Album: Vagabonds
Year: 2008
We will get to Gary Louris’s work with The Jayhawks — and my no-doubt controversial choice for their best album — in due time, but I have to confess that I love this title track from his solo debut probably as much as I love any song he’s ever written.
A big, slow, folk-rock anthem full of wailing harmonica, shimmering organ, plaintive pedal-steel and massive harmonies, “Vagabonds” fully reflects the sound and tradition of the Laurel Canyon recording studio where it was birthed.
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