(Vocal/instrumental group, 1985–present) The Jayhawks grew out of the same Minneapolis scene that produced Hüsker Dü and The Replacements, but the rock band led by Gary Louris (vocals, guitar, b. 1959) and Mark Olson (vocals, guitar, b. 1961) turned in a folkier, more country direction in reaction to their neighbours. After two small-label albums ...
to play acoustic instrumental music with both a love of tradition and the freedom to try new things. Styles & Forms | Alt. Country & The Bluegrass Revival Personalities | Jayhawks | Alt. Country & The Bluegrass Revival ...
Van Zandt-like songwriting. And several young rock bands that had found the punk format too constricting – most notably Uncle Tupelo, Blue Mountain, The Old ’97s, The Jayhawks, The Bottle Rockets, Whiskeytown and The Blood Oranges – had reached out to country music as a vehicle for the same iconoclastic fervor. Many of these younger acts ...
was young performers taking the pioneering spirit of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers and producing what became known as alt.country – Wilco, Son Volt, The Jayhawks and Whiskeytown among them – that came up with more exciting, if lesser-selling results. The post-Nirvana alt.rock scene was increasingly attacked by British acts as the pendulum swung. ...
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