Mark olson and gary louris ready for the flood rar

I tend to be neater. I tend to want the stress to land on the right syllable, to have a symmetrical neatness to it. More than Conor Oberst or anyone [today] considered a wordsmith, Mark kind of blows me away. Mark is kinda my guy. People just chickened out [ laughs ]. We all liked it but started to think it was maybe a little too goofy. I think I was the goat and he was the sailor. And I lived in the desert for 10 years Joshua Tree, CA , so you run into survivalist types out there.

We did a number of tours with him at different stages in The Black Crowes, but through it all he was this thoroughly courteous person with us. We were mulling over the idea of a producer and we asked Chris. Always a warm sound. He was very serious with us. I think people judge people who are lively, and you need to have a frown on your face to be taken seriously.

We certainly have a plan in mind, but at this point, we also know how cool it is to do it with just the two of us. Mark and I can be very synced together, and we were getting into this music on our own individually.

I tend to listen to a lot of this stuff at home. I just put it on. When I pick up a guitar and start singing it tends to be melancholy. So, just in my basic melodies and basic chords, the first thing I tend to look for is something melancholy. Perlman, who carried on the band with Louris after Olson quit, declined to comment for this article. Ringvold was stopped at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and sent back to Norway by immigration officials who said she illegally entered the country to work as an entertainer.

The forward motion had started, and it was hard to stop once it got started. Talking from his house in Joshua Tree this winter, Olson still sounded deeply rattled over his former band and songwriting partner but content to move on with his music career.

Now married, the couple split their time between California and Norway, where Olson has been studying the language. They played some stateside shows last fall and did several in Europe, where Olson has enjoyed greater success as a solo artist. He still regrets doing it, though. Louris, too, has moved on.

He and the revamped Jayhawks are playing only a handful of the songs Olson co-wrote on tour. They returned from Europe in time to play HazelFest Aug. Everything was about me. I think I probably had a mental breakdown. Home All Sections. Log In Welcome, User. Coronavirus Minneapolis St.

Paul Duluth St. Paul to require vaccine proof for bars, eateries. Wholesale prices jumped a record 9. Winter storm takes aim at western, southern Minnesota Friday. Bloody Hands. Life's Warm Sheets. The Trap's Been Set. Precious Time Bonus Track. Cotton Dress Bonus Track. In , Mark Olson left the Jayhawks after a stormy decade of mounting success and ventured out on his own to continue pursuing his vision of honest, earthy Americana music.

The Jayhawks pushed on without Olson and, helmed by new chief songwriter Gary Louris , the band headed off into more pop-oriented territory. Rather than shop for a new label and do it all over again, Olson decided on a more independent route: to simply make the music he wanted to make and sell it himself. The album was warmly received by the alt-country elite and warranted considerable press in the magazine No Depression.

The reunion gelled, and the two released Ready for the Flood as a duo in Olson returned with a true solo effort, Many Colored Kite , in , and a full Jayhawks reunion followed in with the album Mockingbird Time. The Jayhawks toured extensively in support, but in a interview, Olson declared the band was defunct, and he had begun collaborating with his second wife, Norwegian musician and songwriter Ingunn Ringvold. Zac Johnson, AllMusic Long before rising to prominence as leader of the insurgent country group the Jayhawks and the all-star collective Golden Smog , Gary Louris grew up in Toledo, OH, where he took piano lessons as a youngster.