GROSS: Your mother earlier in her life worked as a bail bondsman, right? Maybe I was asking for a little too much. So to give listeners a sense of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, listeners who dont know who they are, this is a classic 1940 recording of New San Antonio Rose., (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, NEW SAN ANTONIO ROSE), BOB WILLS AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS: (Singing) Deep within my heart lies a melody, a song of old San Antone (ph) San Antone where in dreams I live with a memory beneath the stars, all alone. Do you need the reasons why? In 2016 there was 13% representation of women to men on country radio, and now it still sits pleasantly at 16% on a good week. SHIRES: So I thought if I could write a song with my feelings in it, that it might bring him around to the walls that arent really walls that we put ourselves behind sometimes. Well be right back. And Id sit on his porch. SHIRES: But some of the words are funny. Which brings up the question, why were Jason and I, and Margo Price, the biggest celebrities quasi-celebrities at the march in Nashville? But theres a medication you can take that aborts the fertilized egg from your fallopian tube. The attention hes getting for Southeastern, from the opening recovery track Cover Me Up and the brutally stark Elephant to the full-throttle raver Super 8, feels like its coming at the right time, after hed had ample opportunity to get good at what he does. On August 10, my life was savedthese are some dark days.. Shires character wrestles with the decision and the right thing to do in her situation, while Isbells character offers his support for whatever decision she makes. Oh, I could have crowed. But she was very good at keeping a lot of secrets. GROSS: One of the things I love about his music is the way he combined the spiritual and the profane in his songs and the spiritual and, like, anger and resentment and despair. You know, its Jimmy Webbs song originally, but. On Shires' latest record, her songwriting is more fearless and vulnerable than ever but as always, it's a reflection of an artist focused intently on community, equality Not saying something is not helping. And she was also holding down a day job as a single mom. No more? With vacations lagging and the dangerous delta variant spreading, the United States is averaging more than 100,000 new cases a day for the first time since early February. And sometimes, you know, you can, like, cup your hands and drink water from them or you could cup your hands and I dont know. SHIRES: On August 9, yes, I was in Texas at Austin City Limits. And usually that works. They all feel good, he says of making records, and they all feel really bad when youre working, simultaneously.. Like, I know that in all of the searching that he did still believe that there was something bigger out there. So by the time I went into the hospital, my fallopian tube had already ruptured. Amanda Rose Shires (born March 5, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddle player. And I was trying to sing that song A Little Walk With You (ph). And I save them all and I return to them often I own one of his guitars My whole left arm is tattoos of Leonard Cohen I really do feel like he did a lot of work for me that I dont have to do. The Highwomen were tapped as last-minute fill ins, though founding member Amanda Shires was unable to attend as she continues to recover from an emergency GROSS: Without him asking? Thats abundantly clear on his breakout new album, Southeastern, one of the years best in any genre. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. It just seemed like the right thing to do because I dont want to spend my time on stage worried about if Im making people sick.. And so I got to do that basically because I was willing to work in a group and play a part and do just that thing and show up on time. I want Garth Brooks out there telling people that womens health is a priority. On forming the all-female country super-group The Highwomen. And I was like, my granddad was in Alcatraz? In my case, I blame the education system, but I didnt even know what an ectopic pregnancy was. And then in my mind I thought, well, if he couldnt hear the frequency of my voice before, maybe he could hear it through music, you know? Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Kitty Eisele adapted it for the web. Michael Schmelling. Wade was leaked last month, Amanda Shires shared some personal news on social media. We have Olivia Rodrigo and Phoebe Bridgers speaking up, and Ariana Grande. But they took me seriously, but they also knew the seriousness and the impact of the help that they were giving me. Jason Isbell) Official Video ft. Jason Isbell Watch on Tour Dates Track to get concert, live stream and tour updates. Amanda Shires appeared on The Late Late Show to perform her recent song Take It Like a Man. Playing with her band, the singer offered an emotive take on the JASON ISBELL: (Singing) What do you want to do? Ninety-five percent of study participants who did have an abortion still stood by their decision. SHIRES: Yeah. She sings of the excruciating awareness of both mirroring and superseding her own mother. The song is named "Parking Lot Pirouette" for its protagonist's graceful forwardness, her decisive movement to prolong a pleasurable dalliance. We have to work hard now to mobilize and help people vote. To keep the newness from wearing off, for every start theres gonna be a stop. Trump Melts Down Over Murdoch Admitting Fox Lied About Election Fraud, If you say those things out loud, it makes a difference. I never wouldve thought that before, but now I know its true. People are still going to get abortions, and were going to have to keep peoples secrets, and house people, and try to do the best we can. I know everyone is scared of losing their rung on the ladder, but there are more important things, I think, than your fame. SHIRES: Well, that was that parts a secret, Terry. On top of that, Shires notes, the pro-life stance doesnt typically extend past birth. And if you want another kind of love, Ill wear a mask for you. Here Are The Republicans Who Want Him Kicked Out, Rupert Murdoch Must Tell Fox News Hosts To Stop Spreading Election Lies, Congressional Democrats Demand, Trump Attacks Rupert Murdoch And Fox NewsAgainClaiming Destruction Of America Amid Defamation Lawsuit, These U.S.-Listed Stocks SurgeAlibaba, Baidu And MoreAfter Chinas Economic Rebound, Top NFL Prospect Jalen Carter Charged For Alleged Role In Fatal Street Race, Bite-Sized TikTok Poetry Blows UpAlong With Growing Claims Of Plagiarism, As Delta Variant Spreads, Artists and Venues Scramble to Keep Concerts Safe, Live Nation Allows Artists to Require Vaccination or Proof of Negative Test Result for U.S. Concerts. Amanda Shires opens her new album To the Sunset with a strikingly different scenario. And this is the iteration of the band Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, which got their start in they were most famous in the 30s and 40s and 50s. And we would be quiet so that she wouldnt get in trouble because it was a lot then to be a single mom and deal with the difference in pay for men versus women. "Last night you walked me to my car / You said, 'You won't be getting far before you turn around,'" she sings, her phrasing seesawing and scampering. But I think folks forget that access to abortion and reproductive healthcare is not just about terminating unwanted pregnancy. Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell depict a couple having an honest, difficult conversation about abortion in the new song The Problem.. So I started just taking notes on the radio because I heard it. I would she would set us up in the in the closet of the bail bonds office. And Empty Cups wasnt even the hardest one for me to put on there. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Thank you for doing the interview. (In "Wasn't I Paying Attention," a tale of dramatically staged, small-town suicide, for example, the way she sings the word "attention" amplifies the narrator's unsettled state.) GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. One is a Honduran asylum-seeker who died while trying to cross the border. GROSS: Amanda Shires, how did you decide you wanted to write a song about abortion? Curled up on the floor with it all. SHIRES: (Singing) Trying not to think of names. Thats the song Faultlines, performed by Amanda Shires with Zach Setchfield on guitar in Amandas home studio outside of Nashville, Tenn. Thats one of the songs on her new album, Take It Like a Man. So lets talk about that song a little bit. Also, during this time when I was leaving, I was thinking about how Mercy was you know, picked up a kazoo, and she could play a kazoo. So its probably important to stay alive before you start questioning your liberty.. So I started just taking notes on the radio because in 22 songs, [I heard] one womans voice and it was a Carrie Underwood song from six years before that or something. And I said, I dont know. And it was much safer for us to sleep in the closet with the TV at the bail bonding place than to be left to her own devices at home. If youre just joining us, my guest is Amanda Shires, and her latest album is called Take It Like A Man. This is FRESH AIR. In the decade-plus that Shires has been making solo albums in addition to working as a side person with Billy Joe Shaver, Justin Townes Earle and, eventually, her husband and fellow singer-songwriter Jason Isbell she's expressed self-consciousness about the shivers and tremors in her singing voice, tried to smooth them out of her delivery and ultimately embraced its untameness. When it reopened, he was in the first 200. SHIRES: Honestly, a lot of times, my thoughts come to me just in pictures. And it took me back to the reason I came to writing and doing music in the first place, which is expression and trying to do something for me that could make me make sense, I guess. And in this certain period of time, there was a lot. I wouldnt go back and change it. Her new album of original songs is called Take It Like A Man. She also co-founded the country supergroup the Highwomen, which includes Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby. So I was left to the radio choices of sports ball and country top 40 country music. The sound of silence rings in every room. My daughter was about a year old, and I was getting into my touring van because I hadnt worked my way into a bus yet. I want to talk with you about The Highwomen. We try to have as much fun as possible singing a bunch of sad-ass songs, he said from the stage with one of the few grins hed allow himself. So lets hear a little bit of that song. Isbell took a stand, even facing backlash from his fellow artists. Her study essentially proves that when folks cant have an abortion, it affects their mental health, their economic standing, their overall well-being. For the past decade or so, Amanda Shires has sung about the dark shades of relationships lapsed communication, broken trust, fading intimacy with a devastating eye for detail. Wherever you get that support whether in a relationship or friends no matter what you believe, you can believe to support somebody through something hard.. Why did you want to form this group? It sounds like you were about to leave the marriage. This has been the hardest year. GROSS: Well, in 2020, you and your husband, Jason Isbell, recorded a duet of a song you wrote called The Problem. And the song is from the perspective of a teenage couple. Likewise, the changes underway to the Supreme Court after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg could also mean that abortion rights will come under fire nationally. I didnt want to do more damage. So I think she did a good job. And she also plays in her husband, Jason Isbells, band. But if you dont, youre going to be wondering, What didnt I do? Since publishing my op-ed, Ive heard from some folks who are in their eighties. He asserted that the band would cancel the concert if any venue refused to agree to their requirements. She co-founded the country supergroup The Highwomen, which includes Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby. Tommy Duncan was the singer. So I would be studying my pieces. SHIRES: The audience really never went wild over me because it took me a minute to really learn how to improvise. And then more recently, just about a year ago, in August of 2021, you had an ectopic pregnancy. Related In 2020, The Highwomen won album of the year at the Americana Music Honors & Awards ceremony. Theres nothing left to fix. Too caught up in the way I want you rolling over me. And then you also youve got guys thatll back you up. 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