Jason Isbell’s Cast Iron Skillet

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Jason Isbell, , a four-time Grammy-Award-winner who’s known as one of the best songwriters of his generation. Jason Isbell was born to parents who were still teenagers in a small town in North Alabama, and as a result he spent a lot of time with his grandfather, who was a Pentecostal preacher and a guitar player. By high school he was immersed in the music culture of Muscle Shoals, and in his early 20s he was playing to sold out crowds with the Drive By Truckers. As a solo artist, Isbell has become known as a poet of the rural South who’s not afraid to speak his mind. Now he’s got a terrific new album called ‘Weathervanes,’ a collection of songs that continue his tradition of storytelling with an edge. They'll also discuss his grandmother’s cornbread, how to ring a chicken’s neck, and his experience as an actor in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming movie, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon.’ For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Dominique Arciero - Audio Engineer/Producer Jeremiah McVay - Script Editor Jennifer Del Sole - Director, Audio Growth Strategy & Operations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living. I'm Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine.
0:14.0	And y'all, this is an artist I've admired for a long time, a four-time Grammy Award winner who's known as one of the best songwriters of his generation.
0:22.6	Jason Isbell was born to parents who were still teenagers in a small town in North Alabama, and as a result he spent a lot of time with his grandfather, who was a Pentecostal preacher and a guitar player.
0:34.6	By high school, he was immersed in the music culture of Muscle Shoals,
0:38.0	and in his early 20s, he was playing to sold-out crowds with the drive-by truckers. As a solo artist,
0:44.2	Isbell has become known as a poet of the rural South who's not afraid to speak his mind. Now he's
0:50.0	got a terrific new album called Weather Vains, a collection of songs that continue his
0:54.6	tradition of storytelling with an edge. We'll talk about all that, plus his grandmother's
0:59.6	cornbread, how to ring a chicken's neck, and his experience as an actor in Martin Scorsese's
1:05.0	upcoming movie, Killers of the Flower Moon. All that and more on a very special Biscuits
1:10.0	and Jam.
1:21.2	Well, Jason Isbell, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.
1:22.6	Thank you. Thanks for having me.
1:27.2	Where am I reaching you right now? I'm in Austin. We're playing here last night,
1:28.2	tonight, and tomorrow.
1:33.8	Oh, great. Is this Austin City Limits? The venue, not the show. The show just normally films one show, but the venue also has shows there. We'll be back to do the TV series next month.
1:39.9	Oh, great. Well, so, Jason, you actually came to the Southern Living Offices back in, I think, 2012 and performed at one of the first things that we ever did called Biscuits and Jam.
1:53.9	Yeah, I remember. Yeah, on the back porch there. Yeah, and we actually served biscuits that day, I think.
1:59.2	Yeah, they were pretty good.
2:04.0	They didn't have a whole lot of rise to them, but that's okay.
2:04.6	That's all right.
2:05.6	They tasted good.
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