My Morning Jacket Biography
Who is My Morning Jacket?
My Morning Jacket, formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a rock band known for its reverb-soaked sound and enthusiastic live shows. The band's style is a blend of alternative rock, alt-country, folk rock and psychedelic rock. The band consists of Jim James (vocals, guitar), Carl Broemel (guitar, vocals), "Two-Tone" Tommy Blankenship (bass), Bo Koster (keyboards) and Patrick Hallahan (drums). My Morning Jacket is signed with ATO Records.
The band has released ten studio albums: "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), "My Morning Jacket" (2021), and "is" (2025). "is" was produced by three-time Grammy Award winner Brendan O'Brien and marked the band's first studio album produced by an outside producer.
The band's breakthrough came with the release of "It Still Moves" in 2003. The album included "One Big Holiday," which became one of the band's best-known songs and received significant airplay on college radio. In 2008, "I'm Amazed," from "Evil Urges," became another successful single, reaching No. 6 on Billboard's Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) Singles chart.
"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 starred in the American Dad! episode "My Morning Straitjacket," where Stan Smith becomes obsessed with the band and decides to follow them on tour. The episode first aired on November 22, 2009. My Morning Jacket's music is featured throughout the episode, including "Wordless Chorus," and the episode concludes with footage of the band performing live.