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Mark Olson

By Richard Gintowt

Published on February 14, 2008

“My Carol” by Mark Olson, from The Salvation Blues (Hacktone Records)

On the Jayhawks' signature song "Blue," the voices of Mark Olson and Gary Louris mesh as distinctly as those of Lennon and McCartney or Nicks and Buckingham. After a fallout left Louris as the Minneapolis group's sole songwriter, Olson — the lower voice — pursued various projects with his then-wife, Victoria Williams. Like Louris' subsequent Jayhawks records, Olson's work compensated for a lack of consistency with occasionally brilliant songs cut from a pop-tinged Americana cloth. To their fans' delight, the duo recently reconnected for a series of reunion tours and a new Jayhawks album (due out sometime this year, following the release of a Louris solo LP). Meanwhile, Olson is getting rave reviews for his latest solo collection, The Salvation Blues, from which he will no doubt draw at this early evening show at Davey's.



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