Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, 'Here We Rest' (Lightning Rod)
April 12, 2011 The ex–Drive-By Truckers guitarist shares his former band's lyrical penchant for the dark end of the street. Musically, however, he's more like a latter-day Lowell George, the guiding light of eccentrically polyglot '70s roots rockers Little Feat. Isbell's third solo album is earthy and unpretentiously eclectic - bluesy shuffles, gospel tinges - and you almost expect Bonnie Raitt's voice to waft in. …
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