![]() The following day, Patterson Hood confirmed the break on the band's official site. On April 5, 2007, Isbell announced that he was no longer a member of the Drive-By Truckers. The two were part of the band's documentary, The Secret to a Happy Ending. įor most of his time as a band member, Isbell was married to Shonna Tucker, who joined the band after Isbell as bassist. The title track of Decoration Day was revealed by Isbell in the 2014 Live from Lincoln Center concert to be a true story about his family members. Isbell recorded and contributed many songs to the Drive-By Truckers for their next three albums, 2003's Decoration Day, 2004's The Dirty South, and 2006's A Blessing and a Curse. Hood invited Isbell to join the Drive-By Truckers after he sat in with the group at an acoustic house party when guitarist Rob Malone did not show up. Co-founder Patterson Hood recalls that he met Isbell through Dick Cooper, a mutual friend from Muscle Shoals. ![]() The band operates out of Athens, Georgia, where Isbell lived while with the band. In 2001, at age 22, Isbell joined the Drive-By Truckers while they toured in support of their album Southern Rock Opera. Isbell performing with the Drive-By Truckers in Auburn, Alabama, in 2005 Isbell also recorded pieces of his solo albums at FAME Studios, as well as the Drive-By Truckers' The Dirty South. He worked with FAME for 15 years, through his solo album Southeastern. Isbell submitted demos and eventually got a publishing deal with FAME Studios of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, when he was 21. It took a while, but once he finally got up the nerve to tell them he played, they would have him sit in with them, which resulted in friendship and mentorship. Isbell would go watch David Hood and others perform. ![]() By this time, Patterson Hood and his future Drive-By Truckers co-founder, Mike Cooley, were older and had moved out of town. He got to know session bassist David Hood, father of Drive-By Truckers co-founder Patterson Hood, because David Hood was in the Florence, Alabama area and played around town on Friday and Saturday nights in local restaurants and bars. When Isbell was a teenager, many musicians took him under their wing. ![]() He did not graduate, still requiring one physical education credit. Isbell attended the University of Memphis, studying English and creative writing. They played at the Grand Ole Opry when Isbell was 16. Isbell started playing in a garage band and a country cover band when he was 14 or 15 years old with his friend, songwriter Chris Tompkins. Isbell spent his childhood attending both the Pentecostal church and the stricter Church of Christ, which permitted only singing without musical instruments. Isbell's paternal grandfather, who came from a musical family, was a Pentecostal preacher and played guitar in church. Isbell's family would get together and play music every week, sometimes twice a week. In high school, he played trumpet and French horn. They enjoyed gospel music, bluegrass music, and the Grand Ole Opry. His grandfather and uncle taught him to play various musical instruments, including the mandolin when he was six years old, as it was easier for him to grip as a small child. His grandparents lived on a farm down the road next to the school that Isbell attended they looked after him while his parents were at work. Isbell's parents divorced, and he has two much younger half-siblings. Isbell's mother was only 17 years old (and his father 19 years old) when he was born and is the subject of a song, "Children of Children". Isbell was born in Green Hill, Alabama, two miles from the Alabama/ Tennessee state line, the son of interior designer mother Angela Hill Barnett and house painter Mike Isbell.
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