4 dead in Ohio

May 4, 1970 ... John Filo‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio, a 14-year-old runaway kneeling over the body of Jeffrey Miller minutes after he was shot by the Ohio National Guard … it's seared into my memory. #kentstate #CSNY #nixon #theknife #turntostone #70s #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rockmusic #jasonisbell #davidcrosby #joewalsh #genesis

https://robinbannks.com/2026/05/04/4-dead-in-ohio/

RE: https://mastodon.world/@paninid/116310240537228579

Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell & Tyler Childers know the answer to the question of our time;

What would John Brown do? #WWJBD

& if that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass.

#SturgillSimpson #TylerChilders #Country #music #JohnBrown #JasonIsbell #TTJ

Amanda Shires, Take It Like a Man, 2022 on ATO Records

Eighth solo LP from Amanda Shires, recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville. I’m cautious not to read any songwriter too literally or autobiographically, but it is hard not to (now) read this as foreshadowing her divorce from Jason Isbell, making it part of a group of records about the dissolution of their marriage.

Guests include fellow Highwomen Natalie Hemby and Maren Morris, Isbell, producer Lawrence Rothman, Jimbo Hart (of the 400 Unit), and Fred Eltringham.

My copy—from a Barnes & Noble—is the “B&N Exclusive” on seaglass vinyl, with a fold-out lyrics sheet/poster.

If forever existed, we’d waste it. If We Were Vampires weighs love against time: Isbell’s quiet confession vs. Kahan & Schultz’s glowing duet. Which one gets your goosebumps?

#Chillers #CoverUp #JasonIsbell #The400Unit #NoahKahan #WesleySchultz #TheLumineers #IndieFolk #SongCovers #WOTSChillers

http://whatsontheshelf.blog/2025/12/30/chillers-cover-up-if-we-were-vampires-jason-isbell-the-400-unit-vs-noah-kahan-wesley-schultz/