Jason Isbell The Sirens Of The Ditch on LP

For the past six years, Jason Isbell was one of three frontmen for the critically acclaimed Drive-By Truckers and although fans may have been shocked by his departure from the band in April of 2011, once you hear this, his solo debut Sirens Of The Ditch (which was co-produced by Isbell and Patterson Hood) it will only confirm that Isbell by no means is putting his feet up. Musicians joining Isbell on the album include Shonna Tucker (bass) and Brad Morgan (drums) with cameos from Patterson Hood, his father David Hood, Spooner Oldham, John Neff and more.

Recorded over the past four years at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals (Aretha Franklin, Duane Allman, Otis Redding), Sirens Of The Ditch is a diverse collection of songs that incorporates elements of rock, blues and soul music into a heartfelt mix of songs that favor piano and pedal steel over buzzing guitars, although there’s a fair share of overdriven amps here as well. “A lot of old soul musicians came through here in the late ’60s and ’70s and helped define the Muscle Shoals sound,” the lifelong Alabamian explains, “so that influence was always in my environment, but on this record I really tried to capture that.”

Jason Isbell The Sirens Of The Ditch Track Listing:

1.  Brand New Kind Of Actress
2.  Down In A Hole
3.  Try
4.  Chicago Promenade
5.  Dress Blues
6.  Grown
7.  Hurricanes and Hand Grenades
8.  In A Razor Town
9.  Shotgun Wedding
10. The Magician
11. The Devil Is My Running Mate