Singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires still remembers the moment she fell in love with the fiddle. Where would that leave my own daughter? And if you want another kind of love, Ill wear a mask for you. Why did you want to form this group? YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. GROSS: How did you find that out? 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. I could tell my milk cow I could tell by the way she lows. It could be something you played. Shes also one of the founders of the group The Highwomen. My daughter was about a year old, and I was getting into my touring van because I hadnt worked my way into a bus yet. Grammy Award-winning songwriter Amanda Shires and bestselling author George Saunders discuss inspiration, songwriting, and Amanda's new song, "You Don't Get to Go." Amanda Shires' To the Sunset comes out Aug. 3. 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 she came over and I showed her. And her latest album is called Take It Like A Man. Well be right back after a short break. SHIRES: Honestly, a lot of times, my thoughts come to me just in pictures. So I would be studying my pieces. He asserted that the band would cancel the concert if any venue refused to agree to their requirements. One is a Honduran asylum-seeker who died while trying to cross the border. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. I never wouldve thought that before, but now I know its true. Which would I rather have? The song is called Empty Cups.. And I followed a dress code. As they talked, Isbell was struck with a realization. Is there a song that you could play a Leonard Cohen song you could play an excerpt of for us in tribute to him since were both such great fans? But through the process of making the record and, you know, all the things that go with that, the hours and the tedium, it got easier for us to have conversations, not because we were doing the work of addressing the problems but because we were found common ground on something again, which has always been music and words. I had to spend the night with her at work. So either you have surgery or I think you die. And all I could think to say/Was everythings going to be OK/Its gonna be all right/Im on your side, he sings. Her study essentially proves that when folks cant have an abortion, it affects their mental health, their economic standing, their overall well-being. And I was really into that.. Its not more threatening than the idea of taking away the services and the work that doctors and nurses do. When do you show him the songs? GROSS: Was this your mothers father or your fathers father? I said, I just wrote this song. Amanda Shires, performing during the Americana Awards at Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 22, 2021 in Nashville. And, you know, she. Im so glad you wrote it. I see you talking, but I cant hear a thing. All rights reserved (About Us). But theres a medication you can take that aborts the fertilized egg from your fallopian tube. But she was very good at keeping a lot of secrets. And hed play songs, and Id learn them. Girls high school basketball team forfeits a game because it refused to play against a team with a transgender player, Fox Leaders Wanted to Break From Trump but Struggled to Make It Happen, Not Going to Read That: White House Press Secretary Brushes Off DeSantis Op-Ed, Sunshine returns to SoCal on Thursday but cold temps stick around, AccuWeather: AM showers before a mild afternoon, Opening arguments heard in court for 2020 Conway fatal shooting that killed a 19-year-old. Her latest album is called Take It Like A Man. Well be right back. But his voice is much stronger and clearer than it was in the Truckers. While Shires might not have set out to make an album that reminds us of the power of women pursuing their own impulses, desires and ambitions with abandon, that perspective enlivens this bracing 10-song set. Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. And I know that he likes to help. And it was much safer for us to sleep in the closet with the TV at the bail bonding place than to be left to her own devices at home. Say whatever feels better or whatever. Maybe I was asking for a little too much. I just fell in love with the music, is what happened. So when you started taking lessons with Frankie McWhorter and then became part of the band, how much did you know about Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys? 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. Singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires still remembers the moment she fell in love with the fiddle. But I did move a couple of times out of the house, not because it was a leaving thing, but because I didnt want to do anything that would harm, you know, make it worse. During "Break Out the Champagne," Shires wryly relates an account of a female friend who was dumped by a dullard, only to realize that he'd never really satisfied her anyway: "I'm rock and rock and roll, and you're golf." So what didnt you like about your voice? And so I felt in my mind, I felt those things. She was in her home recording studio with her fiddle and with guitarist Zach Setchfield, and they played a few songs. Yet, Isbell noted, the problem is that many of the venue owners are getting so much pushback from some of the governors of certain states who want to kowtow to their political base.. Also, during this time when I was leaving, I was thinking about how [my daughter] Mercy picked up a kazoo and she could play a kazoo. She makes the decision before it gets to the point where she makes a mistake, and I like that. And after we recorded it, he said, thats a really good song. Not standing up for folks is not helping and its not right. Will you look at me the same? Former Drive-By Trucker is enjoying a breakout moment with new album 'Southeastern'. Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires to Serve as Record Store Days 2023 Ambassadors. And I also want to thank Zack Sedgefield for playing guitar and also Diana Walsh, who engineered your end of the music and the conversation from your home studio in well, outside of Nashville. The Highwomen were tapped as last-minute fill ins, though founding member Amanda Shires was unable to attend as she continues to recover from an emergency I know they enjoy it. Editors picks Lets start with a track from the new album. The song is named "Parking Lot Pirouette" for its protagonist's graceful forwardness, her decisive movement to prolong a pleasurable dalliance. It was love at first listen. Ive been around so many people for so long who were. SHIRES: The audience really never went wild over me because it took me a minute to really learn how to improvise. And thats when the fertilized egg stays in the fallopian tube. And then my mom would drive me down there. It was love at first listen, Shires says of the fiddle songs. Which brings up the question, why were Jason and I, and Margo Price, the biggest celebrities quasi-celebrities at the march in Nashville? Its as opposed to being in the uterus, where it belongs. Ive found and scrounged and continued to for every interview that hes done in any form and any language. And I know that he feels the same way I do. Recognition has been building steadily; he won Song of the Year at the 2012 Americana Honors and Awards at the Ryman Auditorium last September for Alabama Pines. He calls his superb backing band the 400 Unit, after the psychiatric ward of a hospital near Muscle Shoals, the part of the state where he grew up. You can have as much fun. I would like to challenge other folks who have platforms to actually use them. And I know that Jasons platform is bigger than mine. Theres not a lot of filler, not a lot of songs I would skip through, he says. You can call it serious trouble cause thats what I want. My best hope is that people continue to get angrier and that the folks who have been fighting so hard for so long, and are already tired, find some strength to keep fighting and also to mobilize others, especially youth, along the way. This happened to me two and a half weeks before Texas abortion ban went into effect. My guest, Amanda Shires, is a singer, songwriter and fiddle player. SHIRES: Oh, right, in Alcatraz. Shires would go on to make a name for herself, both as a solo artist and as the founder of the country supergroup The Highwomen, which includes Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby. And tell us how. And when I would write these songs, it was never in my mind, oh, I have to record them. SHIRES: Theres a medication that you cant take right now after, you know, about two weeks after this happened to me. So lets hear a little bit of that song. I didnt start learning how to accept my voice until recently. Im your man. And this is basically, like, a country supergroup. Well, why dont you sing some of it for us? My daughter was about a year old, and I was getting into my touring van because I hadnt worked my way into a bus yet. The subject isnt talked about enough, Shires says. SHIRES: I mean OK Im going to call her up after this, too. SHIRES: But some of the words are funny. fiddle-playing damn Texan. GROSS: What would the right voice for you like, whats wrong what doesnt match? So lets do that. In 2020, she penned an op-ed for Rolling Stone about why abortion rights matter. It took me a minute to really learn how to improvise, Shires says of those early years. / And the fear that I feel when I see my features reversed in my own daughter's face." Dont support artists who dont support your rights. GROSS: You know, your husband plays on this album, but the songs are about a bad period in your marriage. 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. GROSS: So that was Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys from 1940, their song, New San Antonio Rose, with Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar. No more? Thanks., RELATED: Jason Isbell slams Morgan Wallens appearance at Grand Ole Opry: Not surprised Just sad, Jason Isbell on the road, hummingbirds, fan requests and critical thinking in America, Jason Isbell on COVID vaccine mandates at concerts: No, were not taking away your freedom. 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 then and the words are amazing and always brought me a smile. If we tell our stories, it helps other people feel empowered. SHIRES: Oh, yeah. And then coupled with the pandemic and all that, he was on self-preservation mode, and I was too. And she was like, I had no idea. But I thought, what am I going to do about that in the event that she does go into country music? And she was also holding down a day job as a single mom. GROSS: Well, in 2020, you and your husband, Jason Isbell, recorded a duet of a song you wrote called The Problem. And the song is from the perspective of a teenage couple. I was lucky. I was gifted as a girl. Where are our Nashville folks? GROSS: That sounds really, really awful. I know what the cost is in the octaves of consequence. Well be right back. Im Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. And if you want a doctor, Ill examine every inch of you. And she was doing the bail bonding on the night. If youre just joining us, my guest is songwriter, singer and musician Amanda Shires, and her latest album is called Take It Like A Man. Well be right back. So I started just taking notes on the radio because I heard it. As they talked, Fully renovated in 1994, the Ryman has never been more vibrant, attracting entertainers and fans from around the globe to enjoy its now legendary acoustics and rich history.Connect with the Ryman Auditorium:Like the Ryman Auditorium on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/rymanfbCheck out the Ryman Auditorium on INSTAGRAM: ttp://bit.ly/RymanInstagram Follow the Ryman Auditorium on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/tweettherymanBEHIND THE SCENES with Amanda Shires | Backstage at the Ryman | Ryman Auditoriumhttp://www.youtube.com/user/RymanAuditorium#AmandaShires, #Ryman, #TheHighwomen, #RymanAuditorium, #BackstageattheRyman And I was still dealing with all of it two and a half weeks later. But I think she probably knew. 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. So lets hear a song about when things werent so all right. Jason Isbell Releases Death Wish' From New Album Elizaveta Porodina/Courtesy of the artist, Naming The Beast: Jason Isbell And Amanda Shires On Speaking Up In 2017. And then you also get to play you get to improvise, which is when you go off the page, as they say, or you just play what you feel within the chords. Like, do you say, hey, honey, heres a song I wrote about how bad things are between us right now? Youve been very outspoken about the right to have an abortion. The next year, she won a Grammy for best americana album as part of her husbands group, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. I laid hands upon the world. And, you know, I didnt know that this was a thing you should normally ask to do cause I was young. Rock & roll kids just let decisions make themselves. But finding a voice now and sharing their stories now is as good as any time. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Send us a tip using our anonymous form. I recorded my interview with her last week. And he was there for 25 years. GROSS: Lawrence Rothman produced your new album. A lark in the shower from the night to the morning after. With artists and concert promoters nationwide forced to confront a surging spike in infections and hospitalizations attributed to the spread of the delta variant, Grammy award-winning musician, Jason Isbell, announced Monday that he and his band, the 400 Unit, will require concertgoers to provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test to attend all their future shows, whether they are held indoors or outdoors. The attention hes getting for Southeastern, from the opening recovery track Cover Me Up and the brutally stark Elephant to the full-throttle raver Super 8, feels like its coming at the right time, after hed had ample opportunity to get good at what he does. 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. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time And I return to them often. I hope you get well soon. Isbell responded, Thank you Aimee. GROSS: You grew up in Lubbock, Texas, and Mineral Wells, Texas. Look at Texas' Primary. Its pretty obvious.. Jason Isbell and his wife, Amanda Shires, were walking around last weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, where they played the Newport Folk Festival. Maintaining that vigilance and devoting necessary energy and attention to confronting and correcting not only sexual wrongdoing but warped thinking can be all-consuming. And I said, Id love to. 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. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) Three months after an emergency heart transplant, Grammy-nominated keyboardist, producer, songwriter and artist Peter Levin He could still leave it dish in the sink, you know? I own one of his guitars and. I am Terry Gross. And this is after some kind of nebulous argument. The Mandalorian Season Three Gets Off to a Disappointing Start GROSS: Well, I want to take a short break here. And a lot of its multilayered, the meaning take it like a man. GROSS: Lets take another break here. I am Terry Gross. Im your Amanda. But it was true. And Frankie and Lanny, my teachers we were at Lannys house the first time Tommy came over, and then, I met him. But if you dont, youre going to be wondering, What didnt I do? 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