Another update from Gary Louris, courtesy of the Jayhawks Fanpage. Lots of interesting tidbits, including news that the long lost Jayhawks live album may still see the light of day! With Gary's solo album, the highly anticipated Olson/Louris album, the "Bunkhouse" album reissue (speaking of long lost), solo and/or duo touring, and maybe some archival Smog stuff, 2008 could be a banner year for Jayhawks/Golden Smog fans.
It was decided to wait until late January for the release of my solo
record. With the climate of the music business and the fact that I
am not a household name it was deemed best to give my record it's best
shot by not trying to compete against all the big boys in late
Fall/X-mas. And because of other mitigating circumstances it was
just the best for the record to wait, even though I always swore I
wouldn't hold a record....
I am still very excited about the Olson/Louris record and can't wait to get
that out too, but again it will have to wait until a few months after my
record. Mark and I have been talking and we are both ready,willing and able
to tour together on that release. Again, as one of my least favorite
artists once said: "The waiting is the hardest part."
I have also been told that the multi-tracks of the proposed Jayhawks
live record have finally been released by Rick Rubin to the people at
Lost Highway.. These need to be looked at again and remixed for a
possible summer release. There is also the usual talk of the first
(Bunkhouse) record being released in conjunction with the live one.
On top of that I have found that a respected filmmaker/friend of the
band's has a ton of old Jayhawks film footage dating back to '86 so I
am hoping we will be able to get some of that on one of these
releases....
There is also the plan to release a "greatest hits" and odds and ends
disc of Golden Smog by Rhino next year. So you can see there are
a lot of "plans".... now we need to get them out there and in
your hands... I know it is the usual waiting game but I am doing
everything I can to push it along....
In the meantime...get everyone and their uncle out to see Mark Olson
as his record is amazing and the band is fantastic...
Sincerely,
Gary
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For the random lyrics quote atributed to J Spaceman...it was actually John Prine, as follows:
Sam Stone
©John Prine
Sam Stone came home,
To his wife and family
After serving in the conflict overseas.
And the time that he served,
Had shattered all his nerves,
And left a little shrapnel in his knee.
But the morphine eased the pain,
And the grass grew round his brain,
And gave him all the confidence he lacked,
With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.
Chorus:
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
Little pitchers have big ears,
Don't stop to count the years,
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.
Mmm....
Hope you enjoy...
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