MY MORNING JACKET

'My Morning Jacket' is an American rock band known for their reverb-heavy sound, their eclectic mix of indie rock, country rock, psychedelic, and jam band styles, and enthusiastic and energetic live shows. Formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky, the band signed with ATO Records four years later.
The band's moniker comes from a discarded coat lead singer Jim James found while sifting through the remains of his favorite bar after it burned down. The coat was embroidered with the letters "MMJ" on it. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/profile/story/8719246/kentuckys_finest
Singer/songwriter/guitarist James' bandmates are bassist "Two Tone" Tommy, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist/pedal steel guitarist/saxophonist/vocalist Carl Broemel and keyboardist Bo Koster.

Contents

History

Band members

Current members

Former members

Side projects

Trivia

Discography

Albums

Compilations

Singles and EPs

DVD

Compilation appearances

Notes

External links

History

The original line-up of MMJ in 1998 consisted of Jim James on guitar, "Two Tone" Tommy on bass, J. Glenn on drums, and Johnny Quaid on guitar. In 1999 ''The Tennessee Fire'', the band's debut album, was released in on Darla Records. In 2000 the band were augmented by the addition of Danny Cash (layout and keyboards). Although the second album ''At Dawn'' was recorded with drummer J. Glenn, he had already left the band by the time the album was released by Darla in 2001. J. Glenn was replaced by Chris 'KC' Guetig. In May 2002 James' childhood friend Patrick Hallahan replaced Guetig.
In 2003 MMJ released ''It Still Moves'', their major-label debut. The release of the album was followed by the live EP ''Acoustic Citsuoca''. This EP was notable for the total absence of reverb on Jim James' vocals, a sound very distinctive of their earlier works. In January 2004 Quaid and Cash both amicably left the band to be replaced by Carl Broemel and Bo Koster. In November 2004 the band released two collections of early work, which included old demos, live versions, and covers. These discs, entitled ''Early Recordings Chapter 1 - The Sandworm Cometh'' and ''Early Recordings Chapter 2 - Learning'', document the formation and progress in the band's early years. October 2005 saw the release of the critically acclaimed album ''Z'', which greatly displayed the evolution of the band. In 2006 MMJ were musical guests on The Late Show with David Letterman, performing with members of the Boston Pops, with whom they played two shows at Boston Symphony Hall later in the month. 2006 also saw the release of live double album and DVD ''Okonokos''.
They did not perform at Bonnaroo in 2007, to rest and record a new album.

Band members

Current members

★ Jim James - vocals, lead & rhythm guitars (1998-present)

★ "Two-Tone" Tommy - bass (1998-present)

★ Patrick Hallahan - drums (2002-present)

★ Bo Koster - keyboards & layout (2004-present)

★ Carl Broemel - guitar (2004-present)

Former members

★ Johnny Quaid - guitar (1998-2004)

★ Danny Cash - keyboards (2000-2004)

★ J. Glenn - drums (1998-2001)

★ Chris Guetig - drums (2001)

Side projects

★ In early 2005, James was featured on the opening track of the Bright Eyes album ''I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'', as well as on two tracks of the M. Ward album ''Transistor Radio'', and one track on the ''Back To Me'' album by Kathleen Edwards.

★ James and Hallahan will appear on America's upcoming comeback album, ''Here & Now'', in a cover of "Golden."

★ James, Koster and Broemel can be heard on fellow Louisvillians VHS or Beta upcoming album ''Bring On the Comets''

Trivia

★ My Morning Jacket performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, making them the only band to be invited to the festival four years in a row. Both the 2004 and 2005 sets were released as official downloads at the Bonnaroo website. Their marathon three-and-a-half hour set in 2006 was available via webcast the following evening. In that set they were joined by violinist Andrew Bird.

★ Jim James was given an "Esky" for best songwriter in Esquire's 2006 Esky Music Awards in the April issue.

★ My Morning Jacket was awarded an "Esky" for "Best Live Band" in 2007 as well.

★ My Morning Jacket (minus Koster) also made a cameo appearance in the 2005 Cameron Crowe film, ''Elizabethtown'', as the fictitious southern rock band, Ruckus, performing Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" with Hallahan appearing on keyboards as actor Paul Schneider portrayed the drummer.^[1] Their songs "Where to Begin" & "Same In Any Language" were also featured in the film's soundtrack.

★ In the November 2004 issue of Wired Magazine, a CD with 16 songs in the Creative Commons was bundled. "One Big Holiday" by My Morning Jacket was on this CD.

★ The song "Mahgeetah" appeared in a beer commercial in 2005. They had initially sold the rights to the song to Coors under the impression that it would be used for a Coors Light advertisement. Upon finding that the commercial had been released supporting the new Coors Aspen Edge, they donated every cent of the proceeds to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and swore to never do another commercial.

★ Jim James' real name is James (Jim) Olliges Jr., according to liner notes of bands he previously played in. About his name change he said the following in an interview with the Louisville Eccentric Observer (conducted June 19, 2003 in Shelbyville, KY): LEO: What about your name change from Jim Olliges to Jim James? JJ: It was just easier. When I was playing a lot of open mic nights, I’d put Jim Olliges and they’d go, Jim Olgus or something. I liked the way Jim James sounds. Kinda sounds like a western gunslinger name. It’s a lot easier, and it impacts on your brain quicker.

★ Two-Tone Tommy's name is Thomas (Tom) Blankenship.

★ Carl Broemel is a graduate of Indiana University, majoring in classical guitar.

★ The band's song "One Big Holiday" plays over the opening credits and first scene of the 2007 film ''The Lookout''.

★ In the pilot episode of the Showtime series, Californication, the band's cover of Elton John's Rocketman is played.

Discography

Albums

★ '''The Tennessee Fire''' May, 1999

★ '''At Dawn''' March/April, 2001

★ '''It Still Moves''' September 9, 2003

★ ''' Z''' October, 2005

★ '''Okonokos''' September 26, 2006

Compilations

★ '''' November, 2004

★ '''' November, 2004

★ '''At Dawn/Tennessee Fire Demos Package''' June, 2007

Singles and EPs

★ ''Heartbreakin Man'' (May 2000)

★ ''My Morning Jacket Does Bad Jazz'' (July 2000)

★ ''We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!'' a.k.a. ''My Morning Jacket Does Xmas Fiasco Style!'' (October 2000; US version)

★ ''We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!'' a.k.a. ''My Morning Jacket Does Xmas Fiasco Style!'' (December 2000; EU version)

★ ''My Morning Jacket Does Gold Hole'' (January 2001)

★ ''Split EP (with )'' (April 2002)

★ ''Chocolate and Ice'' (April/May 2002)

★ ''Sweatbees'' (November 2002; UK version)

★ ''Sweatbees'' (May 2003; Australian version)

★ ''Run Thru'' (November 2003)

★ ''Acoustic Citsuoca'' (May 2004)

★ ''Off The Record'' (October 2005)

DVD

★ ''Okonokos'' (DVD) (October 2006)

Compilation appearances

★ ''Little Darla Has A Treat For You v.14'' (Winter 2000)

★ ''Louisville is for Lovers vol.1'' (February 2001)

★ ''2 Meter Sessies Volume 10'' (September 2001)

★ ''Louisville is for Lovers vol.2'' (February 2002)

★ ''KVRX 91.7 FM presents local live v.6 unlimited bandwidth'' (June 2002)

★ ''ATO Records 53'' (October 2002)

★ ''A Gift From A Garden To A Flower: A Tribute To Donovan'' (November 2002)

★ ''The Mother Lodge: A Tribute To The Rudyard Kipling, Volume 1'' (March 2003)

★ ''Live From Bonnaroo 2003'' (October 2003)

★ ''X-Ray CD #10'' (October 2003)

★ ''270 Miles From Graceland - Bonnaroo 2003'' (DVD) (November 2003)

★ ''ATO Records 54'' (December 2003)

★ ''Live @ The World Café Volume 18: I'll Take You There'' (September 2004)

★ ''KCRW Sounds Eclectic 3'' (October 2004)

★ ''SPUNK days of future past'' (October 2004)

★ ''KEXP presents Music That Matters Vol. 1'' (November 2004)

★ ''KFOG Live From The Archives 11'' (November 2004)

★ ''Louisville is for Lovers vol.5'' (February 2005)

★ ''duyster.'' (March 2005)

★ ''Return to Sin City - A Tribute to Gram Parsons'' (DVD) (March 2005)

★ ''Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004'' (April 2005)

★ ''Live From Bonnaroo 2004'' (DVD) (May 2005)

★ ''Live at KEXP Volume One'' (June 2005)

★ ''MOJO: Dylan Covered'' (August 2005)

★ ''Elizabethtown - songs from the brown hotel'' (EP) (August 2005)

★ ''Austin City Limits Music Festival - Live From Austin, Texas 2004'' (August 2005)

★ ''Austin City Limits Music Festival - Live From Austin, Texas 2004'' (DVD) (August 2005)

★ ''Elizabethtown - music from the motion picture'' (September 2005)

★ ''For A Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records'' (October 2005)

★ ''MOJO: Born In The USA volume 2: The New American Songbook'' (December 2005)

★ ''Elizabethtown - music from the motion picture - vol. 2'' (February 2006)

★ ''Louisville is for Lovers vol.6'' (February 2006)

★ ''On XRT: Live From The Archives, Volume 9'' (October 2006)

★ ''Endless Highway - the music of The Band '' (January 2007)

Notes

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External links

★ MMJ Official Website

★ "From Nashville To Kentucky", the My Morning Jacket illustrated discography 1995-2006

★ Lollapalooza 2007 Live Performance Video

★ "I Will Be There When You Die", the My Morning Jacket live archive 1999-2004

★ the My Morning Jacket Showfinder 1999-2006

★ Myspace

★ Guitar Tabs and Chords

★ Interview with Jim James, September 2005

★ "Strong on the Horizon", ''PopMatters'' interview (10/2005)

★ Interview with My Morning Jacket feat. streaming audio @ SomethingGlorious.com May, 2006

★ Interview with Jim James in ''The Marquee'', October 2005

★ Rolling Stone feature

★ Rolling Stone article The band's manager, Mike Martinovich, on Digital Rights Management (DRM)

★ My Morning Jacket collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive

★ Musical Family Tree MP3 archiveCarl Broemel's solo recordings

★ Prefix Magazine feature