Jason Isbell – September 14th – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Photos by Jim Mimna

When Jason Isbell took the stage at Red Rocks everyone in attendance knew we were in for a special evening, but what the master song-smith and his band delivered over the course of nearly two hours was one of the most profoundly moving events of the summer.  From the “Flying Over Water” opener to the raging “Children of Children” closer this show was the kind of thing careers are built on.  There was a searing Blues laced guitar duel in “Never Gonna Change,” a tear-jerking solo take on “Elephant,” and earlier gems from his catalog like “Alabama Pines” and “Outfit.”  Simply put, this show had it all and, judging by the crowd’s passionate response to each and every song and their willingness to sing-along with every couplet of the evening, Mr. Isbell and his band will be back on The Rocks one day.  That day can’t come soon enough.