Amanda Shires is a Texas-born singer/songwriter who got her start at 15 when she joined Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys on fiddle. After starting her solo career in 2005, Shires continued to play with a number of other bands including her husband Jason Isbell's band, the 400 Unit. In 2019, she started the all-female country supergroup The Highwomen, which includes Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby and Maren Morris.
After the 2022 release of Amanda Shiresâ seventh solo album, Take It Like A Man, she released an album of covers with the late Bobbie Nelsonâwhoâs primarily known for playing piano in her younger brother Willie Nelsonâs band. Amanda initially enlisted Bobbie to play on her version of Willieâs classic, âYou Were Always On My Mind,â but they continued to record together. The resulting collection of songs became the album Loving You, which was released this past June, nearly a year after Bobbieâs death.
On todayâs episode Justin Richmond talks to Amanda Shires about Bobbie Nelsonâs unfortunate start in the music business. Amanda also talks about why she feels more comfortable singing about societyâs big issues alongside The Highwomen. And she remembers the time she went to Vegas and gambled away all her bandâs tour moneyâonly to win it all back after playing craps through the night.
You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite Amanda Shires songs here:
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For generations of music lovers, the liner notes on albums were a central part of the way music was heard. You bought an album and it came with an accompanying narrative: a digression, an aside, a backstoryâmaybe even an invented history. We intuitively understood that great music required not just listening but conversation between the artist and the audience and the audience and the rest of the world.
Broken Record is a podcast that restarts those conversationsâin a world without liner notesâfor a new audience of music lovers.
Broken Record is hosted by Justin Richmond with interviews by producer Rick Rubin, writer Malcolm Gladwell, and former New York Times editor Bruce Headlam.
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@RandyWebb70
2 months ago
Love from Long Beach Ca, the host just blew my mind saying he is from here.
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