Multi-Grammy Award-winning alternative country artist Michael Jason Isbell was
born on February 1, 1979, in Green Hill, Alabama, an early arrival in the lives
of his parents, who were only 19 and 17 years old (a fact that inspired his song
"Children of Children"). It was through his grandfather and uncle, who lived
next door to his school and looked after him while his parents worked, that the
young Jason Isbell became familiar with music. Thanks to them, he began to learn
several instruments and developed a passion for gospel and bluegrass. In his
teens, he befriended session ba...