Jayhawks call it a day

Jayhawks call it a day

AP


MINNEAPOLIS – The Jayhawks are apparently splitting up. Singer Gary Louris has confirmed that the alternative-country pioneers - formed in Minneapolis two decades ago - are no longer an active band.

"I don't think we're going to do anything else," Louris told the Star Tribune. "We felt like we've done that enough. Everybody just wants to do something else. We haven't completely closed the door, but … I'd say it's dead."

A concert in Madison, Wisconsin, on Saturday reunited Louris with singer Mark Olson, who quit the Jayhawks in 1995.

Since their formation, the Jayhawks have issued five major-label albums that have sold about one million copies combined. Rolling Stone and Spin magazines listed the group's Hollywood Town Hall (1992) as one of the most essential albums of the 1990s.

Louris recently co-wrote new tunes with the Dixie Chicks and appears eager to try other directions, such as record production.

awww, and i was hoping for another bland record or two. sheesh.

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
awww, and i was hoping for another bland record or two. sheesh.

don't worry, there will be more radiohead albums out

Of course, we know that they have put out 7 albums, not 5.

Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
Of course, we know that they have put out 7 albums, not 5.

only albums on major labels count I guess

Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
Of course, we know that they have put out 7 albums, not 5.

i think they said 5 major label-records. werent they on Twin/Tone for thier first two?

Originally posted by ratioci nation:

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
awww, and i was hoping for another bland record or two. sheesh.

don't worry, there will be more radiohead albums out

ha! i guess you can call Radiohead a lot of things, but bland is not one of them. I saw the Jayhawks once and man, they were SORRY. it was even in Wisconsin , with all thier Midwestern people….

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
ha! i guess you can call Radiohead a lot of things, but bland is not one of them. I saw the Jayhawks once and man, they were SORRY. it was even in Wisconsin , with all thier Midwestern people….

seen them 3 times and they were only sorry 1 of those times, but i am guessing our definitions of sorry are very different

You are right. Good eye.

Originally posted by sonickteam2:

Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
Of course, we know that they have put out 7 albums, not 5.

i think they said 5 major label-records. werent they on Twin/Tone for thier first two?

Originally posted by ratioci nation:
seen them 3 times and they were only sorry 1 of those times, but i am guessing our definitions of sorry are very different

was the sorry time recent? perhaps they were on their downward spiral (i saw them in 2003)

I only actually ever saw them twice. The second time was at the 9:30 touring on Rainy Day Music. Based on that experience, I would call them a decent live band, but it's their albums that made them great to me.

The first time I saw them was in '92, opening for Matthew Sweet. I really wanted to see them, but my friend farted around and we only caught the last two songs. He complained that they sounded "like Willie Nelson." Little did he know that they would end up becoming one of his favorite bands, he would end up liking Willie Nelson, and Matthew Sweet would slowly fade into irrelevance and other Thorns-y situtations.

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
was the sorry time recent? perhaps they were on their downward spiral (i saw them in 2003)

they have all been in the last few years, the good ones were acoustic though

Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
and Matthew Sweet would slowly fade into irrelevance

more irrelevant than the jayhawks??

I'll bet the Jayhawks came much closer to filling the 9:30 Club on their most recent tours than Matthew Sweet did on his.

As to whose music was more irrelevant, that's completely subjective. Too me, the Jayhawks most recent album, Rainy Day Music, was the best of their career. To me, Matthew Sweet hasn't done anything that approached Girlfriend, before or since.

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:

Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
and Matthew Sweet would slowly fade into irrelevance

more irrelevant than the jayhawks??

i really like MS's "In Reverse"… then again i'm a sucker for that brand of pop and production. the record he recently did for his japanese fans is good also. it was apparently written and recorded in just a few days.

I have a few Jayhawks albums, the only one that I like is "Tomorrow the Green Grass". I recall a show a couple or three years ago at the 9:30, the club got half empty before they finished their set, and they were the main act.

i agree on these…especially In Reverse. that was also a good tour (although the only time i've seen him).

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i really like MS's "In Reverse"… then again i'm a sucker for that brand of pop and production. the record he recently did for his japanese fans is good also. it was apparently written and recorded in just a few days.

Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
I'll bet the Jayhawks came much closer to filling the 9:30 Club on their most recent tours than Matthew Sweet did on his.

yes, a sure sign of being relevant!

never trust mainstream media :)

per More Cowbell, would appear that the story was premature. An email from Gary to the Jayhawks fansite indicates the door isn't quite closed yet…

http://jayhawksfanpage.com/Jayhawks%20news.html

well from a critics standpoint, the Jayhawks album finished #41 in the Village Voice Pazz and Jop critics poll for 2003 compared to #1730 for M. Sweet.

Originally posted by sonickteam2:

Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
I'll bet the Jayhawks came much closer to filling the 9:30 Club on their most recent tours than Matthew Sweet did on his.

yes, a sure sign of being relevant!