Gary Louris LRS 6/7/13 Freehold, NJ

[remphish1]

Gary held a living room show of sorts at a venue called concerts in the Studio in Freehold. The photo studio holds 50 and afterwords there is a potluck dinner. Here was the setlist

 

I'm Going To Make You Love Me
True Blue

Jennifer Save me
Stumbling Through The Dark
Can't Live Without You
Need You Tonight
Girl In The Window
16 Down
Settled Down Like Rain
Tailspin
Greatest Longshot
Waiting For The Sun
Everybody Knows
snippet of a Yes song
Pouring Rain at Dawn
Angelyne
All the Right Reasons
That's Entertainment By The Jam
segwaying into
Poor Little Fish
then finishing back with The Jam again
She Only Calls Me On Sundays
Blue
Expecting To Fly
Caught With A Smile On My Face
Broken Harpoon
DC Blues
Save It For A Rainy Day

 

 

Interesting things that happened. Gary mentioned he doesn't like the Americana label his music gets. They don't really fit it . He said he was influenced by punk bands and never really listened to much of the folkier artist. He also mentioned that he did a lot of drugs and alcohol and he was in a very bad place but he is all clean now! He said when we go to dinner drink and have fun it doesn't phase me.

 

I also had a few conversations with Gary. Asked him to play Dead End Angel and he said he didn't remember it. Later during dinner I asked them about their adversion to playing Blue Earth stuff and he said that he just doesn't feel it any more. He said maybe if he liked to practice more he would feel it again.

 

I asked him what is happening with Golden Smog and he said Jeff is too busy to pin down these days...understandable I guess...he mentioned he is producing a few bands now and writting songs with the guy from Tonic??? and might be working on a new solo album.

 

I asked him about releasing Smile, Sound of Lies, Rainy Day and Blue Earth on Vinyl. he said all but Blue Earth most likely will be re-released on vinyl because of a record label thing Blue Earth won't. 

 

Gary seemed to be in great spirits and I am happy he is healthy now!

[blureu]

Cool review. Thanks for sharing.

[howdjadoo]

Gary held a living room show of sorts at a venue called concerts in the Studio in Freehold. The photo studio holds 50 and afterwords there is a potluck dinner. Here was the setlist

 

 

I'm Going To Make You Love Me

True Blue

Jennifer Save me

Stumbling Through The Dark

Can't Live Without You

Need You Tonight

Girl In The Window

16 Down

Settled Down Like Rain

Tailspin

Greatest Longshot

Waiting For The Sun

Everybody Knows

snippet of a Yes song

Pouring Rain at Dawn

Angelyne

All the Right Reasons

That's Entertainment By The Jam

segwaying into

Poor Little Fish

then finishing back with The Jam again

She Only Calls Me On Sundays

Blue

Expecting To Fly

Caught With A Smile On My Face

Broken Harpoon

DC Blues

Save It For A Rainy Day

 

 

Interesting things that happened. Gary mentioned he doesn't like the Americana label his music gets. They don't really fit it . He said he was influenced by punk bands and never really listened to much of the folkier artist. He also mentioned that he did a lot of drugs and alcohol and he was in a very bad place but he is all clean now! He said when we go to dinner drink and have fun it doesn't phase me.

 

I also had a few conversations with Gary. Asked him to play Dead End Angel and he said he didn't remember it. Later during dinner I asked them about their adversion to playing Blue Earth stuff and he said that he just doesn't feel it any more. He said maybe if he liked to practice more he would feel it again.

 

I asked him what is happening with Golden Smog and he said Jeff is too busy to pin down these days...understandable I guess...he mentioned he is producing a few bands now and writting songs with the guy from Tonic??? and might be working on a new solo album.

 

I asked him about releasing Smile, Sound of Lies, Rainy Day and Blue Earth on Vinyl. he said all but Blue Earth most likely will be re-released on vinyl because of a record label thing Blue Earth won't. 

 

Gary seemed to be in great spirits and I am happy he is healthy now!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The Inside of Outside]

Gary held a living room show of sorts at a venue called concerts in the Studio in Freehold. The photo studio holds 50 and afterwords there is a potluck dinner. Here was the setlist

 

Jennifer Save me

16 Down

Settled Down Like Rain

That's Entertainment By The Jam

segwaying into

Poor Little Fish

then finishing back with The Jam again

Expecting To Fly

 

I also had a few conversations with Gary. Asked him to play Dead End Angel and he said he didn't remember it. Later during dinner I asked them about their adversion to playing Blue Earth stuff and he said that he just doesn't feel it any more. He said maybe if he liked to practice more he would feel it again.

 

Thanks for the post - great to hear news on Gary.

 

Love that he played Jennifer Save Me and 16 Down - two of my favorites.

 

To me, Blue Earth mostly sounds like it belongs in a museum. A real cool museum. It has a way, way back sound. Only Ain't No End sounds like it could have been off a later album of theirs, and that is one they have played fairly regularly live. I love many others off that album, but I can understand why that record doesn't do much for Gary now.

[Smokestack Joe]

great post, thanks for sharing! i remember Gary saying he wasnt healthy and was taking a rest so to read that he is back performing im very happy for him. 

[Cold as Gasoline]

This is great to hear, thank you for sharing!  Going to see this strange Big Star tribute tomorrow at Park West in Chicago with Gary Louris, Mike Mills, and a host of notables.  Should be interesting!  Also going to see Gary Louris solo next month.  Glad to hear he is healthy and doing well, because the Jayhawks' music is iconic and important to me.

 

http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/05/big-stars-third-schedules-shows-for-chicago-new-york-city/

(hope it is not like that chaotic video at the bottom of this article though with 8 zillion vocalists)