Tenth Studio Album On Vinyl LP!
Featuring Songs Originally Co-Written With Dixie Chicks, Jakob Dylan & More + 2 Brand New Songs!
Back Roads and Abandoned Motels is The Jayhawks' tenth studio album and first for Legacy Recordings (who issued the group's first compilation, Music From The North Country - The Jayhawks Anthology, in 2009 followed by releases of expanded Legacy Editions of the group's fabled breakout titles - Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow the Green Grass - in 2011). Produced by Gary Louris, John Jackson and Ed Ackerson at Flowers Studio in Minneapolis, Back Roads and Abandoned Motels sets nine songs co-written by Louris with other artists alongside two of Gary's latest compositions.
Recorded in two vibrant sessions in 2017, Back Roads and Abandoned Motels finds the current incarnation of The Jayhawks - Louris (vocals, acoustic and electric guitars), Marc Perlman (bass), Tim O'Reagan (vocals, drums, percussion), Karen Grotberg (vocals, piano, keyboards), John Jackson (mandolin, violin, acoustic guitar) - going for a lean, simple approach, at times reminiscent of the fabled Rainy Day Music era, while they put their unique spin on these 11 new performances of Gary's songs. The Jayhawks have long been blessed with an abundance of superb vocal talent and on the new album Karen and Tim each sing lead on two songs. Tim performs "Gonna Be a Darkness" and "Long Time Ago" while Karen takes lead vocals (for the first time on a Jayhawks album) on the opener, "Come Cryin' To Me" (which also features a soulful horn section arranged by David Ralicke) and on "El Dorado."
Back Roads and Abandoned Motels expands the group's repertoire with brand-new recordings of songs that frontman Gary Louris has co-written with other acts: "Come Cryin' To Me" (originally released on Natalie Maines's Mother in 2013); "Everybody Knows" and "Bitter End" (released on Dixie Chicks' Taking The Long Way in 2006); "Gonna Be a Darkness" (written and performed by Louris and Jakob Dylan for True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series - Volume 3 in 2011); "Need You Tonight" (originally released on Scott Thomas's Matson Tweed in 2015); "El Dorado" (originally released on Carrie Rodriguez's She Ain't Me in 2008); "Bird Never Flies" (originally released on Ari Hest's The Break-In in 2007); "Backwards Women" (written with Wild Feathers but never recorded) and "Long Time Ago" (written with Emerson Hart of Tonic but never recorded).
Back Roads and Abandoned Motels also marks the debut of two of Gary's latest songs, "Carry You To Safety" and "Leaving Detroit."
Features:
• Vinyl LP
• Limited time download
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Come Cryin' To Me
2. Everybody Knows
3. Gonna Be A Darkness
4. Bitter End
5. Backwards Women
6. Long Time Ago
Side 2:
1. Need You Tonight
2. El Dorado
3. Bird Never Flies
4. Carry You To Safety
5. Leaving Detroit
Featuring Songs Originally Co-Written With Dixie Chicks, Jakob Dylan & More + 2 Brand New Songs!
Back Roads and Abandoned Motels is The Jayhawks' tenth studio album and first for Legacy Recordings (who issued the group's first compilation, Music From The North Country - The Jayhawks Anthology, in 2009 followed by releases of expanded Legacy Editions of the group's fabled breakout titles - Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow the Green Grass - in 2011). Produced by Gary Louris, John Jackson and Ed Ackerson at Flowers Studio in Minneapolis, Back Roads and Abandoned Motels sets nine songs co-written by Louris with other artists alongside two of Gary's latest compositions.
Recorded in two vibrant sessions in 2017, Back Roads and Abandoned Motels finds the current incarnation of The Jayhawks - Louris (vocals, acoustic and electric guitars), Marc Perlman (bass), Tim O'Reagan (vocals, drums, percussion), Karen Grotberg (vocals, piano, keyboards), John Jackson (mandolin, violin, acoustic guitar) - going for a lean, simple approach, at times reminiscent of the fabled Rainy Day Music era, while they put their unique spin on these 11 new performances of Gary's songs. The Jayhawks have long been blessed with an abundance of superb vocal talent and on the new album Karen and Tim each sing lead on two songs. Tim performs "Gonna Be a Darkness" and "Long Time Ago" while Karen takes lead vocals (for the first time on a Jayhawks album) on the opener, "Come Cryin' To Me" (which also features a soulful horn section arranged by David Ralicke) and on "El Dorado."
Back Roads and Abandoned Motels expands the group's repertoire with brand-new recordings of songs that frontman Gary Louris has co-written with other acts: "Come Cryin' To Me" (originally released on Natalie Maines's Mother in 2013); "Everybody Knows" and "Bitter End" (released on Dixie Chicks' Taking The Long Way in 2006); "Gonna Be a Darkness" (written and performed by Louris and Jakob Dylan for True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series - Volume 3 in 2011); "Need You Tonight" (originally released on Scott Thomas's Matson Tweed in 2015); "El Dorado" (originally released on Carrie Rodriguez's She Ain't Me in 2008); "Bird Never Flies" (originally released on Ari Hest's The Break-In in 2007); "Backwards Women" (written with Wild Feathers but never recorded) and "Long Time Ago" (written with Emerson Hart of Tonic but never recorded).
Back Roads and Abandoned Motels also marks the debut of two of Gary's latest songs, "Carry You To Safety" and "Leaving Detroit."
Features:
• Vinyl LP
• Limited time download
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Come Cryin' To Me
2. Everybody Knows
3. Gonna Be A Darkness
4. Bitter End
5. Backwards Women
6. Long Time Ago
Side 2:
1. Need You Tonight
2. El Dorado
3. Bird Never Flies
4. Carry You To Safety
5. Leaving Detroit
