The Jayhawks are a longtime favorite band of mine, and when the two principal ‘Hawks, Gary Louris and Mark Olson came to a splitting point in the mid 90’s, I wasn’t sure how I would deal with an Olson-free Jayhawks. As it happened, the loss of Olson gave me a glimpse of how much I really enjoy Gary Louris’ songs. The Louris led albums Sound of Lies and Rainy Day Music are two of my favorites in the overall catalog.
I was stoked a couple of years back to get the opportunity to catch one of the Louris/Olson reunion dates at The Ark in Ann Arbor, MI, and it stoked the flames of anticipation for myself and many for the album that they would eventually complete together.
For now, that album is in the can and on hold as both fulfill their promotional obligations behind their current activities. For Olson, that means promoting his highly acclaimed solo CD Salvation Blues, and for Gary Louris, that means promotion for his solo debut, Vagabonds, which I’ve been enjoying immensely for the past couple of weeks.
The album hits stores officially today, and one of the things I forgot is that it was produced by Black Crowes mainman Chris Robinson. There is a great interview with Louris that just hit the web that sheds a lot of light on the past events, the current solo effort, and what’s next.
I think it is a natural progression for Louris following where he left off with Rainy Day Music, and at the same time, it’s very much a solo effort that sounds comfortably different than what we have been used to from his Jayhawks output. For me, I think I find Louris embracing his inner Neil Young a bit more on this release compared to past releases with the Jayhawks.
I can’t stop listening to this album – I listened to it four times in fact, in the first 24 hours that I had it. I can’t recall the last time that an album got that much initial play in my player, right off the bat. Hear it for yourself – You can listen to the entire album right now on his Myspace page
Now if we can just get the planned CD release of Bunkhouse and that long awaited Jayhawks live album released, wouldn’t it be great? You’re damn right, it would!
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