Reg’s Musical Musings: Jason Isbell
By Beth in Uncategorized, Music, folk, acoustic, indie, Reg's Musical Musings on May 15 2007
As part of our collaboration with Reg’s Coffeehouse, we’re bringing you DJ Scott Register’s fresh music pick of the week: Dress Blues by Jason Isbell off his “Sirens of the Ditch” CD.
Enjoy!
By Reg aka Scott Register:
The other night, I was driving around Birmingham listening to the new Jason Isbell CD “Sirens Of The Ditch” (New West Records) when suddenly, a song came on that made the hair on my neck stand up. It literally gave me goose bumps (and does every time I hear it). I was so touched by the song that I drove around for 30 minutes listening to it over and over again. Turns out, Jason wrote the song about a friend of his from Muscle Shoals, AL, who joined the Marines, was shipped off to Iraq and never returned . It is as touching a song about war as you will ever hear.
No political agenda, just a song about the side of war that most of us choose to ignore and forget. It is a song about loss and the reality of dealing with it.
To hear Dress Blues go here.
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