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. And my hands are two empty cups. 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. 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. 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." 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. On your Twitter, you describe yourself as a disciple of Leonard Cohen. 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 SHIRES: I didnt know anything about them. 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. Isbells first show after finishing rehab was opening solo for Ryan Adams in Perth, Australia, three days after he got out (two, if you count the international dateline, the day that goes into the vortex). (Playing guitar, singing) Like a common loon, I started hearing birds, birdsong everywhere. Ninety-five percent of study participants who did have an abortion still stood by their decision. 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. SHIRES: She did. The most-watched episode was from April 8th, filmed the day after John Prine You dont see a lot of men speaking up, and every voice is helpful. And even on the charts, theres one spot usually I think 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. Lets get back to the interview I recorded last week with singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires. Just admit Im what you want. SHIRES: I found that out for Christmas, Jasons merchandise guy, Chance, gave us each our family trees. Elizaveta Porodina/Courtesy of the artist, Naming The Beast: Jason Isbell And Amanda Shires On Speaking Up In 2017. The song is called Hawk For The Dove.. And there was a guy that also played the guitar, like a multi-instrumentalist side person. The 100 Best Albums of 2022. And thank you for putting up with me. "I did a parking lot pirouette / I said, 'You're right I'm not done with you yet.'" SHIRES: Oh, I would have had to find somebody to drive me to Mexico or somewhere else. A few hours later, his band is peeling the wallpaper with their customary encore cover tune. Amanda Shires opens her new album To the Sunset with a strikingly different scenario. 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. Theres nothing left to fix. I hope you get well soon. Isbell responded, Thank you Aimee. And I had been internally bleeding for a whole lot of hours. SHIRES: I mean, I think theyre pretty good. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 2023 WNET. GROSS: What would the right voice for you like, whats wrong what doesnt match? But, yeah, after a while thinking about it, I got more comfortable with it. 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. Because once you have a baby, theres no social programming to help. You can keep the car and the house. And I said, thats all you have to say? 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 this is the iteration of the band Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, which got their start in they were most famous in the 30s and 40s and 50s. And I said, yeah, I feel like theres not a lot happening there emotionally for me. 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. Here was my life five years ago, and heres my life now. feeling fine but well have to cancel the next few shows, He then shared his symptoms and expressed his gratitude for getting vaccinated: Lotta sinus drainage type stuff, scratchy in my throat and some muscle aches but no cough or breathing issues fyi. All Rights reserved. I like the way these lines kind of happened in our lives and like tributaries in a way that we dont realize are happening. I had to spend the night with her at work. So I dont have to go trying to learn all these other things. Victoria is scheduled to open for Isbell on this tour. But theres a medication you can take that aborts the fertilized egg from your fallopian tube. Soon after a Supreme Court draft ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked last month, Amanda Shires shared some personal news on social media. I would have died; my daughter, Mercy, would have lost her mother; my husband, Jason, would be a widower. Members get extended access to PBS video on demand and more. And I hadnt heard the fiddle being played at all. And Tommy said, if you can hold down that lower third harmony and Id love to, you know, have that spot filled. SHIRES: I didnt know I was going to work it into a song until I got to the to writing it. Got myself a breakthrough case of Covid, the Alabama-born artist tweeted Tuesday. People forget that, if you take away access to reproductive healthcare, youre going to be killing moms like me. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. McWhorter, who had played fiddle in Bob Wills band, became her teacher, and when Shires was just 15, he asked her to join The Texas Playboys. "Through a sunset, shifting gears, to the something better shining diamond clear.". 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. The Problem wraps up by driving home the weight of the decision for her character. I am your man. Its a great song, so I thought wed play some of it. The players in the band, they took me seriously as a player, but they also understood that I was a kid.. I would she would set us up in the in the closet of the bail bonds office. And if you want another kind of love, Ill wear a mask for you. 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. 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. In 2020, The Highwomen won Album of the Year at the Americana Music Honors and Awards ceremony. Lets start with a track from the new album. Yeah without you asking. We found all this out afterwards. 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. I think a lot of women are born healers and nurturers. Why didnt more people show up and speak up? 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. SHIRES: I just I have never been a fan of the way my voice sounds. 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. I know they enjoy it. We followed a coyote through the dust of Mexico. GROSS: That sounds really, really awful. We just couldnt get along. I could tell my milk cow I could tell by the way she lows. I know what the cost is in the octaves of consequence. The tracks release GROSS: So we have to take another short break here, so let me reintroduce you. On August 9, 2021 my fallopian tube ruptured. It just seemed like the right thing to do because I dont want to spend my time on stage worried about if Im making people sick.. GROSS: Without him asking? FRESH AIRs executive producer is Danny Miller. Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires Celebrate Vinyl and Indie Retail as Record Store Days 2023 Ambassadors: Were Building the Embassy as We Speak. 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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? All the time, the want, the overwhelming volume of breathing. So lets hear a song about when things werent so all right. I remember I used to think the force was strong with him, says Tompkins, who signed his first publishing deal when he moved to Nashville at 22. Shires plays fiddle in the band. 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. Hearing Shires spell that out is invigorating. And so I just had to get emergency surgery to remove the tube and clean the blood from inside of my body. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) Three months after an emergency heart transplant, Grammy-nominated keyboardist, producer, songwriter and artist Peter Levin GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. But I thought, what am I going to do about that, in the event that she does go into country music? Do you have you do a great version of Im Your Man, his song, Im Your Man, on YouTube. Despite the many questions as to why she was undergoing the procedure which she described as having "cells removed" despite trolls labeling her a "baby killer" Shires wrote at the time, "The reasons that I chose to have an abortion are personal, and they are mine." It's a sentiment that Shires has echoed many times since. 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. 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, WNET is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. I see you talking, but I cant hear a thing. Oh, I could have crowed. If youre just joining us, my guest is songwriter, singer, musician Amanda Shires. 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. It felt like maybe wed both leave at the same time. When it came down to it, when I finally got it done and recorded, Amy Coney Barrett had gotten sworn in. I just fell in love with the music, is what happened. Ive found and scrounged and continued to for every interview that hes done in any form and any language. photos by @alyssegafkjen So by the time I went into the hospital, my fallopian tube had already ruptured. Along This fight is about more than just abortion. GROSS: Lets take another break here. Im going to change the subject here. It could be something you played. And then I asked Chance, and Chance was like, no, those are real documents. The sound of silence rings in every room. Some of the reason [The Problem] is only coming out now is fear on my part, and Ill admit that. If you want a driver, climb inside or only want to take me for a ride, you know you can. SHIRES: Well, that was that parts a secret, Terry. The spurs of hip bones Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. Amanda Shires, performing during the Americana Awards at Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 22, 2021 in Nashville. And then my orchestra teacher recommended me to a private violin teacher. We just couldnt get along. 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. Every one of them except for me survived. SHIRES: (Singing) I was a healer. I also received responses from trolls. 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. On August 9, 2021 my fallopian tube ruptured. hide caption. She co-founded the country supergroup The Highwomen, which includes Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby. Where the fuck are the rest of them? SHIRES: I began writing that song when I did the record My Piece Of Land a long while back. With vacations lagging and the dangerous delta variant spreading, the United States is averaging more than 100,000 new cases a day for the first time since early February. And hes saying, you know, basically that hes going to support her and hes there for her. The majority of people are in favor of womens reproductive rights and health; its others were trying to get to. And I was like, my granddad was in Alcatraz? Not standing up for folks is not helping and its not right. I know the cost of flight is landing. But this part of my life in our marriage was difficult. And she was doing the bail bonding on the night. She gets pregnant and wants to have an abortion, although she doesnt feel great about it. SHIRES: I dont know that well, I dont know that I was going to leave or that Jason was going to leave. That way, there could be a more kind of a wider effort to try and have the conversation with folks and realize that youre not alone. Which brings up the question, why were Jason and I, and Margo Price, the biggest celebrities quasi-celebrities at the march in Nashville? GROSS: Oh, thats so funny. Roberta Shorrock directs the show. 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. SHIRES: (Singing) Trying not to think of names. One is a Honduran asylum-seeker who died while trying to cross the border. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 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. You slammed the door so hard I still hear rattling spoons. And then you also youve got guys thatll back you up. He still cant seem to notice when the dishwashers unloaded and all the dishes are put away. Maintaining that vigilance and devoting necessary energy and attention to confronting and correcting not only sexual wrongdoing but warped thinking can be all-consuming. Amanda Shires' To the Sunset comes out Aug. 3. What made you think of yourself as his disciple? Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. 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. credit: John Shearer. 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. GROSS: You forced yourself in the position of having him hear you play? So I would be studying my pieces. And the other parts, youre just kind of asleep. He could still leave it dish in the sink, you know? Its pretty obvious.. Im Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. And he was there for 25 years. But and after you did the main melody part, you get to improvise. Theres still just as much awe.. Lawrence Rothman has been a model of self accepting themselves. SHIRES: Oh, yeah. As it turns out, it did start some conversations within our own families. And we had a TV that wed watch, you know, Saturday Night Live on Saturdays. Refunds at point of purchase but were working on rescheduling. Hearing these stories, I think that it makes your backbone stronger. No way. I never wouldve thought that before, but now I know its true. OK. SHIRES: Thats all you have to say? The South is in need of a lot of help, Shires tells Rolling Stone. Amanda Shires is a singing, songwriting. And I dont know how I feel about that. I dont care if somebody wants to put a target on me. Is a chrysalis a butterfly? And he said, try playing this one. Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. I cried, I asked and I balled. On forming the all-female country super-group The Highwomen. To see more, visit. Shires plays fiddle in her husband Jason Isbells band, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Trending I own one of his guitars and. In 2020, she penned an op-ed for Rolling Stone about why abortion rights matter. SHIRES: The audience really never went wild over me because it took me a minute to really learn how to improvise. We have Olivia Rodrigo and Phoebe Bridgers speaking up, and Ariana Grande. I am Terry Gross. 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