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Conny
Na mal gucken. Denke auch dass wir so oder so noch was von den Jungs hören werden …Das, was ich bis jetzt zu hören bekommen habe, weist in eine akkustische(re) Richtung.
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If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.Highlights von Rolling-Stone.deStephen King: die besten Bücher – Plätze 50 bis 41
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WerbungFilterHaben die seit dem Ausstieg von Olson nicht ohnehin nur noch im Vogelkäfig vor sich hin vegetiert?
Ein klares Nein….auch in der Zeit ohne Olson haben sie gute Platten gemacht….alerdings gefällt mir „Sound of lies“ am besten.
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoJayhawks‘ Olson, Louris Fly Again
Rock’n’roll reunion tours come in many shapes, whether it’s the classic rock band cashing in on decades-old nostalgia, or indie-rock darlings tromping though the clubs trying to recover a spark of their old glory. But expect something different when estranged Jayhawks principals Gary Louris and Mark Olson start their first tour together Friday (Feb. 18) in Ames, Iowa.
„I don’t see ourselves as one of the people who ‚get the band back together and make some money,'“ Louris said. „Mark and I just want to sing together again. There’s something about the way we sing that is bigger than the sum of its parts.“
As the main songwriters for the Minneapolis-based band, Olson and Louris took the country/rock fusion of the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers and turbo-charged it with a driving rhythm section and beautiful soaring harmonies. But just as the Jayhawks looked like they were ready to break into the mainstream, Olson, fed up with the music business and touring, quit the band in 1995 after 10 years.
The Olson-Louris tour is not a Jayhawks reunion tour per se; bassist Marc Perlman and drummer Tim O’Reagan are not involved. „We might do that at some point, but I would prefer this to be less of a reunion tour,“ Louris said. „I want the focus to be on Mark and I singing together.“
The outing, including a three-night stand at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, ends March 12 in Chicago. „The first plan is to do this tour,“ said Olson. „We’ve been talking about writing some new material. I would like to sit down and make a record.“
The Jayhawks emerged from the mid-’80s Minneapolis club scene, but unlike the punk-inspired rock that propelled the Replacements, Husker Du and Soul Asylum, Olson and Louris‘ influences went back to Sun Records and artists like Willie Nelson and Gram Parsons.
As the Jayhawks‘ popularity grew, Olson began to tire of what Louris calls „the dog and pony show“ of the record industry. He had also recently married songwriter Victoria Williams and moved to the desert east of Los Angeles.
In October 1995, Olson flew in to work on the next record with Louris in Minneapolis. „I remember him leaving my house on Halloween after we’d been writing,“ Louris said. „And about five minutes later, he called me and said, ‚I gotta come back and talk.‘ I knew what he was going to say. It was an emotional situation.“
Olson went on to make a series of modest acoustic folk records with Williams on his own. And Louris reconvened the Jayhawks without his partner. „We’d agreed at the time that there would be no Jayhawks without Mark,“ Louris said. „But after the dust settled, we wanted to keep going. Mark had a huge problem with that.“
In fact, they didn’t speak for six years. „I still had some emotional investment in whatever I’d done with the group,“ Olson said. „It was just better to separate for a while.“
But in 2001, Louris and Olson were asked to write two songs for the Dennis Quaid film „The Rookie.“ The producers didn’t use the songs, but one surfaced on Olson’s 2002 album „December’s Child“ and it ignited a creative spark within them.
„I didn’t realize how much I was going to miss him until the last few years, especially onstage,“ Louris said. „But in the last six or eight months we started talking on a regular basis. We have a bond beyond music.“
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Es gibt ein Ziel, aber keinen Weg; was wir Weg nennen, ist Zögern. (Kafka)While they’re not using the Jayhawks name on this tour, Olson says in an interview that he and Louris hope to write and record an album later this year. Even more exciting for Jayhawks fans, Olson says he’s interested in rejoining the Jayhawks.
„I’ve asked, basically, to be back in the band,“ Olson says. „I haven’t gotten a yea or a nay, so I’m kind of waiting on that. I don’t mind, really. I’m open.“
Olson was the driving force behind starting the Jayhawks in Minneapolis in the mid-1980s, quickly becoming local favorites for their mix of Gram Parsons-style country and Replacements-style bar band rock. Legend has it that Louris was one of only a few people to show up for one of the group’s early shows, and by the end of the evening, he was part of the band.
The band broke through on a national level with 1991’s „Hollywood Town Hall“ and seemed on the verge of stardom with 1995’s „Tomorrow the Green Grass,“ which yielded a big radio hit with the song „Blue.“
But then Olson walked away.
„I was burnt out,“ Olson says now. „It took me 10 years to recover from the last time. I’m all better now. I lasted about 12 years last time, so hopefully I’ll have more in me this time.“
While Louris kept the Jayhawks going, Olson said he stayed off the road for two years after leaving the group. He bought a house with his wife, singer-songwriter Victoria Williams, in Joshua Tree, Calif.
But since then, Olson has been busy, touring and recording with his wife and their band, the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers. He said that experience has rekindled his troubadour spirit, so much so that when he came off a recent Creekdippers tour of Europe, he started getting antsy.
„I’ve been touring a lot, and I found out that I was more comfortable in a hotel than I was at home,“ he says. „So I called the manager, and I said, ‚Hey, would Gary be interested in doing something?‘ Or he called me or something happened. But we’re touring now together, and we’re into it.“
Olson says the set list will range far and wide, including not just classic Olson-Louris Jayhawks songs but Jayhawks songs recorded after Olson left the band.
„I’ve never had so much fun as I’ve had the past couple of days playing,“ he says. „It’s just a big mix of material. We’re doing Creekdippers songs. We’re doing new Jayhawks songs. We’re doing the old Jayhawks songs. We’re doing songs that we wrote a long time ago and never got around to recording.“
One of the things Olson is enjoying about the new tour is that he’s playing bass guitar again. He originally played upright bass in Minneapolis, but switched to guitar for the Jayhawks.
„You lead the band,“ Olson says of playing bass. „You’re in charge of the rhythm. You’re in charge of the drive of the band, but it’s also melodic. The acoustic guitar, with a rock band, A, you can’t be heard, and B, the guy running the sound board has only heard electric guitars for the past week.“
The Madison show will be particularly special for Olson, since he says he’s spent some time in Dane County in the past year.
But not as a musician. He recently took some classes at the Howard Academy for the Metal Arts in Stoughton to learn how to make jewelry out of rocks he finds around his home.
„I started out collecting all these rocks in the desert, and I just wanted to take it to its logical conclusion,“ he says. „I really learned a lot. I’m going back there and going to ask them to come down to the show. I used to joke that I’m going to make more money selling rocks than I ever made playing music.“--
Es gibt ein Ziel, aber keinen Weg; was wir Weg nennen, ist Zögern. (Kafka)Birds of a feather, together again
Oh, to hear those soaring harmonies again.
The long-awaited reunion of Mark Olson and Gary Louris, co-founders of the seminal country-rock band The Jayhawks, takes flight Friday when the two musicians share the stage for the first time in 10 years at the Maintenance Shop in Ames. For longtime fans, Friday’s sold-out performance, the first of many on this informal monthlong acoustic tour, promises to recapture the band’s heyday of the early ‘90s with songs like “Waiting for the Sun,” “Sister Cry” and “Blue.” But for Olson, who is respectfully reticent about the hype surrounding his rejoining the band, these shows are about reconnecting with a kindred spirit.
“I’ve been writing songs so I thought, ‘Hell, why not see if Gary wants to do some of these with me,’” Olson said last week while rehearsing in St. Paul, Minn. with Louris, drummer Ray Woods and multi-instrumentalist Michael “Razz” Russell in St. Paul, Minn. “Gary was into it for various reasons, and I’m glad he wants to do it. It seems like a good thing. I think we both miss singing with each other, and that’s the bottom line.”
It was 20 years ago this month when Olson and Louris launched The Jayhawks from Minneapolis’ underground music scene. Their roots-rock sound, first captured on 1989’s “Blue Earth” quickly evolved into a hybrid of country, rock and pop that garnered them critical acclaim and found them teetering on the brink of mainstream success with 1992’s “Hollywood Town Hall” and 1995’s “Tomorrow the Green Grass.” But after 10 years, Olson left the band to concentrate on making music with his wife, Victoria Williams, in The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, which released seven albums and toured Europe. Louris continued to lead The Jayhawks as the band’s principal songwriter, singer and guitarist on three albums.
“When I left The Jayhawks I was physically and mentally burned out on it,” Olson admitted. “I had just bought my first house and it needed a lot of work, and I didn’t want to be in a band 10 years down the road. For whatever reason, the dynamics of a band didn’t appeal to me, and I wanted to play other instruments. I was a little tired of banging on an acoustic guitar.”
Olson, who will play bass on the upcoming tour, said he is eager to return to the road with Louris. “I’ve got my fire back,” he said.
Part of that enthusiasm is not only the promise of revisiting The Jayhawk’s classic tunes, but also performing unreleased songs from a demo the band cut before it made “Hollywood Town Hall.”
“There are a lot of songs we recorded on that demo, so we’re going to bust some of those out,” Olson said, adding that the group will add a few covers to the set list, too. “With all the material we have, I think we’ll play a long time.”
These days, The Jayhawks are widely considered to be pioneers of the alt-country movement. But to paint them into one musical category is shortsighted. As the liner notes on “Tomorrow the Green Grass” suggest, their songs “act like country-tinged rock and roll with an intellectual attitude and shit-kicking ambiance, but they’re smarter than they act.”
“I don’t mind it,” Olson said of the alt-country tag. “If it directs people to the music that’s fine. There are a lot of musicians, and the ones that stick it out they eventually get a label. It goes with the territory.”
Depending on the success of their reunion tour, Olson isn’t ruling out a permanent reunion with his former band mates, adding he would like to record with them again. But first, he said, he wants to rekindle his partnership with Louris.
“I’m open to it and I think he’s open to it,” Olson said. “I think the first step is doing some shows, and then we’ll see where the chips fall. I left the band 10 years ago and now I’m coming back saying, ‘I want to do things again.’ So I think they need a period of adjustment.”
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Es gibt ein Ziel, aber keinen Weg; was wir Weg nennen, ist Zögern. (Kafka)Ich glaube, alle drei Artikel hatte ich schon irgendwo im Netz gelsen. Trotzdem danke!
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If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.Hab mir heute die „Hollywood Town Hall“ geholt. Krieg die Musik aber irgendwie gar nicht ins Ohr, sprich sind irgendwie keine nennenswerten Melodien hörbar.
Nun meine Hoffnung:
Kommt das noch oder erschließen sich die Jayhwaks entweder sofort oder gar nicht?--
pavor nocturnusBlueziferHab mir heute die „Hollywood Town Hall“ geholt. Krieg die Musik aber irgendwie gar nicht ins Ohr, sprich sind irgendwie keine nennenswerten Melodien hörbar.
Nun meine Hoffnung:
Kommt das noch oder erschließen sich die Jayhwaks entweder sofort oder gar nicht?„HTH“ st mein liebstes Jayhawks Album, gerade wegen der Melodien. Öfters als 2-3 Mal sollte man es sich schon mal anhören…trotzdem gibts natürlich keine Garantie, daß es bei dir die richtigen Knöpfe drückt.
Mir gehts übrigens mit Neil Casal so…hab mir schon ein paar Alben angehört, kann aber die Begeisterung ganz und gar nicht verstehen. Andere schwören wieder auf sein Songwriting…
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoKrautathaus“HTH“ st mein liebstes Jayhawks Album, gerade wegen der Melodien. Öfters als 2-3 Mal sollte man es sich schon mal anhören…trotzdem gibts natürlich keine Garantie, daß es bei dir die richtigen Knöpfe drückt.
Klingt bisher als nur so zäh langweilig und nach sonnigem Kalifornien, war nach ein paar Hörproben in andere Alben eigentlich guter Dinge.
Ist bei mir aber ein allgemeines Problem, dass ich erst ein Spätzünder bin. Das „I am kloot“-Debut hab ich auch noch nicht im Ohr, obwohl ich die zweite genial fand. Und selbst Holly Golightly braucht bei mir lange. Werd sie heute abend noch ein paar mal durchlaufen lassen, und hoffe auf Besserung.--
pavor nocturnusBlueziferHab mir heute die „Hollywood Town Hall“ geholt. Krieg die Musik aber irgendwie gar nicht ins Ohr, sprich sind irgendwie keine nennenswerten Melodien hörbar.
Hollywood Town Hall ist eine phänomenale Platte! Im nachhinein muß man feststellen, daß diese Veröffentlichung ein Meilenstein ist! Zusammen mit Green On Red, Giant Sand und Konsorten wurde der sogenannte Americana erfunden. Auch wieder so eine Schublade. Neil Young und Gram Parsons sind hier natürlich die Götter. Die haben diese Mucke schon 25 Jahre vorher erfunden! Aber zurück zu den Jayhawks. Als Mark Olson die Band verließ, um dann später mit Victoria Williams die ganz ausgezeichneten Creekdippers zu gründen, war es mit der Magie vorbei! Noch ein Wort zu Neal Casal. Ich hab den schon so oft live gesehen und war immer begeistert. Es gibt aber nur einen Tonträger der zu überzeugen weiß! Fade Away Diamond Time! Alle nachfolgenden sind zu beliebig und teilweise zahm.
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Cripple Creek FerryHollywood Town Hall ist eine phänomenale Platte! Im nachhinein muß man feststellen, daß diese Veröffentlichung ein Meilenstein ist! Zusammen mit Green On Red, Giant Sand und Konsorten wurde der sogenannte Americana erfunden. Auch wieder so eine Schublade. Neil Young und Gram Parsons sind hier natürlich die Götter. Die haben diese Mucke schon 25 Jahre vorher erfunden! Aber zurück zu den Jayhawks. Als Mark Olson die Band verließ, um dann später mit Victoria Williams die ganz ausgezeichneten Creekdippers zu gründen, war es mit der Magie vorbei! Noch ein Wort zu Neal Casal. Ich hab den schon so oft live gesehen und war immer begeistert. Es gibt aber nur einen Tonträger der zu überzeugen weiß! Fade Away Diamond Time! Alle nachfolgenden sind zu beliebig und teilweise zahm.
Ist es denn eine der Platten, die mit jedem Hören wächst? Gibt ja Musiker, bei denen man weiß, dass man ne gewisse Zeit opfern muß, wie zum Beispiel Lambchop, PJ Harvey oder Radiohead.
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pavor nocturnusBlueziferIst es denn eine der Platten, die mit jedem Hören wächst? Gibt ja Musiker, bei denen man weiß, dass man ne gewisse Zeit opfern muß, wie zum Beispiel Lambchop, PJ Harvey oder Radiohead.
Kann ich nicht sagen, mir gefiel sie damals auf Anhieb (Lambchop dagegen gefällt mir immer noch nicht).
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If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.klasse platte, gefiel mir schon beim ersten hören und das tut sie immer noch
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dengelklasse platte, gefiel mir schon beim ersten hören und das tut sie immer noch
ging mir auch so…
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoMir gefällt sie mittlerweile auch. Nur der gedoppelte Gesang ist nicht so mein Fall. Das geht mir aber allgemein immer so. Hat mittlerweile richtig schöne Melodien freigelegt.
PS: An Lambchop kommen sie trotzdem nicht vorbei, damit hab ich aber auch nicht gerechnet.--
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