Hailing from Minneapolis, the Jayhawks are a band playing a style of Alternative country can refer to several ideas. Most generally, any musician that plays a sound unlike the dominant trends in country music at the time plays alternative country. By this standard, for example, the Bakersfield sound was alternative in the 1950s, and the Lubbock, Texas musicians were alternative in the... alt-country and roots rock with elements of folk.

The band was formed in 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events Environmental and weather change Asian Tiger Mosquito, an invasive species is first found in Houston, Texas May 25 - Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge which kills approximately 10,000 people. September 19 - 8... 1985 and released an eponymous record the following year (known to fans as the Bunkhouse Tapes) but it wasn't until their subsequent record, Blue Earth, in 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 7 - Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead... 1989 that the Jayhawks started to get noticed. Their lineup at the time was Mark Olson (acoustic guitar & vocals), Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | People stubs | Country musicians | United States musicians ... Gary Louris (electric guitar & vocals), Marc Perlman (bass) and Thad Spencer (drums) (though the drummer's position always seemed to be the most unstable). Their music back then was very much rootsy country-rock and all songs were penned by Olson.

Their 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January - The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General George H. W. Bush becomes the first... 1992 release Hollywood Town Hall however took a more rocky turn with Louris co-writing many of the tunes. Though Louris' fuzzy guitar was at the forefront, a clear folksey influence was also emerging in Olson's songwriting. The album was a hit, powered by the single "Waiting for the Sun", and brought the Jayhawks a much needed fanbase.

Having added Karen Grotberg on the keyboards, the band toured extensively and went into the studio to produce Tomorrow the Green Grass in 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/ Events January January 1 Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union Fred West, accused... 1995, but the record's production had been very expensive and the album failed to sell as expected. The album does however feature some classic Jayhawks tunes such as "Blue" or "Miss Williams' Guitar" (a love song for Olson's flame, quirky singer/songwriter Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is a singer/songwriter. Williams first album, Happy Come Home was released in 1987, followed by Swing the Statue in 1990. In 1993, Williams life took a dramatic turn when she learned that she was suffering from multiple sclerosis. In 1994, a variety of... Victoria Williams) but sadly failed to find a larger audience for the band.

Mark Olson left the band that year to spend more time with his wife (and would later form with her the Original Harmony Ridgecreek Dippers) - given his songwriting talent, many fans felt it was the end of the Jayhawks. They were only half right as 1997 saw the Jayhawks (now with Tim O'Reagan on the drums) release Sound of Lies, which had Louris composing most of the songs and allowing all of his influences an even hand in the proceedings. The result was staggering - mixing straight rock (the ironic "Big Star"), psychedelic, acoustic (the title track) or even some dub elements, the album was a creative breakthrough which should have had the band taking on the world. Sadly, their record company (American recordings) was bought over by Warner and the album was released with virtually no label support and only sold to their faithful fanbase.

Deflated but still eager to make it big, the band set out to try and attract a different audience with This article is about a smile as a physiological phenomenon. For information on the album, see Smile (album), for the musical, see Smile (Musical) and for the bank, see smile (bank). Smile was also the name of the band later known as Queen. In physiology, a smile is a facial... Smile (2000). Produced by Bob Ezrin, the songs seemed to be solely aimed at the charts with singalongs such as "I'm Going To Make You Love Me" and "Smile". The album became their worst selling album after Blue Earth, although the songs did sound much better performed live devoid of Ezrin's tentacular production.

Having learnt the hard way that commercial success was going to elude them forever, the band returned to a more stripped down approach and released Rainy Day Music in 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. Pascal Couchepin becomes President of the Confederation in... 2003 - with some more great tunes on the record ("Tailspin", "Stumbling Through the Dark", "You Look So Young") and a brilliant acoustic tour supporting it, the Jayhawks seem destined to remain one of music's best kept secrets...