TRACK 8
“Speed Trap Town”
From Jason Isbell’s Something More Than Free
Southeastern Records
Liner notes: Isbell embodies bedraggled resilience on an aching acoustic ballad about a toxic home, singing, “It never did occur to me to leave before tonight.”
Behind the music: The Alabama-born singer was only the third songwriting option in Drive-By Truckers, after Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, but has blossomed as a solo artist.
Check it out if you like: Underdog champions (Steve Earle, John Mellencamp).
