He's performed as a member of The 400 Unit and Drive-By Truckers. The Caverns.

The track 'Brand New Kind Of Actress' immediately became a hit and made Jason Isbell one of the fastest growing talents at that moment. For 10 years, I have been covering the country music scene in New York and Nashville where I’ve interviewed the biggest names in the genre including everyone from Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson to Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan. “We’re doing it in a way that is as responsible as you can possibly pull off. © Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. One dollar from all ticket sales will be donated to NIVA, the National Independent Venue Association, to benefit music venues currently closed because of the pandemic. For more, follow me on Twitter and via yousingiwrite.com. “People don't understand how close so many venues including our own are to going under. “If you pour some music on whatever’s wrong, it’ll sure help out.” — Levon Helm, “Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.” — John Prine.

The reality of performing to a live audience was not lost on Isbell or his band either, as he ended his set profusely thanking those in attendance. While the return of live music remains to be seen, for four nights in Tennessee the Caverns provided hope for music fans in the midst of a pandemic.

Mayo says the venue followed all CDC guidelines including requiring masks when outside of the pods. It’s great to see you, it means the world to us,” Isbell said before the band’s encore. Get concert tickets, news … Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Jason Isbell's musical talents were nurtured by his family during his childhood and adolescence in rural Alabama. More recently a suggestion from a friend, Jason Isbell’s agent Andrew Colvin, prompted Mayo to “think outside of the cave.” As Mayo explains, Colvin reached out to him after seeing a performance take place with a pod setup at Gisburne Park in the U.K. and he suggested Mayo try the same with his venue. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit date not confirmed, “If you pour some music on whatever’s wrong, it’ll sure help out.”, “Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.”. “I am so proud of the proof of this concept we experienced over the weekend. Find tour dates and live music events for all your favorite bands and artists in your city.

“Thanks for doing what you had to do so we didn’t have to quit. We thought based upon previous excavations that those giant stones were tethered to the ground. Find Jason Isbell tour dates and concerts in your city. The new socially distanced concert is set for October 8th. The Caverns Above Ground Concert Series. My byline has appeared in Billboard, Country Weekly, CMA Close Up, Marie Claire, MTV, Rolling Stone and Sounds Like Nashville. We want to hear from you!

While the touring and … “I think it all comes down to what type of audience you draw,” he says. Pelham, TN I couldn’t ask for more than that.”. Over the past five weeks, Mayo and his team emptied the land, built a stage and set up hundreds of pods that could collectively hold 1,000 concertgoers. Your comprehensive live music resource for show listings, artist tracking, music news, photos, reviews and more. The Isbell dates served as a test model for future shows at the Caverns throughout 2021 and in the age of Covid-19. I am a freelance music journalist based in Nashville and serve as a country contributor at Forbes. Want more Rolling Stone?

“Thank y’all so much for coming to the show this evening. Tickets for Isbell’s concerts go on sale Friday, September 18th at 10 a.m. CT, at $125 per person.

“We’re grateful our above-ground land gives us the opportunity to be among the first venues in the country to bring people together in a responsible manner for socially-distanced concerts,” Todd Mayo, owner of the Caverns, said in a statement. While the touring and live music industry has halted indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, one venue owner is pivoting to offer a pod-style concert experience to music fans. The new socially distanced concert is set for October 8th. In order to keep socially distant, everyone parked in staggering alignments so there was no rush to get to the stage before and after the concert. “Our audience really seemed to appreciate experiencing live music again, and they played by the rules and stayed safe.

Also, each pod had a QV code where concertgoers could order food, drinks and merch to have delivered from their phones without standing in concession lines — giving a true VIP experience. My byline has appeared in Billboard, Country Weekly, CMA Close Up. Share your show calendar with like-minded music fans. Located in an underground cave called Big Mouth Cave, the unique concert venue spans 8,000 linear feet and can host up to 1,200 people. “We went outside and started looking at the land we had above the cave. Sorry. Track Jason Isbell on My JamBaseWe’ll notify you about new dates!

Jason Isbell Tickets Jason Isbell Tickets Jason Isbell is a Grammy Award-winning Americana icon from Alabama. Each person’s temperature was checked as they drove up to the venue and a list of attendees was kept for contact tracing. One dollar of every ticket sold to Isbell’s four concert dates will be donated to the National Independent Venue Association’s (NIVA) Save Our Stages Emergency Relief Fund, which aims to generate awareness, advocacy and donations to help support venues experiencing revenue loss. The excitement was palpable during Isbell’s inaugural pod-show Thursday (Oct. 8). © 2020 Forbes Media LLC. When approached by Colvin, Mayo says he and his team went above ground to look at the land outside and see if there was a way to make a socially distant pod-type setup like the U.K. work in Tennessee. We appreciate y’all … It’s been too long so it does our heart a lot of good to see y’all and to play music for you.”, In a statement following his four concerts at the Caverns, Isbell said while he knows it took a lot of planning to pull off his mini residency, it was worth it.

In This Article: The Caverns appearances aren’t the only concerts for Isbell and the 400 Unit next month.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will play three concerts to socially-distanced fans in Tennessee.

After that, Jason Isbell published the extremely famous album 'Southeastern' which … Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit perform at Tennessee's The Caverns during the venue's first pod-style ... [+] concert experience. Instead of playing in the venue’s natural, underground amphitheater, however, Isbell and the 400 Unit will set up outdoors for what’s being called “The Caverns Above Ground Concert Series.” Fans will watch the shows from a hillside in socially distanced pods arranged a minimum of six-feet apart. We were able to pick them up and all of a sudden we were able to clear vast amounts of land and we created an amphitheater.”. From The Road To The Kitchen: How Two Music Industry Professionals Launched A New Business During A Pandemic, Cole Swindell Returns To The Stage With Fireplay's Virtual Crowd, EY & Citi On The Importance Of Resilience And Innovation, Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing For Change. Other pandemic precautions include mandatory masks (except when in the pods), staggered arrival times for ticket-holders, temperature checks, and Covid-19 screening questions. Sign up for our newsletter. Todd Mayo is the owner of The Caverns, a picturesque underground destination for live music in Tennessee and the home of Emmy-winning PBS television series Bluegrass Underground, and an early adopter of the pod concept in America. Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site! Update (9/18): Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have added an additional show at the Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee.

Last October, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit were gearing up to play a seven-show residency at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, an annual tradition that, for 2020, is on pause. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Lawn of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater, Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater.

“The pandemic has brought a lot of soul searching on a personal level for everybody,” Mayo tells me. They’re also performing a drive-in show October 16th in Alpharetta, Georgia, part of Live Nation’s latest Live From the Drive-In series. With a stage set up in the middle of the forest just a few feet from Big Mouth Cave, fans brought lounge chairs and settled into their socially distanced pods for the venue’s first live show since March. Songwriter and his band will play a string of socially distanced concerts at the Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee.