Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit "Live From The Ryman" 2022-05-27 Your eyes are not playing

Your eyes are not playing tricks on you

an obscure New Orleans punk band from the late 90s

The title track pays homage to the Muscle Shoals honky-tonk where founding members Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley got their start: a concrete-floored dive lit like a disco with the nightly promise of penny beer

microscopically looking at America and asking questions about each little thing … How can there be all these good things and things that I love about America

"I believe there was an unspoken learning curve between Ross's methods and the understanding that I've poured myself into the words and mean every one of them

Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit "Live From The Ryman" 2022-05-27 Your eyes are not playingLive From The Ryman was primarily recorded during the groups six sold out night at Nashvilles legendary Ryman Auditorium in 2017. The double album features 13 live versions of songs from their last three critically acclaimed, award winning studio album Southeastern (2013), Something More Than Free (2015) and The Nashville Sound (2017). Jason Isbell has become one of the most respected and important songwriters of this era, as documented by his