Live From New York
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit made their Radio City Music Hall debut on Feb. 24. Here, Isbell and the band soundcheck at the hallowed auditorium.
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The Gamble Seat
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone The view from drummer Chad Gamble’s seat during soundcheck shows an empty Radio City.
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Stage Left
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone 400 Unit keyboard player Derry deBorja is a constant presence over Isbell’s left shoulder.
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Like Butterss
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone The band’s new bassist Anna Butterss (right) slid seamlessly into their role onstage with the 400 Unit, including guitarist Sadler Vaden.
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Floor 400
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Drummer Chad Gamble, utility player Will Johnson, guitarist Sadler Vaden, and bassist Anna Butterss take the elevator to the stage ahead of their Radio City debut.
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The 400 Huddle
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Anna Butterss, Chad Gamble, Jason Isbell, and Derry deBorja gather before showtime.
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The Night’s Set List
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Isbell and the band chose to open their Radio City show with “When We Were Close,” a track off the new album ‘Weathervanes’ that’s about Isbell’s friendship with the late songwriter Justin Townes Earle.
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‘Weathervanes’ Opener
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone The first four songs of Isbell’s set list — “When We Were Close,” “Save the World,” “King of Oklahoma,” and “Strawberry Woman” — were all from ‘Weathervanes.’
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Complete Unit
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone All six members of the 400 Unit, including Will Johnson behind drummer Chad Gamble, are visible in this photo from the stage at Radio City Music Hall.
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“Alabama Pines”
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Before playing “Alabama Pines,” Isbell said he’d actually been to Radio City before — for a ‘Game of Thrones’ event. He said he remembers thinking then, “I sure would like to make music in that place.”
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Alabama in New York
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Isbell’s a native of north Alabama, and the midtown Manhattan crowd made him feel welcome, singing along loudly to “Alabama Pines.”
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Teenage Kicks
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Isbell is an admitted sneakerhead — here, he and guitarist Sadler Vaden show off the Swoosh.
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On the Road
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Isbell and the band are on tour all throughout the spring and summer.
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Radio, Radio
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Isbell surveys the crowd at the sold-out Radio City Music Hall.
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Eat ‘Em and Smile
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Isbell caught fans’ attention late this year for a personal upgrade: he had his teeth fixed. “I had bone loss, severe infection and neuralgia, and without the repairs I wasn’t gonna be singing much longer,” he wrote on X.
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In the Eye
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Isbell is the proud owner of “Red Eye,” a 1959 Les Paul once owned and played by Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King, who had it stolen from him at gunpoint in 1987.
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Shred Fest
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone “This Ain’t It,” off ‘Weathervanes,’ has become a guitar duel between Isbell and Vaden at the 400 Unit’s live shows.
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Thank You, New York
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone The 400 Unit bid the Radio City crowd farewell.
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On to the Next One
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone The band move on to a busy slate of shows, including a sold-out headlining show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.