By now you’ve seen the Jason Isbell Austin City Limits episode which shared a co-billing with Neko Case. If not, watch here.

Let’s journey back to a less edited time when Isbell & The 400 Unit played a CD release show at Birmingham, Alabama’s WorkPlay Theater for their 2009 self-titled album.

As if foreshadowing later troubles that would result in 2013’s Southeastern, Jason and the band tackled what for my money is the best rock and roll song ever recorded: “Sway” by The Rolling Stones. Throw in Tom Petty’s “American Girl” for good measure amidst new songs, tracks from his first solo album and a steady dose of Drive-By Truckers contributions and you have a rambling outing that lasted more than two hours.

Download Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit’s 12 February 2009 set from Birmingham’s WorkPlay Theater below.

Set I

01. Intro

02. Soldiers Get Strange

03. Try

04. Goddamn Lonely Love

05. Grown

06. Cigarettes & Wine

07. Chicago Promenade

08. Street Lights

09. The Magician

10. Seven Mile Island

11. Outfit

12. Manual/Danko

Set II

01. Intro

02. The Blue

03. Sunstroke

04. Never Gonna Change

05. No Choice In The Matter

06. American Girl

Encore

01. Crowd / Tuning

02. Brand New Kind Of Actress

03. Sway

04. Decoration Day