Settled down like rain

Seeing The Jayhawks in Chicago last Friday was just what I expected... wonderful! I couldn't have asked for anything more. Long time fans from far away places came to see them perform for their second night at the Vic Theater. The Jayhawks are a band that began their journey together long ago and a band that many never expected to play as a band again but as Gary Louris himself said recently "We're not a museum piece...but a living, breathing unit that still feels like it's on its game and can make a great record that stands next to the other ones." And as to why the band decided to play as a living, breathing unit once again...he had this to say "We realized we were still a great band." I love that and I hope they continue to realize they're still a great band.

Mark put it into words best Friday night when he said listening to the Jayhawks is like listening to one voice. And I thought yeah that's exactly it. That's what it is about this band. And it's not that singer/ songwriters Mark Olson and Gary Louris' voices sound the same. They don't. It's the way their voices complement and blend so harmoniously together that turns their distinct voices into one. One would never be the same or complete without the other. And I for one am so very happy to hear them together again.

The video below includes images from Chicago, along with the Jayhawks song "Settled Down Like Rain", and, what an appropriate name for the song I think as hearing it tends to settle me down, not unlike a calm gentle rain.

"Over My Shoulder" followed by Grand Funk Railroad's "Bad Time"

"Tampa to Tulsa" (performed by drummer Tim O'Reagan)

A recent article about the Jayhawks:
http://www.suntimes.com/mobile/3300679-463/louris-olson-jayhawks-band-jan.html

We must really like The Jayhawks

Is it crazy to drive nearly 5 hours to Chicago in the dead of winter to see a band perform and then turn around and drive another 5 hours home the next morning? Well, maybe a little but when it's a band like The Jayhawks, who cares. Besides...I always say I like a long drive.

The Jayhawks performing one of their most popular songs
"Blue" at the House of Blues.

Mark Olson and Gary Louris performing "Saturday Morning

on Sunday Street" -- I love these guys.

More great Jayhawks songs:

We're goin to see The Jayhawks!

We're goin to see The Jayhawks...live...at The Vic...in Chicago...in January. Brrrr, call Mark and I crazy for traipsing around Chicago during the coldest, blusteriest month of the year (go ahead!) but crazy or not... we’re goin!! The Jayhawks together again, oh yeah! Their 5-city January tour celebrates the reissue and expansion of their first two classic albums for American Recordings - Hollywood Town Hall (1992) and Tomorrow The Green Grass (1995).

My introduction to (and still favorite song by) the Jayhawks is Two Angels (listen below). I love love LOVE this song!



Can any two others harmonize like Louris and Olson?

The Jayhawks Tour
(Mark Olson, Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Karen Grotberg and Tim O’Reagan)

January
18 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
20 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
21 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
22 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
27 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
28 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
29 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue