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2 postsIsbell receives an email from an unnamed producer of The Voice inviting him to audition for season 8.
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An immediate follow-up tweet has him “accepting” the offer:
My audition on "The Voice" will be a solo vocal and French horn rendition of "Oh Comely" by Neutral Milk Hotel. I will wear a #bikini.
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) November 19, 2014
The guitar Dylan played at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival is returning from Irsay’s collection to this year’s festival, where it will be played by Isbell. The instrument was left on a plane by Dylan after the concert. After unsuccessfully trying to return it to Dylan, the pilot gave it to his daughter, who auctioned it off. Irsay bought the instrument for almost a million dollars (at the time the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction) in 2013.Irsay collection curator:
It’s actually a good playing guitar. It is such an important part of musical history, and Dylan was our generation’s Shakespeare, so it’s our way to give back and share.
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