My Morning Jacket – Ten albums and one big happy family.
Starting off the week with My Morning Jacket, recorded during the 10th annual WXRT Fourth Of July Special at the Petrillo Music Shell.
In the odd event you don’t already know, My Morning Jacket formed in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1998. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Koster. The band’s sound, rooted in rock and country, is often experimental and psychedelic. The group amassed a following beginning in the 2000s in part due to their live performances.
The group first found success in Europe after the release of its debut album, The Tennessee Fire (1999). Its next release, At Dawn (2001), led to a large stateside following and preceded several lineup changes. After signing to major label ATO Records, the group released two albums, It Still Moves (2003) and Z (2005), with the latter representing a critical breakthrough. The group’s next release, Evil Urges (2008), was more polarizing for fans and critics, while Circuital (2011), its sixth album, saw a more measured response. The band’s seventh album, The Waterfall, was released in 2015, followed by The Waterfall II in 2020, My Morning Jacket in 2021, and their tenth, titled Is, in 2025.
You don’t really need to know too much more. Suffice to say, they have a large and loyal following both here and overseas with no signs of slowing down or heading into hiatus.
But in case you missed them at the beginning (or eight years into it), here is what they were up to in 2006.
Crank it up and relax.
