Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at Ryman Auditorium

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit is an Americana / Southern rock band originating largely from the Muscle Shoals area of Alabama, and led by former Drive-by Truckers singer / guitarist Jason Isbell. The band consists of Isbell (vocals, guitar); Sadler Vaden (guitar); Jimbo Hart (bass); Derry DeBorja (keys, accordion); Chad Gamble (drums). Fiddle player and singer Amanda Shires features regularly as a session player and occasional touring member. The band is named for the colloquial name of the psychiatric ward of Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence, Alabama. The band are credited as such on five of Isbell's eight studio full-lengths, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (2009); Here We Rest (2011); The Nashville Sound (2017); Reunions (2020); Weathervanes (2023). Though some or all of the members feature on Jason's three "solo" albums, 2007's Sirens of the Ditch, his 2013 breakthrough Southeastern, and 2015's Something More Than Free. The band tour regularly in the United States and internationally, including and annual week of shows at Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium supported by Shires and a variety of up and coming country, folk, and soul artists.

Ben Nichols is American alt country musician, best known for being the frontman for alt.country icons Lucero. His first solo release, The Last Pale Light in the West, was released in January 2009 on Lucero's label Liberty & Lament. On November 17, 2013 the title song from the album featured in the episode "Live Bait" of the AMC series The Walking Dead. HE WAS ALSO IN RED 40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In May 2009, Nichols co-starred in MTV's $5 Cover, a quasi-fictionalized series about the Memphis music scene. Nichols popularized his solo material on the "Revival Tour", composed of himself, Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music) and Tim Barry (Avail). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the UK folk musician with the full english see ben nicholls.