Gary Louris - Vagabonds
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Artist: Gary LourisEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-02-19
Music Label: Rykodisc
Soundtracks:
- True Blue
- Omaha Nights
- To Die A Happy Man
- She Only Calls Me On Sundays
- We'll Get By
- Black Grass
- I Wanna Get High
- Vagabonds
- D.C. Blues
- Meandering
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Free Music Review: Sounds like a classic 1970's record
Hit: 5 Stars
Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes produced this, allowing Gary Louris to relax and settle into the true feeling of the songs, so nothing sounds forced. If its unforced setting has a downside, its occasionally too relaxed, but the overall feeling you get is wholly intended. The mixture of Gary's voice is often close to the front of the sound, letting the musicians create a comfortable wallpaper that rewards the singing. Simply awesome steel guitar permeates the proceedings, bringing you home to Gary's former band The Jayhawks without sounding like them.
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Gary Louris has shown pop-star eager earmarks since 1989, when his endearing "Baltimore Sun" cracked the honky-tonk playlist that was the Jayhawks' sophomore record, Blue Earth. While Louris dipped his toe in a pop direction after Jayhawks co-founder Mark Olson departed in 1995, he never took the full plunge until now, with his first solo effort. Chiming with guitars and choruses and soaring melodies straight out of 1975, Vagabonds rightfully pens the Minneapolis musician inside a small stable of America's greatest songwriters--and singers--adding three or four compositions to his career-best list. The 10-song record (produced by Chris Robinson, late of the Black Crowes) polishes the wide-ranging Louris palette with the simplest of instrumentation, including organ and banjo, ethereal pedal steel playing from Josh Grange, and a backing chorale led by Susannah Hoffs and Jenny Lewis. Louris's saccharine falsetto has never sounded better, whether it's offering Paul Simon-like imagery ("To Die A Happy Man"), channeling John Lennon ("Black Grass") and Nick Drake ("Meandering"), or preaching with the Laurel Canyon choir ("I Wanna Get High"). Jayhawks followers will find comfort in "True Blue"--missing only Olson's co-vocals--and "D.C. Blues," in which Louris borrows the traditional country line, "Hand me down my walking cane," before declaring, "It's my game to win / It's my game to lose." My money is on the former. --Scott HolterCo-produced by Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson, you half expect the solo debut by Jayhawks singer-songwriter Gary Louris to blast out of the speakers with a hefty retro-rock swagger. Instead, the veteran alt-country musicians have come up with something better, an unexpectedly sweet and gentle album built around softly strummed acoustic guitars, brushed rhythms and opulent melodies. "Black Grass" evokes John Lennon at his most vulnerable; "D.C. Blues" is a late-night meditation worthy of Chris Isaak's tender croon; and on "We'll Get By" Louris' sterling voice is lifted up by an all-star choir that includes Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis, Jonathan Rice, and former Bangles vocalist Susanna Hoffs. At 52, Louris proves it's never too late to grow up gracefully. --Aidin Vaziri
Through his two-decade stint as singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of The Jayhawks and as a member of alt-supergroup Golden Smog, Gary Louris has built a deeply compelling body of music whose artistry and integrity has earned him a loyal audience and the respect of critics and his peers. With his solo debut, Vagabonds, Louris steps out to deliver some of his most evocative and personal music yet with the aid of Black Crowes frontman and longtime fan, Chris Robinson, who co-produced the album s organically soulful performances. Louris trademark introspection and uplift is reflected on the standout True Blue, which offers a compelling blend of acoustic and electric textures. The title track acts as the musical and conceptual centerpiece of the record, with bittersweet, vivid imagery and a surging vocal chorus featuring Robinson, Susanna Hoffs and Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley. Natural, resonating collaborations such as these are at the heart of Vagabonds.
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