Cameo critic: Rainn Wilson likes Jason Isbell

February 28, 2015 at 8:00PM
BACKSTROM: Rainn Wilson as Lieutenant Detective Everett Backstrom in the "Dragon Slayer" series premiere episode of BACKSTROM airing Thursday, Jan. 22 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2014 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Sergei Bachlakov/Fox
BACKSTROM: Rainn Wilson as Lieutenant Detective Everett Backstrom in the "Dragon Slayer" series premiere episode of BACKSTROM airing Thursday, Jan. 22 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2014 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Sergei Bachlakov/Fox (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

"Backstrom," the title detective in the new Fox TV series, hates just about everybody and everything around him. The same is not true for former Guthrie standout Rainn Wilson, who plays the title character.

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"I love this country artist named Jason Isbell. He had an album come out called 'Southeastern,' and it's magnificent. I like Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash, stuff that's on the edge of country, not like pop country."

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Jason Isbell ORG XMIT: MIN2013071713071349 ORG XMIT: MIN1307171310481459 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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