Wade was leaked last month, Amanda Shires shared some personal news on social media. And I was thinking about how much the stories matter. And (laughter) I, like, played the part. And Im coming for you like a hawk for the dove. 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. The song is called Hawk For The Dove.. And thats when the fertilized egg stays in the 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. 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. And any policing will disproportionately affect people of color, low-income folks and other marginalized groups. I heard in 22 songs, one womans voice I heard. SHIRES: I found that out for Christmas, Jasons merchandise guy, Chance, gave us each our family trees. Im glad to be a listener and also glad to see folks from those generations supporting the right to choose. Shires plays fiddle in the band. 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. credit: John Shearer. So she did daytime job. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time 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. People forget that, if you take away access to reproductive healthcare, youre going to be killing moms like me. How are we going to police that? I want to talk with you about The Highwomen. SHIRES: (Singing) Im well aware of what the nights made of. The Truth About Amanda Shires And Jason Isbell - TheList.com How did you manage to do that? What didnt I say that could have helped change one mind? I cant live with the idea of not speaking up. Thats abundantly clear on his breakout new album, Southeastern, one of the years best in any genre. SHIRES: No, not until a couple of years ago. Its as opposed to being in the uterus, where it belongs. We have to work hard now to mobilize and help people vote. 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. So it was just like a week and a half or two weeks afterwards that Texas banned abortion. She was in her home recording studio with her fiddle and with guitarist Zach Setchfield, and they played a few songs. And thank you for putting up with me. So I dont have to go trying to learn all these other things. 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. And I know that he feels the same way I do. So what didnt you like about your voice? So I couldnt really get into it. And healer seemed fitting for me not only because it happened that way, but my moms a nurse. Then I get to the end of the recording process and try to decide what makes the best collection of songs. She gets pregnant and wants to have an abortion, although she doesnt feel great about it. SHIRES: I didnt know I was going to work it into a song until I got to the to writing it. We found out that, yes, our grandmothers are pro-choice. You can keep the car and the house. I was doing fine, and then, I was just like no sound would come out of my mouth. ", Shires and Isbell have a toddler daughter together, and thanks to gendered assumptions about the distribution of their parenting duties, Shires has fielded more than her share of questions about how she balances motherhood and music-making. Shed been learning to play classical music on the violin at school when her music teacher introduced her to some of Frankie McWhorters fiddle tunes. Long before weathering the isolating COVID-19 pandemic, Shires had endured years of studio experiences where producers and musicians undermined her GROSS: What I hear in your voice is that it rings out. SHIRES: She did. Become a member of WLIW ($5 monthly or $60 annually) and get access to WLIW Passport as our thanks for your support. And I also went to Greece and hung out at his house. 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 But I had about seven different album sequences going on. (Playing guitar, singing) Like a common loon, I started hearing birds, birdsong everywhere. photos by @alyssegafkjen Wade was leaked last month, Amanda Shires shared some personal news on social media. I tried so hard to make myself clear. I had to spend the night with her at work. Oh, I could have crowed. Got myself a breakthrough case of Covid, the Alabama-born artist tweeted Tuesday. Hearing these stories, I think that it makes your backbone stronger. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. 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. What made you think of yourself as his disciple? Amanda Shires, performing during the Americana Awards at Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 22, 2021 in Nashville. I know I can take it like Amanda. SHIRES: About singing, yes. And why did you want to work it into a song? People forget, Shires says. So thanks to them as well. This fight is about more than just abortion. And I save them all. Rock & roll kids just let decisions make themselves. It could be something you played. I didnt believe it. She sings of the excruciating awareness of both mirroring and superseding her own mother. And couple of lessons like that, he pulled out some fiddle tunes that he had been transcribing aurally from Frankie McWhorter. 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. The Problem wraps up by driving home the weight of the decision for her character. But I am living still. In Portland, he led the band (including his wife on fiddle) through charging, heartfelt songs that often sounded like the cavalry was coming. The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist from Green Hill, Ala., made headlines in 2021 for requiring proof of vaccination or proof of a recent negative COVID test to attend his concerts. And she came over and I showed her. That one speaks to me. In 2017, for her solo work, she was named emerging artist of the year at the Americana Music & Honors Awards ceremony. And we would be quiet so that she wouldnt get in trouble because it was a lot then to be a single mom and deal with the difference in pay for men versus women. And then coupled with the pandemic and all that, he was on self-preservation mode, and I was too. Me and @JasonIsbell RCA studio B making a musical recording. But this part of my life in our marriage was difficult. I was lucky. Isbell said everyone attending the bands shows would also be required to wear a mask. I could just trust based on how Leonard Cohen did all that work for us. Jason Isbell and his wife, Amanda Shires, were walking around last weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, where they played the Newport Folk Festival. And one day, we wound up in the studio, and we cut the song. I had no problem taking direction, but and I had no problem helping when I needed to help, so. 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. 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. SHIRES: Oh, yes, Mercy is my daughter. And from there, he introduced me to Frankie McWhorter. And while I I know the voice that I have is what I have. Some people are upset at the way iPhones charge. SHIRES: I forced myself in that position. Its pretty obvious.. SHIRES: Theres this song called Milk Cow Blues. Its blues, you know? And, you know, I didnt know that this was a thing you should normally ask to do cause I was young. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. Singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires still remembers the moment she fell in love with the fiddle. GROSS: OK. It seems like a simple thing to say, but its really true. And nobody would let me in, but I sat there anyway. I got up to sing, and I was like, oh, crap. For those who are unfamiliar, it is impossible for an ectopic pregnancy to go to term. You used to lean in like I was whispering, any excuse to get near again. 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. SHIRES: Ive listened to all of his records. GROSS: Oh, thats great. And if anyone asks me, Ill say whats true I dont know. This is FRESH AIR. 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. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. SHIRES: Thank you so much. Whereas before, I would just, in my mind, wish it was something different like Etta James or something. I remember thinking, Wow, theres a lot of potential for me to really mess this up.'. Like, do you say, hey, honey, heres a song I wrote about how bad things are between us right now? When Roe is overturned, some healthcare workers may feel afraid to help people. 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. I heard witchcraft in the whispers and I knew my time had come. So either you have surgery or I think you die. 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 When we overturn Roe, we risk going back to, Oh, now same-sex marriages cant happen. After Isbell announced last week that he would require enhanced Covid countermeasures at his show in Austin, Texas, singer-songwriter Marc Broussard took to Twitter to lash out at Isbell, calling him bourgeois and elitist. Broussard asserted, Some working-class fans cant afford the risks associated with either the vaccines or even getting a test, adding, Id rather quit music than become a pawn in the pressure campaign. He did not provide any evidence of the risks he claimed were associated with getting the jab or receiving a test. It doesnt have to be Im Your Man. I just know that youve done that. I hope you get well soon. Isbell responded, Thank you Aimee. I dont care if somebody wants to put a target on me. All Rights reserved. Amanda Shires is in Serious Trouble in Hawk for the Dove Fallon Performance Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. In 2016 I was going on the road. SHIRES: It was because Tommy Allsup was living in Snyder, Texas, at that time, and he was running the Bob Wills band. Moon, in all your splendor. 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. I recorded my interview with her last week. 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. Warblers and wrens, hymn at my throat, shook and quivering. If you share your story or share your beliefs, youre going to get some haters and trolls. / And the fear that I feel when I see my features reversed in my own daughter's face." Isbell took a stand, even facing backlash from his fellow artists. But for me, I was just happy to be up there playing music I loved. Theres so much attached to folks thinking women treat it as a kind of birth control. I wouldnt go back and change it. I own one of his guitars and. 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. I got to a certain age and realized I couldnt be Indiana Jones.. But she was very good at keeping a lot of secrets. Amanda Shires opens her new album To the Sunset with a strikingly different scenario. 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. But it was true. People will have to prove that they have been raped. The timing of The Problem and the fact that its benefiting the Yellowhammer Fund are both important, as draconian, punitive abortion laws have been enacted in Alabama and neighboring states in the last year. I had people threatening me. 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. It was it took Dave Cobb and it took Brandi, and then it took Natalie and Maren Morris. Were you in Texas at the time? The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. I dont understand why its such a big issue, as big of an issue as it is. And youve called on country music stars to speak out, too. And then I thought about Waylon and Kris and them of The Highwaymen, and I was like, they were kind of speaking about ageism. And then more recently, just about a year ago, in August of 2021, you had an ectopic pregnancy. GROSS: How did you find that out? Her new album is called Take It Like A Man.. 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. So by the time I went into the hospital, my fallopian tube had already ruptured. In 2020, The Highwomen won Album of the Year at the Americana Music Honors and Awards ceremony. Oh, I could have crowed. Probably nobody enjoys it as much as I do, but its not a necessity for survival. And there was a guy that also played the guitar, like a multi-instrumentalist side person. She makes the decision before it gets to the point where she makes a mistake, and I like that. Since publishing my op-ed, Ive heard from some folks who are in their eighties. 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.. I think a lot of women are born healers and nurturers. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. 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? Im going to play fiddle and Im going to sing in. "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. Thats the trick.. Im Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. SHIRES: Oh, yeah. A few hours later, his band is peeling the wallpaper with their customary encore cover tune. When it came down to it, when I finally got it done and recorded, Amy Coney Barrett had gotten sworn in. Can you play something that you think kind of epitomizes the style that you learned and fell in love with? 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. And one day we wound up in the studio and we cut the song. AMANDA SHIRES AND JASON ISBELL: (Singing) Everythings going to be OK. Its going to be all right. GROSS: Oh, yeah. They do tell you that going out and helping other people really helps you a lot. Then Im like, This is coming out now., Jason Isbell on the Art of the Livestream, Supporting Indie Record Stores, and That Feral Hogs Meme, Devon Gilfillian to Cover Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' With Jason Isbell, Grace Potter, Jason Isbell Blasts Van Morrison, Covers 'Into the Mystic'. Live Nation also announced a vaccination requirement for employees entering events, venues or offices, which will take effect October 4. Our business and our industry is about uniting people, and vaccines are one of the greatest tools for making sure that everyone can continue to enjoy live music together, CEO Michael Rapino wrote to the companys employees. Why not? And Id sit on his porch. Its just like you would expect, but theres real, scientific proof for it now. 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. You can call me serious trouble. When youre trying to make a tough decision, you need a lot of support. 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. And then you also youve got guys thatll back you up. Im your man. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. Her study essentially proves that when folks cant have an abortion, it affects their mental health, their economic standing, their overall well-being. 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. 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. And these guys are in their 70s and 80s, and it was very much like hanging out with lots of granddads. 99.99%. I cried, I asked and I balled. 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. And I was reading mine. SHIRES: Oh, right, in Alcatraz. GROSS: Good. A woman threw a house party with 65 men she matched with on Tinder and Hinge and connected with the man she's been dating for a year. I could tell my milk cow I could tell by the way she lows. It rings out like its supposed to. And then, we did it, sing the song. 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. GROSS: What would the right voice for you like, whats wrong what doesnt match? 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. 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