Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit‘s 2018 live album Live From The Ryman is one of the best modern-day live albums and also one of the best Jason Isbell albums, so it’s very good news that he just announced a sequel, Live From The Ryman Vol. 2, featuring songs from the two great albums that Isbell released since 2018, 2020’s Reunions and 2023’s Weathervanes. The album also includes a rendition of “The Last Song I Will Write,” the closing track of the 400 Unit’s 2009 self-titled album, and a cover of Tom Petty’s “Room at the Top.”
The album pulls from multi-track recordings made by the band’s longtime front-of-house engineer Cain Hogsed across the 400 Unit’s past few annual Ryman runs. Cain co-produced the album with Jason, and mixed it with Todd Tidwell. The first track to be released is a rendition of “King of Oklahoma” from Weathervanes, and just like the first Live From The Ryman album, this recording really captures the spirit of the 400 Unit’s excellent live show and shows how the 400 Unit truly bring something new to these songs on stage. They stretch it out two minutes longer than the studio version, capping it off with fiery extended guitar solos. Listen below. The album comes out October 4 via Southeastern Records (pre-order).
The 400 Unit’s next Ryman run is this October, with support from Alice Randall (10/10), Garrison Starr (10/11), Mary Gauthier (10/12), Caitlin & Liz Rose (10/13), Matraca Berg (10/17), Iris DeMent (10/18), Gretchen Peters (10/19), and Kim Richey (10/20). They’ve also got upcoming dates supporting Zach Bryan, co-headlining with Turnpike Troubadours, and headlining with support from Adeem the Artist, Alejandro Escovedo, S.G. Goodman, and others. All upcoming dates are listed below. Tickets here. There’s no NYC show on their schedule but they’ve got a Red Bank, NJ show on 9/17 with Alejandro Escovedo.
Tracklist
1.Save The World
2.King Of Oklahoma
3.Only Children
4.Overseas
5.Dreamsicle
6.Running With Our Eyes Closed
7.Middle Of The Morning
8. The Last Song I Will Write
9.Strawberry Woman
10.Cast Iron Skillet
11.Miles
12.River
13.When We Were Close
14.Room At The Top
15.This Aint It
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — 2024/2025 Tour Dates
Aug 8: St. Louis, MO – The Factory @
Aug 9: Dubuque, IA – Q Casino Back Waters Stage @
Aug 10: Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park #
Aug 11: Springfield, IL – Illinois State Fair ~
Aug 13: Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit #
Aug 14: Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium ⥉
Aug 16: Bonner Springs, KS – Azura Amphitheater !
Aug 17: Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium ⥉
Sept 5: Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium ∞
Sept 6: Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena ∞
Sept 7: Huber Heights, OH – Rose Music Center at The Heights ∞
Sept 10: Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion ∞
Sept 8: Highland Park, IL – Ravinia Festival ∞
Sept 11: Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap ∞
Sept 13: Fredericton, NB – Harvest Festival
Sept 14: Montreal, QC – MTELUS ∞
Sept 17: Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Center for the Arts – The Vogel ∞
Sept 19: Norfolk, VA – Chartway Arena ∞
Sept 20: Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center ∞
Sept 21: Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center ∞
Oct 10: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium with Alice Randall
Oct 11: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium with Garrison Starr
Oct 12: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium with Mary Gauthier
Oct 13: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium Caitlin and Liz Rose
Oct 17: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium with Matraca Berg
Oct 18: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium with Iris Dement
Oct 19: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium with Gretchen Peters
Oct 20: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium with Kim Richey
Nov 1: Miramar Beach, FL – Moon Crush Cowboy Moon
Nov 5: Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene +
Nov 6: Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene +
Nov 8: Stockholm, Sweden – Annexet +
Nov 9: Copenhagen, Denmark – Falkoner
Nov 11: Groningen, Netherlands – De Oosterpoort +
Nov 12: Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Vredenburg (Ronda) +
Nov 13: Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Vredenburg (Ronda) +
Nov 16: Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma +
Nov 18: Brighton, UK – Brighton Dome +
Nov 19: Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo Manchester +
Nov 20: Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall +
Nov 22: Bristol, UK – Bristol Beacon +
Nov 23: Wolverhampton UK – The Civic at The Halls Wolverhampton +
Nov 24: Stockton-on-Tees, UK – Stockton Globe +
Nov 25: London, UK – Eventim Apollo +
Jan 16-20: Mexico City, Mexico – Súper Ocho
March 14: Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Hall
April 13: Greenville, SC – Peace Center
@ w/ Shemekia Copeland
# w/ Adeem The Artist
~ w/ Ashley McBridge
⥉ Supporting Zach Bryan
° w/ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
! Co-Headline w/ Turnpike Troubadours
∞ w/ Alejandro Escovedo
+ w/ S.G. Goodman