Sunday, February 22, 2009

Louris & Olson

Some voices were just meant to be together and, despite five years of not talking to one another, thankfully Gary Louris and Mark Olson have figured this out. They both have marvelous voices on their own, but together they become something otherworldly. Tonight at the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown they sang some of their new stuff, like Turn Your Pretty Name Around and Saturday Morning on Sunday Street from Ready for the Flood, but they depended heavily on the classics that made us love them and the Jayhawks in the first place. Their final encore tune, Blue, from Tomorrow the Green Grass, gave me chills with its clear harmonies and thrilled the sold out audience. Thank you, guys, for giving peace a chance. We've missed you.

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