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The SBL Podcast

091- In Conversation with Jimbo Hart - Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit

The SBL Podcast

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🗓️ 29 November 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In today’s podcast we’re talking to Jimbo Hart of American Southern Rock band Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit It’s so often the case that a great rhythm section lies behind almost every great band, and Jimbo Hart is the kind of bassist whose playing provides a solid link between Jason Isbell’s vocals and the rest of the band. Hailing from the Muscle Shoals region of Northwest Alabama, Jimbo has been busy honing his bass playing on Isbell’s new record, The Nashville Sound, which is his first wit...

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0:00.0

Hey guys, how's it going? Scott here from Scott's Bassetons.com and I'm actually sitting in my kitchen.

0:04.5

Say hello, Lisa. Where are the kids by the way, Lisa? They've gone AWOL. They've gone AWOL.

0:10.8

Anyway, yeah, we just got out of a full week of recording with Gary Willis, so I'm just spending a bit of time at home with the family because last week was so crazy.

0:20.8

Anyway, so today we're catching up with Jimbo Hart, who's been busy touring with Jason Isbell and the 400 unit.

0:27.9

Jason Isbell is a Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter from Alabama who shot to fame with drive-by truckers in early 2000s.

0:35.1

Thank you for the background noise, Lisa. Before we're gig with that band, Jason had a

0:43.3

publishing deal with Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals. Now, if you've seen the documentary all about

0:49.0

Rick Hall and the Muscle Shoals rhythm section, the Swampers, you'll know all about it. If you haven't seen that documentary,

0:55.7

please, please, please go check it out. It's on Netflix. Now Muscle Sholes has an incredible history

1:01.6

with artists like the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Willie Nelson, Linnard Skinhead,

1:07.6

and Levin Helm as well, all recording at fame.

1:11.7

In this podcast, Jimbo, who's also from Muscle Shoals, talks about the legacy of that studio,

1:16.8

what it's like to record there, all about his gig with Jason Isbell, and how he became friends

1:21.8

with another Jason, Jason Newstead from Metallica, and much more.

1:26.8

Oh, we've got all the noise in the background.

1:28.3

Hey, guys, do you want to say hello to anybody on the podcast?

1:33.7

That's my daughter.

1:35.2

Do you want to say hello story?

1:38.1

Yes, do you want to say hello?

1:41.2

Yeah, both you want to say hello.

1:42.9

Okay, don't worry, podcast listeners. You're about to be handed over to Nick. Well, are you going to say hello. Okay, don't worry podcast listeners. You're about to be handed over to Nick.

1:47.0

Well, are you going to say hello, guys?

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