My Morning Jacket Biography
My Morning Jacket, formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a rock band known for their reverb-soaked sound and their enthusiastic live shows. The band's style is a blend of alternative, alt country, folk rock and psychedelic rock. The band consists of Jim James (vocals, guitar), Carl Broemel (guitar), "Two Tone" Tommy Blankenship (bass), Bo Koster (keyboards) and Patrick Hallahan (drums). My Morning Jacket is signed with ATO Records
The band has released nine albums so far: "The Tennessee Fire" (1999), "At Dawn" (2001), "It Still Moves" (2003), "Z" (2005), "Evil Urges" (2008), "Circuital" (2011), "The Waterfall" (2015), The Waterfall II (2020), and My Morning Jacket (2021). The band's breakthrough came when their 2003 single "One Big Holiday" became one of the most played songs on college radio that year. 2008's "I'm Amazed" was also a sizable hit, peaking at #6 on Billboard's Triple A (adult album alternative) Singles chart.
The Circuital songfacts reports that "Circuital" was recorded inside a church’s converted gymnasium in the band's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Said frontman Jim James: “I hate the phrase ‘going back to our roots’, but for this record we came home and made it in Kentucky. And it just felt a lot like it did when we were first starting out.” James co-produced the record with Tucker Martine. The pair first worked together when James appeared on Laura Veirs ' album "July Flame" in 2010, which Martine, Veirs’ husband, also produced.
Jim James, frontman of My Morning Jacket, often explores profound themes of spirituality and transcendence in his music, blending traditional Christian symbols with universalistic messages that speak to the soul-searching journey of faith and the quest for deeper meaning.
My Morning Jacket guest stared in the American Dad Episode "My Morning Straitjacket" where Stan Smith becomes obsessed with them and decides to become a groupie. The edisode was first aired November 22 2009. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.