| Hallelujah! My Morning Jacket is back from their hiatus | | | | front of us that we were touring too long. Up until that |
| and ready to hit the road beginning with an April 20 gig | | | | point we hadn't really stopped touring in nine years, so |
| in Birmingham, Ala. My Morning Jacket will weave its | | | | in retrospect, it was a really, really good move. I'm |
| way throughout the nation until late August, which | | | | happy we did it," said Hallahan. |
| means <a rel="nofollow" | | | | Although My Morning Jacket hasn't released a studio |
| onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' | | | | album since 2008's Evil Urges (two live |
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| tickets</a>, which are available at <a | | | | from Las Vegas – Exclusively at The |
| rel="nofollow" | | | | Palms—arrived in 2009), MMJ is slated to appear on |
| onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' | | | | the upcoming Shel Silverstein tribute album. |
| outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" will be some of the | | | | Consequence of Sound reported that a tribute album |
| hottest tickets of the summer. MMJ will also support | | | | titled Twistable, Turntable Man will honor the |
| Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on select dates | | | | songwriting of Silverstein, who is perhaps more |
| in Boston and East Rutherford, N.J. in August. | | | | well-known for his books of children's poetry. Along |
| Since emerging out of Louisville, Ky. in the early 2000s, | | | | with MMJ, Dr. Dog, Lucinda Williams, Andrew Bird, Kris |
| My Morning Jacket has garnered a reputation for not | | | | Kristofferson and John Prine are among the artists |
| only touring extensively but for delivering marathon | | | | covering Shel Silverstein's songs on the album, which is |
| performances. Case in point: in 2008 the band | | | | due out June 8. |
| performed for four hours at Bonnaroo Music Festival in | | | | My Morning Jacket frontman Yim Yams (aka Jim |
| Manchester, Tenn.! MMJ drummer Patrick Hallahan, for | | | | James) will be performing at the 2010 installation of the |
| one, doesn't even think he could sit through one of his | | | | legendary Newport Folk Festival, which will take place |
| band's lengthy performances! Hallahan recently | | | | at Fort Adams in Newport, R.I. from July 30 through |
| confessed to Spinner, "I can't understand how people | | | | Aug. 1. The 51st annual Newport Folk Festival will also |
| can stick around for a long show like that. I don't really | | | | feature performances by Steve Martin (with his |
| have the attention span for it. I could not stick around | | | | bluegrass quintet Steep Canyon Rangers), the Swell |
| for a My Morning Jacket show. I would leave after an | | | | Season, the Band's Levon Helm, Sharon Jones and the |
| hour and a half." Fans of the band likely disagree! | | | | Dap-Kings, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Bird and more. |
| My Morning Jacket's frantic touring pace took its toll on | | | | James has been busy performing with his supergroup |
| the band, as two members—Johnny Quaid and | | | | Monsters of Folk, which wrapped up a U.S. and |
| Danny Cash—exited the lineup in 2004. Hallahan told | | | | European tour toward the end of 2009. Along with |
| Spinner that My Morning Jacket decided to take a | | | | James, Monsters of Folk features notable indie rock |
| break last year rather than get burnt out from | | | | musicians like M. Ward (She & Him) as well as |
| performing. "Life was throwing little warning signs in | | | | Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis (both from Bright Eyes). |