{"id":9433,"date":"2017-06-13T19:47:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T23:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9433"},"modified":"2017-06-14T07:56:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T11:56:42","slug":"jason-isbell-confirms-the-marching-royal-dukes-are-the-best-marching-band-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9433","title":{"rendered":"The MRDs Are The Best Marching Band in the Country, Cause Jason Isbell Says So"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"9438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=9438\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SNP482821v1.jpg?fit=800%2C532&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,532\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Scott Newton&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1376948287&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2013 Scott Newton\\\/ KLRU&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"isbell\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SNP482821v1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SNP482821v1.jpg?fit=800%2C532&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9438\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SNP482821v1.jpg?resize=596%2C396\" alt=\"isbell\" width=\"596\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SNP482821v1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SNP482821v1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SNP482821v1.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The MRDs are the best marching band in country. We know that. You know that. And apparently Grammy Award winning artists do too. And not just any Grammy Award winning artists, but one of JMUSB&#8217;s undisputed favorite artists Jason Isbell.<\/p>\n<p>While doing press for his latest release, &#8220;The Nashville Sound&#8221; (which you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/06\/12\/530277867\/first-listen-jason-isbell-the-400-unit-the-nashville-sound\">listen to here<\/a>), Isbell\u00a0was interviewed by JMU alum Spencer Dukoff. Dukoff mentioned that he attended JMU, which prompted Isbell to say <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/entertainment\/music\/race-anxiety-influenced-jason-isbell-new-album-article-1.3242057\">&#8220;Ah, the Marching Royal Dukes. They have the best marching band in the country.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, there you go. We don&#8217;t want to say the MRDs just peaked, but it might be close. Now we just need to get Sturgill Simpson to give the Pep Band a shout out.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D9433&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MRDs are the best marching band in country. We know that. You know that. And apparently Grammy Award winning artists do too. And not just any Grammy Award winning artists, but one of JMUSB&#8217;s undisputed favorite artists Jason Isbell. While doing press for his latest release, &#8220;The Nashville Sound&#8221; (which you can listen to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9013,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9013","url_meta":{"origin":9433,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: Virginia&#8217;s Finest","date":"November 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Tripp won last week's prediction contest and earned the right to guest post. 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