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...didn't know quite what to expect from the Jayhawks. After all, even though they performed at the Paradise Rock Club, they're considered an alt-country band. And who knows what alt-country is anyway? But let me tell you, they put on one hell of a show. The best flat-out rock and roll I've heard in years. Between the hot guitar riffs of Gary Louris and Kraig Johnson and the driving rhythms provided by drummer Tim O'Reagan, not a foot in the house wasn't tapping...
...alt-country" brings to mind images of Shania Twain, kick her leopard-print-clad ass right on out. Alt-country, or Y'allternative as it is sometimes called, is definitely not the glitzy pop-twang that today's country has become. Nor does it have the excess of sound-alike, look-alike bands of alternative rock. For initiates to the alt-country scene, it's hard to define the sound. Maybe the stage footwear of the Jayhawks provides a good analogy. Vocalist Gary Louris was decked out in cowboy boots, while fellow guitarist Kraig Johnson sported Converse sneakers. Not quite...
...Jayhawks' brand of alt-country had something for those who used to love country but have drifted from the Dixie Chicks and she-who-feels-like-a-woman, something for rock and alternative music lovers. Not quite country, not quite rock. But just the right amount of each...
...bigger back then," says James Kenji Alt, a junior at MIT. "We used to bring kegs into the middle of Killian Court on Friday nights...
...more underground," said Alt. "Most small parties, you won't get bothered, but if it's noisy at all, it'll probably get broken...