"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 5 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Gary Louris is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Gary Louris concert reviews describe live shows and performances as authentic.
Long before rising to prominence as leader of the insurgent country group the Jayhawks (and the all-star collective Golden Smog), Gary Louris grew up in Toledo, OH, where he took piano lessons as a youngster. When he was 14, his mother gave him a classical guitar, suggesting he could bring the instrument to parties and become more popular.
Has Performed With
Mark Olson
Critic Concert Reviews
The Aquarian Weekly (USA)
July 3, 2013
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Re-adjusting themselves on their folding chairs, the 60 or so “all walks of life” people in the audience marveled at the sheets of rain outside the window and glanced nervously at the arched ceiling.
Going your own way is not so easy after being intimately tied with a band for so many years. Just ask Mick Jagger how successful is solo career has been sans his Stones.
The Jayhawks are no longer since the Minneapolis band ended their rootsy run in 2006 (they never officially split). Group mainstay Gary Lou
Bowling (three balls, little pins) is included in the admission price for this giddily anachronistic evening of old-time pastimes and authentic American music.