sound far more like an unembarrassed confession than a complaint. Theres still just as much awe.. (SOUNDBITE OF AMANDA SHIRES SONG, SWIMMER), GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell depict a couple having an honest, difficult conversation about abortion in the new song The Problem.. The players in the band, they took me seriously as a player, but they also understood that I was a kid.. And I said, OK, well, Ill be the healer. One is a Honduran asylum-seeker who died while trying to cross the border. 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. So since they are personal songs, you had to decide to say that. I dont have certain kinds of fatigue. 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. Lets get back to my interview with Amanda Shires, a great singer and songwriter who also co-founded the band The Highwomen, which is a kind of all-star country music band. Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. I hope that if Roe v. Wade is overturned, it causes such a fucking uproar that we end up with more rights than we had before. Were you just, like, the cute kid who could play but, you know that audiences would go wild over because you were a girl in the band and there wasnt much of that? Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. When the band step back from their microphones to begin the extended breakdown, Isbell smiles like a boy on a great adventure. Youve been very outspoken about the right to have an abortion. Amanda Shires, performing during the Americana Awards at Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 22, 2021 in Nashville. Thats what I want. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. And after we recorded it, he said, thats a really good song. And I was still dealing with all of it two and a half weeks later. Its you, Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris. Then I get to the end of the recording process and try to decide what makes the best collection of songs. 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. SHIRES: But I like it because I like to imagine like, if he was alive and I got to play this for him, I would be singing Im your Amanda. But finding a voice now and sharing their stories now is as good as any time. In the decade-plus that Shires has been making solo albums in addition to working as a side person with Billy Joe Shaver, Justin Townes Earle and, eventually, her husband and fellow singer-songwriter Jason Isbell she's expressed self-consciousness about the shivers and tremors in her singing voice, tried to smooth them out of her delivery and ultimately embraced its untameness. Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. So to give listeners a sense of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, listeners who dont know who they are, this is a classic 1940 recording of New San Antonio Rose., (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, NEW SAN ANTONIO ROSE), BOB WILLS AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS: (Singing) Deep within my heart lies a melody, a song of old San Antone (ph) San Antone where in dreams I live with a memory beneath the stars, all alone. When the ball goes in the pocket, you win. Writing songs isnt so cut and dried, he says. SHIRES: And I think Sheryl Crow plays bass on that one. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1lq9aEQTour the Ryman: http://bit.ly/tourtherymanVisit the Ryman Calendar: http://bit.ly/rymanconcertsAbout the Ryman Auditorium:Established in 1982 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle and renamed for the visionary who constructed it, Captain Tom G. Ryman, the Ryman Auditorium is a National Historic Landmark and cultural epicenter of Nashville, TN. Gotten sworn in a great adventure Lubbock, Texas and violin player on this album, it... 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