It sounds like you were about to leave the marriage. Its you, Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris. But, yeah, after a while thinking about it, I got more comfortable with it. GROSS: Amanda Shires, its been such a pleasure to talk with you. Long before weathering the isolating COVID-19 pandemic, Shires had endured years of studio experiences where producers and musicians undermined her I dont care if somebody wants to put a target on me. 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 there was a guy that also played the guitar, like a multi-instrumentalist side person. And then and the words are amazing and always brought me a smile. Demographer Diana Greene Foster conducted a 10-year study tracking both people who had abortions and people who were denied abortions. But a lot of times when youre growing up and taught what how to be successful and how to be to survive in the world as a woman with a career and all this stuff and probably young many young kids are taught this. GROSS: So that was the Highwomen, which is a song performed by the supergroup The Highwomen, which was co-founded by my guest, Amanda Shires, and Brandi Carlile. But theres a medication you can take that aborts the fertilized egg from your fallopian tube. I would like to challenge other folks who have platforms to actually use them. And I kept imagining, like, how I had nothing left to give and nothing I could do or say to make anything feel right, like, within me somehow. And I guess when we got to the third album sequence that I had, Jason was like, why isnt Fault Lines on there? SHIRES: But I like it because I like to imagine like, if he was alive and I got to play this for him, I would be singing Im your Amanda. We found music, and then being in the Shoals area just gave us an early look at all the places music can take you. 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. It makes it feel like youre tough enough for the fight, all the way down to your bones. She performs in several settings and has received awards in each of them. You can just say Im crazy. Shires plays fiddle in the band. I didnt believe it. So thanks to them as well. A woman threw a house party with 65 men she matched with on Tinder and Hinge and connected with the man she's been dating for a year. I dont understand why its such a big issue, as big of an issue as it is. GROSS: Your mother earlier in her life worked as a bail bondsman, right? And then in my mind I thought, well, if he couldnt hear the frequency of my voice before, maybe he could hear it through music, you know? Her new album of original songs is called Take It Like A Man. She also co-founded the country supergroup the Highwomen, which includes Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby. People forget that, if you take away access to reproductive healthcare, youre going to be killing moms like me. Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. / And the fear that I feel when I see my features reversed in my own daughter's face." And I said, thats all you have to say? "Isn't it just like a daughter to make a fool of you? In 2016 I was going on the road. Do you think God still sees me, coming out of this twilight sleep? she asks, before the band carries the song out with a powerful extended coda. We have to work hard now to mobilize and help people vote. And she was also holding down a day job as a single mom. Where would that leave my own daughter? GROSS: Good. Singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires still remembers the moment she fell in love with the fiddle. WebBEHIND THE SCENES with Amanda Shires | Backstage at the Ryman Presented by Nissan | Ryman Auditorium 11,820 views Jan 1, 2019 92 Dislike Share Ryman Auditorium And I remember the first time I sang ever, Leon Rausch had to hold my hand. Which would I rather have? Cancelling shows feels awful, I know. SHIRES: I didnt know anything about them. And so I got to do that basically because I was willing to work in a group and play a part and do just that thing and show up on time. 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." And I was trying to sing that song A Little Walk With You (ph). 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? Where the fuck are the rest of them? When we left off, we were talking about when Shires was 15 and started playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys, which used to be Bob Wills band. And it was a Carrie Underwood song from it was, like, six years before that or something. Or did you keep the songs, like, kind of secret for a while? And so I just had to get emergency surgery to remove the tube and clean the blood from inside of my body. Like, I know that in all of the searching that he did still believe that there was something bigger out there, so I dont have to go trying to learn all these other things. So it was just like a week and a half or two weeks afterwards that Texas banned abortion. I could tell my milk cow I could tell by the way she lows. And it just worked when we did it. When it came down to it, when I finally got it done and recorded, Amy Coney Barrett had gotten sworn in. Amanda Shires. Theres not a lot of filler, not a lot of songs I would skip through, he says. And I thought if Im going to get any rest, Im going to have to do something about this. This is FRESH AIR. SHIRES: Thats well, see, Im accepting that it sounds like its supposed to now. It doesnt have to be Im Your Man. I just know that youve done that. 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. Lawrence Rothman has been a model of self accepting themselves. requiring proof of vaccination or proof of a recent negative COVID test, even facing backlash from his fellow artists, Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. Click the audio link above to get the full experience, On channeling her feelings about her marriage into writing Fault Lines and showing it to Isbell, I went and I sat down in my barn of internal wandering, and this is after some kind of nebulous argument, and I wrote Fault Lines and then I texted it to him, just like youd imagine, I said, I just wrote this song. And then in my mind I thought, Well, if he couldnt hear the frequency of my voice before, maybe he could hear it through music, you know? And here it sits. GROSS: One of the things I love about his music is the way he combined the spiritual and the profane in his songs and the spiritual and, like, anger and resentment and despair. Never one to shy away from his beliefs, Isbell implored his fellow man, in Alabama or otherwise, to get vaccinated, that is, if they wanted to see him perform in person, hoping to make a difference. I know they enjoy it. 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. Theres nothing left to fix. GROSS: I think its so interesting that your mother worked as a bail bondsman, not knowing that her own father had spent so much time in prison. Jason Isbell and his wife, Amanda Shires, were walking around last weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, where they played the Newport Folk Festival. And then my mom would drive me down there. But I think she probably knew. JASON ISBELL: (Singing) What do you want to do? On Shires' latest record, her songwriting is more fearless and vulnerable than ever but as always, it's a reflection of an artist focused intently on community, equality And after he did his time, he didnt say anything about it. SHIRES: And I think Sheryl Crow plays bass on that one. Jason Isbell will put his tour on hold after announcing he tested positive with for COVID-19. I dont feel like it matches whats going on inside my brain. For the past decade or so, Amanda Shires has sung about the dark shades of relationships lapsed communication, broken trust, fading intimacy with a devastating eye for detail. Wade was leaked last month, Amanda Shires shared some personal news on social media. As Delta Variant Spreads, Artists and Venues Scramble to Keep Concerts Safe (Rolling Stone), Live Nation Allows Artists to Require Vaccination or Proof of Negative Test Result for U.S. Concerts (Variety), This is a BETA experience. Hearing Shires spell that out is invigorating. I heard in 22 songs, one womans voice I heard. Im on your side. But anyway, he just grabbed my hand and held it. (In "Wasn't I Paying Attention," a tale of dramatically staged, small-town suicide, for example, the way she sings the word "attention" amplifies the narrator's unsettled state.) For my children, I did what I had to do. Shires has released seven solo albums starting in 2005, her most recent being Take It Like a Man in 2022. People will have to prove that they have been raped. We would sleep on the floor in the closet there because she would do the night shift, because she would was going to school in the daytime for being a nurse. Home to the Grand Ole Opry from 1943-1974, the Ryman earned the moniker \"Mother Church of Country Music\" as the genres of country and bluegrass developed on its stage and found a national audience on radio and television. You can say its all my fault. SHIRES: It was because Tommy Allsup was living in Snyder, Texas, at that time, and he was running the Bob Wills band. The 100 Best Albums of 2022. The next year, she won a Grammy for best americana album as part of her husbands group, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. They arent helping. Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires say they've turned in their memberships with the Country Music Association, due to the organization's "failure" to acknowledge the I think she probably knew 100%, but.. Refunds at point of purchase but were working on rescheduling. So lets hear a little bit of that song. So theres thinking my thinking is that my granddad married my grandmother knowing that she was pregnant with somebody elses child. You used to lean in like I was whispering, any excuse to get near again. Hearing these stories, I think that it makes your backbone stronger. And she also plays in her husband, Jason Isbells, band. If you want a partner, take my hand or only you want to strike me down in anger, here I stand. GROSS: The bail bondsmen are often their offices are often located in a very low-rent part of town. SHIRES: I found that out for Christmas, Jasons merchandise guy, Chance, gave us each our family trees. 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