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Jason Isbell: Jason Isbell And The 400 Units

On February 17, 2009, “Lightning Rod” label released “Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit”, the second Jason Isbell album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Fame” in Muscle Shoals, “The Nutthouse” in Sheffield, “The Echo Lab” in Denton, and was produced by Matt Pence, Jason Isbell, Browan Lollar, Derry deBorja and Jimbo Hart.

Personnel:

  • Jason Isbell – vocals, guitars
  • Browan Lollar – guitars, cover, disc illustration
  • Derry deBorja – keyboards
  • Jimbo Hart – bass guitar
  • Matt Pence – drums, mixing
  • Harvey Thompson – horns
  • Vinny Ciesielski – horns
  • Charles Rose – horns, horns arrangements
  • Jimmy Nutt – engineer
  • Ben Tanner – engineer assistant
  • Dixon Keel – engineer assistant
  • Glenn Schick – mastering
  • Marc Harkness – design
  • Allison V. Smith – photography

Track listing:

  1. Seven Mile Island
  2. Sunstroke
  3. Good
  4. Cigarettes and Wine
  5. However Long
  6. Coda
  7. The Blue
  8. No Choice in the Matter
  9. Soldiers Get Strange
  10. Streetlights
  11. The Last Song I Will Write

Jason Isbell: Reunions

On May 15, 2020, “Southeastern” label released “Reunions”, the seventh Jason Isbell studio album, and the fourth accompanied by his backing band The 400 Unit. It was recorded in 2019, at “RCA Studio A” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Jason Isbell – vocals, piano, guitars
  • Sadler Vaden – guitars
  • Derry Deborja – keyboards, omnichord, organ, piano
  • Amanda Shires – fiddle, background vocals
  • Jimbo Hart – bass
  • Chad Gamble – drums, tambourine
  • Jay Buchanan – backing vocals
  • David Crosby – backing vocals
  • Gena Johnson – engineer
  • Toby Hurlbert – engineer assistant
  • Daniel Bacigalupi – assistant
  • Dave Cobb – mixing, shaker
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Fetzer Design – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Jason Isbell except where noted.

  1. What’ve I Done to Help – Jason Isbell, Michael Kiwanuka
  2. Dreamsicle
  3. Only Children
  4. Overseas
  5. Running with Our Eyes Closed
  6. River
  7. Be Afraid
  8. St. Peter’s Autograph
  9. It Gets Easier
  10. Letting You Go