The Jayhawks

The Jayhawks are an American <a href="/facts/Alternative_country/0f1oLU3A">alternative country</a> and <a href="/facts/Country_rock/ym2IznFu">country rock</a> band that emerged from the <a href="/facts/Twin_Cities/jMN3SqzK">Twin Cities</a> music scene in the mid-1980s. Led by vocalists/guitarists/songwriters <a href="/facts/Gary_Louris/alfUMc1t">Gary Louris</a> and <a href="/facts/Mark_Olson_(musician)/YjzYWCjs">Mark Olson</a>, their country rock sound was influential on many bands who played the Twin Cities circuit during the 1980s and 1990s, such as <a href="/facts/Uncle_Tupelo/VWQ00vH2">Uncle Tupelo</a>, the <a href="/facts/Gear_Daddies/Kbsrv5lM">Gear Daddies</a> and the <a href="/facts/Honeydogs/3YkwGpIg">Honeydogs</a>. They have released eleven studio albums, with and without Olson (who left the band for the first time in 1995), including five on the <a href="/facts/American_Recordings_(US)/Besl58oy">American Recordings</a> label. After going on hiatus from 2005 to 2009, the 1995 lineup of the band reunited and released the album Mockingbird Time in September 2011; Olson left the band for the second time after the tour to promote the album. After another hiatus in 2013, the 1997 lineup led by Louris reunited to play shows in 2014 to support the reissue of three albums originally released between 1997 and 2003. Since then, the band has continued to tour and record, releasing the albums <a href="/facts/Live_at_the_Belly_Up_(The_Jayhawks_album)/hFm7fq07">Live at The Belly Up</a> in 2015; <a href="/facts/Paging_Mr._Proust/DPKmfJbo">Paging Mr. Proust</a>, co-produced by <a href="/facts/Peter_Buck/sM6wVgYx">Peter Buck</a> and <a href="/facts/Tucker_Martine/4MHsUI65">Tucker Martine</a>, in 2016; <a href="/facts/Back_Roads_and_Abandoned_Motels/7NWgkxs1">Back Roads and Abandoned Motels</a> in 2018; and <a href="/facts/XOXO_(The_Jayhawks_album)/YgML31f7">XOXO</a> in 2020.

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The Jayhawks