But Eric has been dragging me into the twanging whining pain filled reality of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. That would be Jason Isbell. I used to think Drive By Truckers were a bunch of Lynyrd Skynyrd wantabees. And so what if they are? They had been around for five years before they brought Jason Isbell in as a third guitarist. He was a brilliant young man who came riding into and through the band straight out of school and three years, creative differences, and an ex-wife later, Drive By Truckers is still Drive By Truckers and Jason Isbell is a solo artist. more »