''Vagabonds'' is the first solo album by

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and Jayhawks member

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, released in 2008.

Reception

Writing for

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, critic Mark Deming praised the album, writing "Vagabonds manages to sound grand and organic at once, with the arrangements and production capturing a sense of the wide open spaces of Hollywood Town Hall and Rainy Day Music, especially on the beautifully heart-tugging "She Only Calls Me on Sundays," while also encompassing the more ambitious melodic conceits of Smile and Sound of Lies on tracks like "Black Grass" and "Omaha Nights." ... the result is an album that sounds full-bodied but natural and uncluttered, and gives Louris' fine songs plenty of room to reveal their virtues. Anyone who has followed the Jayhawks' career knows that Gary Louris is a major talent, and Vagabonds demonstrates he's still capable of making remarkable music outside the framework of the band."

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Louris # "True Blue" – 5:02 # "Omaha Nights" – 4:04 # "To Die a Happy Man – 4:34 # "She Only Calls Me on Sundays" – 3:19 # "We'll Get By" – 4:29 # "Black Grass" – 5:14 # "I Wanna Get High" – 3:55 # "Vagabonds" – 5:27 # "D.C. Blues" – 4:15 # "Meandering" – 3:18

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# "Baby Let Me Take Care Of You" – 4:54 # "Fall Day

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– 3:35

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# "Three Too Many" – 2:58 # "Working Girl

– 3:10

Personnel

– vocals, guitar * Jonathan Wilson – organ, guitar, banjo, bass, vocals *Joshua Grange – pedal steel guitar *Otto Hauser – drums, percussion *

Adam MacDougall Adam "Mad Dog" MacDougall (born 8 May 1975) is an Australian author, businessman and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative ...

– keyboards *

Susanna Hoffs Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American singer and guitarist, best known as a co-founder of the pop-rock band The Bangles. Hoffs founded The Bangles (originally called the Bangs) in 1981 with Debbi and Vicki Peterson. They re ...

– choir *Jenny Lewis – choir *Chris Robinson – choir *Andy Cabic – choir

Technical personnel

* Chris Robinson– producer *Thom Monahan – engineer *Ken Sluiter – assistant engineer *Jim Scott – mixing *Kevin Dean – mixing *Richard Dodd – mastering *Jeri Heiden – art direction, design *Darren Ankenman – photography

Chart positions

References

External links

Alone together again
NoDepression magazine interview. {{Authority control 2008 albums Rykodisc albums Albums produced by Chris Robinson (singer) Gary Louris albums