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Mark Olson (ex-Jayhawks) Interview / Show Review

Welcome our newest contributor Lou Takacs out of good ol’ PGH. He took some time to chat with Mark Olson, formerly of the Jayhawks.

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Mark Olson – Clifton Bridge

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Mark Olson – Poor Michael’s Boat

Mark Olson’s singularly mournful voice—markedly unchanged from The Jayhawks’ first widely distributed release Blue Earth in 1989 to last year’s solo masterwork The Salvation Blues (Hacktone)—has always suggested someone far older in spirit than in age. But in forming that cult-legend band that jump-started the still burgeoning roots-rock/No Depression/Americana movement, Olson evinced this quality in his mindset as much as his singing. Read the rest…