The soulful and talented band, My Morning Jacket recently announced 2019 tour dates with shows in Colorado and New York. The two shows at Red Rock Amphitheater will take place on August 2-3, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. Tickets are available for all shows, including the performance in Queens, New York on August 10, 2019.
The band was formed by singer-songwriter Jim James in Louisville, Kentucky back in 1998. Last June, they released an album, Uniform Distortion with James commenting on the track “Just a Fool” saying, “Everyone has been called a fool at some point in their lives, sometimes well deserved and other times not at all. I suppose this song is a sarcastic “fuck off” to anyone who ever degrades or makes another person feel a fool when they did not deserve it or just needed help, while at the same time it is an acceptance of the times I have been a fool.”
James 2018 solo tour took place early November at the Cathedral Sanctuary in Los Angeles, California and other historic theaters and centers across North America while wrapping up in Louisville, Kentucky on November 21st. For his most recent tour, James commented, “I am looking forward to exploring all sorts of songs stripped down as they first occurred in their natural habitat — just voice and guitar. Although I have played many shows by myself, this will be my first tour of this style, and I am excited to see everyone out on the open road.”
The band consists of James on vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, Tom Blankenship on bass, Patrick Hallahan on drums and percussion, Bo Koster, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals and Carl Broemel, guitar, saxophone and backing vocals.
The band’s album, The Waterfall was recorded at a hilltop mansion in the coastal town of Stinson Beach, California and the band felt the surroundings were “slightly supernatural, which produced an idyllic recording process.The Waterfall was released in May 2015, debuting number 11 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., with 33,000 copies sold in its first week. In December 2015, The Waterfall was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
2019 Tour Dates
08/02 – Red Rock Amphitheater – Denver, Colorado
08/03 – Red Rock Amphitheater – Denver, Colorado
08/10 – Forest Hills Stadium – Queens, New York
Photo Credit: Sharon Alagna
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