Former Jayhawk Louris flies solo with 'Vagabonds,' tour
It’s been a long fourth dimension since the Jayhawks banquet their wings. “Rainy Day Music,” the band’s 2003 CD, seemed to mark the end of the wrinkle for the Minneapolis-based alt-country pioneers.
Today the band’s key members - Target Olson and Gary Louris - take re-emerged with solo albums that go beyond the American roots music that inspired the Jayhawks. Olson’s moving confessional, “The Salvation Blues,” was released death year; Louris’ “Vagabonds,” which appeared cobbler's last month, has north Korean won raves from both critics and fans for its polished, pop-wise songs.
“The single record that was in the second of my mind was ‘All Things Mustiness Fleet,’ by George Harrison,” Louris said of “Vagabonds,” which he’ll do a trade good glob of Tues nox at the Somerville Theatre of operations. “It was hopefully a meeting of the minds betwixt the Beatles and Bob Dylan, with a touch of Phil Spector and Leon
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