Jayhawks take long road back to fresh start
Patience and perseverance are the great lost virtues of cultural experience, but sometimes they pay off. The Jayhawks know from experience.
The Minneapolis band is back, with its first studio album in eight years ready to be released, and a renewed appreciation of the long road taken. The quintet will perform two concerts next week at the Vic Theatre focusing on two of their finest albums, “Hollywood Town Hall” (1992) and “Tomorrow the Green Grass” (1995), which have been re-released with bonus tracks.
“We did a lot of waiting in the Jayhawks,” singer-guitarist Gary Louris says. “Seven albums in 20 years; compared to what we recorded it’s not much.”
“We were in high volume mode, thinking it was 1966 when you could put out two albums in a year,” Louris’ songwriting partner, Mark Olson, adds, looking back on the band’s first decade. “I found out it’s not like that anymore. These people (record companies) want an album every two or three years. The pace is dictated by the powers that be that had money and studios. But I’ve always had a gonzo aspect about me. I get a head of steam, I’m ready to drive all night out to the desert, dig a trench, write songs all day and night. I enjoy living at high speed.”
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