My Morning Jacket

My Morning Jacket => The Band => Topic started by: ChiefOKONO on Mar 03, 2005, 09:24 PM

Title: Origin of band name?
Post by: ChiefOKONO on Mar 03, 2005, 09:24 PM
does anyone know where my morning jacket came from?
whats the story?
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: MMJ_fanatic on Mar 03, 2005, 10:49 PM
if I remember right Jim saw a robe with the monogram MMJ of the breast area and thought of My Morning Jacket immediately
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: EC on Mar 03, 2005, 10:55 PM
Oh crap, let me check.  Isn't it on a record somewhere in the liner notes?

Damnit.  It's very frustrating to not remember something that you know you know.

Screw it.  Too much wine.  Riny will know!!!
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: SMc55 on Mar 04, 2005, 01:14 AM
I think I read something on the Nashville to Kentucky website. Haven't got time to check now but will later.
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: CC on Mar 04, 2005, 01:26 AM
they tell me a different story everytime! but yeah, one is about walking into some burned out building and finding a robe with the initials mmj. I think you'll find other stories in the press section. I remember one involving a slippery bathtub. just pick your favourite I guess ;D
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: MMJ_fanatic on Mar 04, 2005, 02:26 PM
Quotejust pick your favourite I guess ;D

I am partial to the story of the robe cuz after all, isn't a robe nothing more than a Morning Jacket? ;)
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: sweatboard on Mar 04, 2005, 07:43 PM
I think it's awesome to name your band "My Morning Jacket". I feal as though everyone has thier "My Morning Jacket", I think Jim's is the band.  

"It wasn't till I woke up that I could hold down a joke or a job or a dream" - Jim James

The name has so many possibilities especially when you hold it up against the lyric content of the albums.  You could come up with a hundred explinations and they would all make sense.  
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: SMc55 on Mar 05, 2005, 05:05 AM
QuoteI think it's awesome to name your band "My Morning Jacket". I feal as though everyone has thier "My Morning Jacket", I think Jim's is the band.  


I like that  :)
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: EC on Mar 05, 2005, 07:30 AM
QuoteI feal as though everyone has thier "My Morning Jacket", I think Jim's is the band.
"She's my Rushmore, Max."

I like that, too, sweatboard.  :)
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: ChiefOKONO on Mar 07, 2005, 12:08 AM
that's pretty cool.. thanks guys for some insight.. i like how its kind of vague
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: dogandponyshow on Mar 07, 2005, 10:52 AM
Certainly one the coolest band names ever.....

D.
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: CC on Mar 08, 2005, 02:03 AM
here's some talk

http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Press/mojo0903.htm


Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: EC on Mar 08, 2005, 08:50 AM
Quotehere's some talk

http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Press/mojo0903.htm
Woah.  Those are some hot pictures.  I might need to post a couple in the favourite picture section.  

I'm really glad I took the day off so that I could spend some quality time with my guitar.  I'm gonna go and make more coffee, and then sit and read inspiring articles about bands that I love, and then I'm gonna jam.

AND it's sunny out.  yee haw.
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: MMJ_fanatic on Mar 08, 2005, 07:51 PM
the best part: " I want to sound like I'm on Mars--reverb all over"

ALL BOW TO THE MIGHTY REVERB  :D!
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: ChiefOKONO on Mar 11, 2005, 02:14 AM
Thanks CC, that article was pretty sweet!!!

Quotehere's some talk

http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Press/mojo0903.htm


Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: peanut butter puddin surprise on Mar 18, 2005, 07:22 AM
One early Kentucky morning, the phone rang and a voice told Jim to get "his morning jacket and run thru the ghetto at dawn before the tennessee fire causes strangulation because i needed it most as i'm an honest man"... ;)
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: JacketGal on Mar 18, 2005, 09:05 AM
QuoteOne early Kentucky morning, the phone rang and a voice told Jim to get "his morning jacket and run thru the ghetto at dawn before the tennessee fire causes strangulation because i needed it most as i'm an honest man"... ;)


Sweet!!! And Evelyn is not real, O is the one that is real!!!
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: EC on Mar 18, 2005, 09:57 AM
Damn I wish I were feeling more clever this morning.

Good work!!!  :)
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: peanut butter puddin surprise on Mar 21, 2005, 01:15 PM
better yet, it came from the aliens, high on reverb, who decided to land in Lexington, KY.  they found jim and forced him to sing in an echo chamber to keep their killer reverb buzz going.  they released him when they realized his voice was too beautiful for him to be a prisoner...
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: EC on Mar 21, 2005, 01:31 PM
Quotethey released him when they realized his voice was too beautiful for him to be a prisoner...

so nice.  :)
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: Neal Johnson on Mar 22, 2005, 03:12 PM
QuoteDamn I wish I were feeling more clever this morning.

Good work!!!  :)

a little off topic, but that happens to be my favorite freakin' lyric to of all time. " and if he does,ill kick, ill kick his head in".
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: EC on Mar 22, 2005, 03:46 PM
Quotea little off topic, but that happens to be my favorite freakin' lyric to of all time. " and if he does,ill kick, ill kick his head in".


 :)
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: MMJ_fanatic on Mar 22, 2005, 07:59 PM
I already put in for a bathrobe monogrammed with MMJ for my next Christmas present ;)
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: Oz on Apr 01, 2005, 01:36 PM
QuoteI already put in for a bathrobe monogrammed with MMJ for my next Christmas present ;)

That's a kick ass idea. :)
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: tom wooldridge jr on May 02, 2005, 05:35 PM
Jim is my cousin so i know the reason for the time, but i sware i will never tell. most of our family doesnt even know, he just told me because i interviewed him for my school paper
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: .tom wooldridge jr on May 02, 2005, 05:36 PM
i meant to write i know the NAME, not the time. hahaha
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: me me me me on May 02, 2005, 05:38 PM
i know the name reason
Title: Re: Origin of band name?
Post by: Oz on May 04, 2005, 05:51 PM
I also know some things. Like one or two. But I will never tell them, you hear me! Never! Well, maybe, if you ask really politely.