Songs You May Have Missed #814

10 Jan 2026 Leave a comment

by Ed Cyphers in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: ,

Gary Louris: “By Your Side” (2025)

Gary Louris is best known as the front man and main songwriter of the Minnesota-based Jayhawks. Concurrently with his work in that band, he’s released albums as a charter member of Golden Smog, along with solo work.

He’s also recorded with Lucinda Williams, John Hiatt, The Wallflowers, the Black Crows, Counting Crows, and Uncle Tupelo among others, and written songs for Grammy-winning albums by Tedeschi-Trucks Band and the Dixie Chicks.

On his third solo outing, Dark Country, Louris sounds more reflective than ever.

The love song “By Your Side” is sung from an age-worn perspective while musically analogous to 1970-vintage Neil Young.

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Jayhawks Ride Rocky Path to Reformation

28 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Ed Cyphers in General Posts Tags: , ,

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(via AP) by David Bauder

NEW YORK (AP) — To a certain extent, singer-songwriter Gary Louris is fighting against history by reforming the Jayhawks.

“The precedent isn’t very good as far as bands putting out their best work late in their careers — in rock, it’s very rare,” said Louris, 61. “That doesn’t mean it has to be that way.”

The Jayhawks try to prove that point with Friday’s release of “Paging Mr. Proust,” a concise collection of melodic pop-rock with a few twists. The lovely “Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces” stands with the best work ever by the Minneapolis-based group that made an initial impression with early-1990s songs “Blue” and “Waiting for the Sun.”

No one can accuse the Jayhawks of living off past glory. In fact, their failure to achieve the greatness many had predicted became a defining characteristic and internal motivator. The band and Louris lived through their share of tumult…

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b5c81694e1e94f58b131f6b2b2e259ee/jayhawks-ride-rocky-path-reformation