I have heard this song before, it isn’t new. I have heard many people talk about how it may be the most thoughtful, poignant song written about the current conflict overseas also. I guess I just hadn’t truly paid as close of attention as I should’ve until this past weekend. I watched this video of Jason Isbell performing “Dress Blues” as I was thinking about heading to the Isbell/Drams/Macon Greyson show (I didn’t go, it started too late for a father on a school night). As I watched and more importantly, listened, to the performance, I couldn’t help but be moved by the imagery and the story of the soldier that Isbell says is based on someone he once knew. Powerful song, regardless of where you stand on the issue of U.S. occupation in Iraq.
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Here’s a story about the Marine that the song is about: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=conley
Thanks dawg, I really cant believe it has taken me this long to really “get” this song. I still love DBT, but they arent the same without him…
[...] with similar enthusiasm. I have a hard time arguing with that, really. In that spirit, I want toflash back to when I first stopped to truly listen to the words of Jason Isbell’s “Dress…. I caught Isbell at theRed Dirt Round-Up yesterday and while he didn’t play this song, [...]