Venue: bodega social club Nottingham
Date: 21 November 2013
Support: Amanda Shires
So after the bright lights and video screens of an arena show it was back to more comfortable surroundings and back to a venue I know well the Bodega Social Club in Nottingham.
Upon arriving at the venue in order to collect my tickets I was met with Eva Spence from the amazing Rolo Tomassi collecting tickets at the door at which point I forgot how to speak instead of saying two tickets to collect under the name of.... It came out as club flob wobble flib or some other form of utter nonsense after this minor complication it was up the stairs and into the bodega which was packed.
Jason Isbells recent album southeastern has been a major surprise for me, amazing county tinged songs with great lyrics and harmonies and I have basically listened to a couple of songs of this album travelling alone and live oak almost on repeat since I got the album.
The support tonight was Amanda Shires recently married to Jason Isbell. Some amazing fiddle playing and some great songs and that southern accent provided a great start to the evening although space was limited as everyone seemed to be hanging around the door and my view was rubbish, at the end of Amanda's set it was time to manoeuvre myself to my usual residence by the mixing desk.
Jason Isbell took to the stage and said something along the lines of I don't have any effects or explosions it's just me, that's it. Maybe it's the loneliest place to be on stage just you and a guitar but as an audience member it seems sometimes you get a better connection with solo artists than with a band, the music and lyrics seem to resonate more and even though you are in a packed room it can feel they are singing just for you.
Starting of with the aforementioned live oak and going through some great songs like Alabama pines, tour of duty and the amazing travelling alone towards the end and telling some great stories the one about deciding to get drunk and to avoid the risk of drink driving going out and hiding his car so that he wouldn't drink or drive and then being unable to find it for days made me chuckle.
With Amanda Shires joining Jason on stage to accompany him on many of the songs with her fiddle provided a great sound.
Really enjoyed the show, check him out.
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