Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - Van Along With Gear Stolen

Below is a repost from SavingCountryMusic.com about Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit having their van, trailer and gear stolen. Nothing in life is worse than a thief as they are the scum that should be eliminated in a swift manner. Hopefully these shit fucks are caught and justice will be swift. If you have any news or information on this post anywhere you can. If you happen to catch them, let justice be served in a swift and effective manner.

Jason Isbell, former member of The Drive By Truckers and current solo artist had his van, trailer, and all contents stolen in Dallas, TX on Saturday (11-19) afternoon. Jason and his band, The 400 Unit, were in Dallas Friday night, playing the city’s legendary Granada Theater on lower Greenville in support of his latest album Here We Rest, sharing the bill with Texas singer/songwriter James McMurtry.

The stolen van is a white 2006 Ford E350 van with Alabama license plates, with a wolf sticker on a side window. It had a Calexico air freshener, a hula girl on the dash, and “derogatory dirt on back window” according to Isbell’s Twitter feed. The trailer was a black Wells Cargo with Texas license plates, and was full of the band’s music gear.
Unfortunately stories of specific instruments getting stolen is all-too-common, but it is very rare to hear of a band losing their vehicle and all of it’s contents. Even if insurance covers the costs, some vintage gear, and the sounds and memories they covey can never be replaced. Folks are encouraged to look at the list of stolen instruments below, and keep an eye out for them.

• 1970 Fender Precision Bass (sunburst, worn, copper pickgaurd) in a Gator ATA Road case
• Duesenberg Goldtop Starplayer Guitar
• Sommatone Roaring 40 Combo Amplifier
• Baxendale Jumbo Acoustic Guitar
• Epiphone 12-string Guitar
• Red Nord Electro 2 Keyboard
• Red Hohner Hohnica Accordion
• Black Roland KC-550 Keyboard Amp
• Red Sparkle Gretsch kit, 2 Pearl Snare drums(natural), 20″ Bosphorus Cymbals w/rivets, 14″ Zildjian Mastetsound Hats, 21″ Zildjian K Special Dry Ride, and a 20″ Dream Energy Crash/Ride.
• Ampeg V4-BH in a road case
• Ampeg 6×10 Cabinet

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit with Amanda Shires performing “Codeine”, a Saving Country Music 2011 Song of the Year candidate, on The Late Show with David Letterman earlier this month.

Tags: Amanda Shires, Dallas, Drive By Truckers, James McMurtry, Jason Isbell, The Granada Theater

Death Country, Is This A New Sub Genre?

Found this link earlier in which someone is describing "death country" as this; "Deathcountry is a sub-genre of country music, particularly alternative country. It is best described as being traditional country music with a morbid anarchist punk rock and psychobilly attitude." 

Kinda funny to be honest, in the sense of that whatever happened to a song just being a song telling a story. Why does every single thing have to be categorized and labeled under a microscope and as if its a new species. I get the idea for sure, but why can't a song or an artist just be themselves without categorization? Is Homer's Illiad now considered a sci-fi adventure tale or is Trent Reznor outlaw country since Johnny Cash covered Hurt? Does this mean Joe Buck Yourself's song "Devil Is On His Way" is Death Country? Looks like "country" is going the way of metal where it's sub genre after sub genre. Personally, now I am waiting for blackened death country with progressive thrash elements and blast beats on washboards. Anybody up to start the band?

Album cover for Those Poor Bastards

Link to the full write up on Specifyspot.com

"American Gothic aka Gothic Country Rock (Southern Gothic & Death Country)

Southern Gothic is a subgenre of gothic fiction unique to American literature that takes place exclusively in the American South. It resembles its parent genre in that it relies on supernatural, ironic, or unusual events to guide the plot. It is unlike its parent genre in that it uses these tools not solely for the sake of suspense, but to explore social issues and reveal the cultural character of the American South.
The southern gothic style is one that employs the use of macabre, ironic events to examine the values of the American south.

Deathcountry is a sub-genre of country music, particularly alternative country. It is best described as being traditional country music with a morbid anarchist punk rock and psychobilly attitude."