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My Morning Jacket Music Heals

Music in general heals, but MMJ music seems to have the most healing power for me. I'm coming up on my 11 year mark of being a fan of this band (1st show was the KFC Yum! Center show on 10/29/2010), their music, their commitment to the craft, their outreach to people and organizations in need, their circle of local musicians and friends in the creative world, their collaboration with so many other bands and organizations around the country and the world, their big hearts, their giving attitude, their acceptance of all people, but most of all ... their love for us fans. They consider us fans as friends and family, I'm sure.

Anyway, I wanted to post this to talk about how much mental (and at times physical) pain I've been going through for the past 4 to 5 years and how the band's music and presence in the world have helped me throughout all of it. I keep a journal at work to write down positive thoughts each day (not all of them so positive), and many days, I just write, "Music Heals". Sometimes I tell people I meet that "Music Heals. It Always Has, & It Always Will". This is my mantra. Music has been the most important thing in my 55 years of life on this planet since around age 9 (liked it a lot before 9 but hey...). The Pandemic has forced me off the concert trail that I'd been hitting up pretty hard since 2010. I hadn't seen a show for 1 year and 6 months before last month's Railbird Festival in Lexington to see MMJ. I got the Coronavirus around that time (think it was from my wife who's a CNA at a nursing home that had been working with residents who had the virus, so it more than likely came from her ... that story is in another thread). There are plenty of local shows I've missed recently and more coming up even this weekend that I'm not going to go to out of an abundance of caution. In just over a month, I'm taking my wife to St. Louis for a 3 day vacation in early November to see MMJ there on 11/2/2021. I have been listening to a lot more MMJ lately. I started about a month before the Railbird show and have still been 75% to 85% MMJ (live stuff mostly) since the show on 8/28/2021. I've started paying less attention to News (all of it is bad), and I'm listening to lots more music (again). My wife isn't near as into music as I am, but she does appreciate it and tolerates my obsessiveness ... to a degree. I'm really relying on the Power of Music to help me survive these last few years of my life.

Anyway, I felt the need to share this with you all and wanted to invite others to share how MMJ Music (and any and all music in general) has helped you (saved you).

Hang in there, Mr. White!!  Music does indeed heal!  Take care.

Quote from: Mr. White on Sep 30, 2021, 03:32 PMMy Morning Jacket Music Heals

Music in general heals, but MMJ music seems to have the most healing power for me. I'm coming up on my 11 year mark of being a fan of this band (1st show was the KFC Yum! Center show on 10/29/2010), their music, their commitment to the craft, their outreach to people and organizations in need, their circle of local musicians and friends in the creative world, their collaboration with so many other bands and organizations around the country and the world, their big hearts, their giving attitude, their acceptance of all people, but most of all ... their love for us fans. They consider us fans as friends and family, I'm sure.

Anyway, I wanted to post this to talk about how much mental (and at times physical) pain I've been going through for the past 4 to 5 years and how the band's music and presence in the world have helped me throughout all of it. I keep a journal at work to write down positive thoughts each day (not all of them so positive), and many days, I just write, "Music Heals". Sometimes I tell people I meet that "Music Heals. It Always Has, & It Always Will". This is my mantra. Music has been the most important thing in my 55 years of life on this planet since around age 9 (liked it a lot before 9 but hey...). The Pandemic has forced me off the concert trail that I'd been hitting up pretty hard since 2010. I hadn't seen a show for 1 year and 6 months before last month's Railbird Festival in Lexington to see MMJ. I got the Coronavirus around that time (think it was from my wife who's a CNA at a nursing home that had been working with residents who had the virus, so it more than likely came from her ... that story is in another thread). There are plenty of local shows I've missed recently and more coming up even this weekend that I'm not going to go to out of an abundance of caution. In just over a month, I'm taking my wife to St. Louis for a 3 day vacation in early November to see MMJ there on 11/2/2021. I have been listening to a lot more MMJ lately. I started about a month before the Railbird show and have still been 75% to 85% MMJ (live stuff mostly) since the show on 8/28/2021. I've started paying less attention to News (all of it is bad), and I'm listening to lots more music (again). My wife isn't near as into music as I am, but she does appreciate it and tolerates my obsessiveness ... to a degree. I'm really relying on the Power of Music to help me survive these last few years of my life.

Anyway, I felt the need to share this with you all and wanted to invite others to share how MMJ Music (and any and all music in general) has helped you (saved you).

Amen brother Music does heal and totally agree on MMJ's ability to use that power for good wherever they go.

Peace out Mr White and throwing nothing but positive vibes your way.

Can't agree with you more, Mr. White.  Cheers to a continued recovery for you, and here's hoping your wife stays safe with her job.

When the music hit you feel no pain at all!
   - Bob Marley, channeled by Tim Armstrong of Rancid

Quote from: Mr. White on Sep 30, 2021, 03:32 PMMy Morning Jacket Music Heals
 I'm really relying on the Power of Music to help me survive these last few years of my life.

Well said, as usual, John.
Music has gotten me through so much in my nearly 63 years as a human being.
One of my earliest memories is of the Beatles appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Music was a big part of our household.
My older brother was , like most youngsters, totally swept up by the British invasion & constantly played 45 rpm singles. He still plays guitar , his long time nick name is 'Flash Fingers'.
My father was a jazz trumpeter , inspired to a lifetime of playing by Louis Armstrong, Bix Biederbech & Tommy Dorsey.
Our next door neighbor , an Ol' Boy from Kentucky, would play Johnny Cash records.

As the 60s rolled on  I was drawn to Motown (the 2 Marvin Gaye FH covers were so very special to me)
& then Jimi Hendrix.

Into the 70s - my 1st concert (in STL) was Bob Seger opening for KISS. Although KISS was billed as the Hottest Band in the World, Mr. Seger opened with Get Out of Denver & in my opinion Stole the Show.

As the 80s arrived, I started looking backward, exploring the Blues & Jazz.

I was turned on to MMJ when I found the OKONOKOS dvd in my younger brothers' collection.  Loved them immediately , although at first I thought - "Why do they start out some songs slowly , instead of just jamming out all the time! ?" :grin:

The 1st time I heard Wonderful was 3 days after losing my elderly Mother after a 4 year battle w Alzheimers.
Those lyrics helped the healing begin.

4 years ago I lost my beautiful wife, Juls, to cancer.
One of the 1st things I ever said to her was "Your ass , it draws me in like a Bermuda Highway"
One of the last things I ever said to her was, "be right here forever, we'll go thru this thing together....".
We had the pleasure of seeing the boys 7 times together.
We had tickets to 2 more shows the summer she got sick and could not go.
Lots of tears while listening to MMJ since then, but so many memories & smiles.

Going to STL in November (where Juls & I saw them on the rail in front of Carl) with a friend who will be seeing them for the first time.
It will surely be an emotional time for me, kinda like some unfinished business.
I've told my friend I  may cry thru the whole show but will be smiling & dancing  :drum: too!

Then on to Chicago for 3 shows w fellow Forum fan Steve 74.
Juls & I were there for 2 shows also where we met up w you & MRS White, Bulldog & Johnny Yac among many others.
I will be an orthopedic boot, as I am scheduled for ankle tendon surgery a few days later.

So- as we all grow older, we move forward, grieve & heal and KEEP ROCKIN'

Great thread.  Nice to read that MMJ helps so many in such impactful ways.  I put on my headphones and turn up some great sounding MMJ show and tend to feel uplifted and better.    Music heals for us fans and the musicians too. 

Quote from: YimYodd on Oct 01, 2021, 06:12 PM

Quote from: Mr. White on Sep 30, 2021, 03:32 PMMy Morning Jacket Music Heals
 I'm really relying on the Power of Music to help me survive these last few years of my life.

Well said, as usual, John.
Music has gotten me through so much in my nearly 63 years as a human being.
One of my earliest memories is of the Beatles appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Music was a big part of our household.
My older brother was , like most youngsters, totally swept up by the British invasion & constantly played 45 rpm singles. He still plays guitar , his long time nick name is 'Flash Fingers'.
My father was a jazz trumpeter , inspired to a lifetime of playing by Louis Armstrong, Bix Biederbech & Tommy Dorsey.
Our next door neighbor , an Ol' Boy from Kentucky, would play Johnny Cash records.

As the 60s rolled on  I was drawn to Motown (the 2 Marvin Gaye FH covers were so very special to me)
& then Jimi Hendrix.

Into the 70s - my 1st concert (in STL) was Bob Seger opening for KISS. Although KISS was billed as the Hottest Band in the World, Mr. Seger opened with Get Out of Denver & in my opinion Stole the Show.

As the 80s arrived, I started looking backward, exploring the Blues & Jazz.

I was turned on to MMJ when I found the OKONOKOS dvd in my younger brothers' collection.  Loved them immediately , although at first I thought - "Why do they start out some songs slowly , instead of just jamming out all the time! ?" :grin:

The 1st time I heard Wonderful was 3 days after losing my elderly Mother after a 4 year battle w Alzheimers.
Those lyrics helped the healing begin.

4 years ago I lost my beautiful wife, Juls, to cancer.
One of the 1st things I ever said to her was "Your ass , it draws me in like a Bermuda Highway"
One of the last things I ever said to her was, "be right here forever, we'll go thru this thing together....".
We had the pleasure of seeing the boys 7 times together.
We had tickets to 2 more shows the summer she got sick and could not go.
Lots of tears while listening to MMJ since then, but so many memories & smiles.

Going to STL in November (where Juls & I saw them on the rail in front of Carl) with a friend who will be seeing them for the first time.
It will surely be an emotional time for me, kinda like some unfinished business.
I've told my friend I  may cry thru the whole show but will be smiling & dancing  :drum: too!

Then on to Chicago for 3 shows w fellow Forum fan Steve 74.
Juls & I were there for 2 shows also where we met up w you & MRS White, Bulldog & Johnny Yac among many others.
I will be an orthopedic boot, as I am scheduled for ankle tendon surgery a few days later.

So- as we all grow older, we move forward, grieve & heal and KEEP ROCKIN'

Damn, you got me all choked up with those lyrics, especially Golden.

At my next show (NOLA), I'll raise a glass to your beautiful Juls because I'm sure she was a special lady.  Cheers to you as well YimYodd!

Much appreciated, sillyboob!
Here's to NOLA.  :beer:
 A few nights later, on up the River, I will replicate your gesture.                       :beer:  <3  :beer:

Cheers YimYodd!  Great post thanks for sharing and may you have a spectacularly spiritual show!

Quote from: ChiefOKONO on Oct 08, 2021, 01:25 PMCheers YimYodd!  Great post thanks for sharing and may you have a spectacularly spiritual show!

Thanks Chief.
I like your choice of the word spiritual.
I received a heartfelt Personal Message from another Forum member who shared with me his story which , unfortunately, was quite similar to mine.
He wrote how he & his kids continue to attend MMJ shows,  that their music spurs on so many great memories & emotions.
I look forward to a similar spiritual experience at my 1st show without my beautiful Juls.
I'm also glad to be going w my good friend who will get experience this great band ,that means so much to us all, for the 1st time.   :beer:  :drum: 

Quote from: YimYodd on Oct 01, 2021, 06:12 PM

Quote from: Mr. White on Sep 30, 2021, 03:32 PMMy Morning Jacket Music Heals
 I'm really relying on the Power of Music to help me survive these last few years of my life.

Well said, as usual, John.
Music has gotten me through so much in my nearly 63 years as a human being.
One of my earliest memories is of the Beatles appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Music was a big part of our household.
My older brother was , like most youngsters, totally swept up by the British invasion & constantly played 45 rpm singles. He still plays guitar , his long time nick name is 'Flash Fingers'.
My father was a jazz trumpeter , inspired to a lifetime of playing by Louis Armstrong, Bix Biederbech & Tommy Dorsey.
Our next door neighbor , an Ol' Boy from Kentucky, would play Johnny Cash records.

As the 60s rolled on  I was drawn to Motown (the 2 Marvin Gaye FH covers were so very special to me)
& then Jimi Hendrix.

Into the 70s - my 1st concert (in STL) was Bob Seger opening for KISS. Although KISS was billed as the Hottest Band in the World, Mr. Seger opened with Get Out of Denver & in my opinion Stole the Show.

As the 80s arrived, I started looking backward, exploring the Blues & Jazz.

I was turned on to MMJ when I found the OKONOKOS dvd in my younger brothers' collection.  Loved them immediately , although at first I thought - "Why do they start out some songs slowly , instead of just jamming out all the time! ?" :grin:

The 1st time I heard Wonderful was 3 days after losing my elderly Mother after a 4 year battle w Alzheimers.
Those lyrics helped the healing begin.

4 years ago I lost my beautiful wife, Juls, to cancer.
One of the 1st things I ever said to her was "Your ass , it draws me in like a Bermuda Highway"
One of the last things I ever said to her was, "be right here forever, we'll go thru this thing together....".
We had the pleasure of seeing the boys 7 times together.
We had tickets to 2 more shows the summer she got sick and could not go.
Lots of tears while listening to MMJ since then, but so many memories & smiles.

Going to STL in November (where Juls & I saw them on the rail in front of Carl) with a friend who will be seeing them for the first time.
It will surely be an emotional time for me, kinda like some unfinished business.
I've told my friend I  may cry thru the whole show but will be smiling & dancing  :drum: too!

Then on to Chicago for 3 shows w fellow Forum fan Steve 74.
Juls & I were there for 2 shows also where we met up w you & MRS White, Bulldog & Johnny Yac among many others.
I will be an orthopedic boot, as I am scheduled for ankle tendon surgery a few days later.

So- as we all grow older, we move forward, grieve & heal and KEEP ROCKIN'

Yeah, I remember our meet-up before the Chicago show in 2015. I'm so sorry you lost your Juls, but I'm sure the music will be and has been transformational for you. I'm hoping it is a truly lasting healing that you will gain by attending MMJ shows.

We will be in the front row of the balcony in St. Louis (just 15 days away). Don't know if we'll cross paths at the show, but I know it will be wonderful for you and your concert partners. We'll be thinking about you and your love for Juls.

I know the songs and the emotions are difficult for us who feel the power of Music in everything we do. I had to help my father leave us peacefully during his final days/hours in the hospital when he was about to die in October of 2017 (metastatic cancer in his lower spine). He had always loved John Prine (I've shared a lot about my family's relationship with that man and his music in different threads). I was so glad I could share my video I made of Jim and John singing "All The Best" at the Newport Folk Festival of 2017 before he died, while still living at our house. He then told me that was his favorite John Prine song (I had no idea that would be his favorite). I shared it with him before we knew he was bad off and would be going to the hospital in Elizabethtown, and he liked it a lot. While he was there in the hospital, I brought in my laptop computer with some plug in speakers and played a constant loop of John Prine music for him. I kept coming back to that video and that performance of Jim and John. In the end, I played that song and that version only for him as he died. I've shared that video with friends and told the story a couple of times since then, and it always brings to the surface all the pain, suffering, and final moments of his life, but it also brings out the joy Music brought to my father, the memories I have of him playing records on the large stereo unit in the living room before we would all drift off to sleep when I was a child. There are so many memories of Music and how it has healed me that I'll never be able to comprehend it or even share it sufficiently.

I'll write more later. I need to stop now.

Music Heals

Touching story, thanks for sharing that!!

Quote from: Mr. White on Oct 18, 2021, 01:21 PM

Quote from: YimYodd on Oct 01, 2021, 06:12 PM

Quote from: Mr. White on Sep 30, 2021, 03:32 PMMy Morning Jacket Music Heals
 I'm really relying on the Power of Music to help me survive these last few years of my life.

We will be in the front row of the balcony in St. Louis (just 15 days away). Don't know if we'll cross paths at the show, but I know it will be wonderful for you and your concert partners. We'll be thinking about you and your love for Juls.

Music Heals

We will look for you & Mrs. White before the show.
If we cross paths it will be the 4th different state in which we will have had the good fortune to experience this wonderful Music simultaneously!
Troy & I will be on the aisle , Row E Jim Side.
Your front row balcony seats will also be fantastic.


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This is from the awesome tapers archive.org listing from the show Juls & I saw there in 2015.
If you look close at the Carl side pit area, the large purple-ish figure (rockin' a purple tye dye) is yours truly & the small white(haired) figure on the rail is my beautiful Juls.
 :smiley:   
Also in the pit that night were Crispy, rockchalkchampionship, Steve74 & Mike(from Schlaflys). What a great show!

Troy & I will be at the Broadway Oyster Bar (just south of the ballpark) for some pre-game activities if you guys are in the area!
ROCK ON, BROTHER!
 

Continuation of previous post.

Mr. White,
I hope we get The Bear in STL!
We didn't last time , but I got this cool pic of the ceiling.




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Continuation of the continuation.....

John,
I'm sure you & Mrs. White have many fun plans for your STL trip, but may I recommend a stop at the City Museum?
Jim has mentioned how much he's enjoyed it when in town.
During the 2012 concert he described  experiencing all the fun ,weird stuff there as "like being on acid"....

Here's my beautiful Juls w the equally beautiful giant geode in the museums' "basement". The flash photography doesn't do it justice, even more beautiful in person - Juls also!



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The basement can be reached by riding down the 10-story slide from  the 10th floor above. Mick Jagger mentioned doing just that on the day before the Stones concert  a couple of weeks ago!
There are also caves where bears used to roam & where ,in the days before refrigeration, local brewers stored kegs of beer.

Bears, Beer & my Baby in the Basement made for a perfect day!
Have a great trip! 

Mazda 3 Wreck Damage - Where To Begin - My Morning Jacket


I got in a wreck on the evening of Thursday, November 30, 2017 when turning down the road that is less than a mile from my house in Hodgenville. A pick-up truck slammed into my passenger side and totaled the car. I wound up with 4 broken ribs and some minor cuts and scrapes and four stitches in my elbow. "Always starting over, but somehow I always know where to begin".

Four years ago, at right about this time of night, 7:30 p.m., my life changed forever. I'm having problems physically that are not related to this wreck, but I suspect the trauma of the wreck has done some untold damage on me both mentally and physically that has certainly exacerbated my problems related to my cervical spinal stenosis. I'm relying more and more on the power of healing music, and for several months now, My Morning Jacket have been my primary source of the magic. I'm not doing well, and I need it now more than ever.

That crash damage looks horrific.  Wishing there was something I could do to help other than sending good thoughts.  Glad that My Morning Jacket is there for you though.  We all know how music heals, but for those of us here, MMJ is something more than that.

Damn John that's quite a mess!  I was T-boned in high school just after getting my DL by a car that passed around someone illegally trying to turn right onto the street I was turning left from (meaning they hit my door).  The speeds were obviously not as high as your wreck but it still did quite a bit of damage to the car and my neck got whipped around pretty good which I'm still dealing with but nothing else was hurt.  Fortunately a good friend of mine just happened to drive by right after the wreck and was able to take me home.  I'll never forget the sound it was intense.  And from the karma department the guy who hit me popped up on TV shortly after the wreck complaining that his house was being taken by eminent domain so Kroger could build a new store.

I'm so glad you find some comfort from MMJ's music.  It helps me too.  The other things that help me are a good massage focusing on my neck and shoulders and going to a good hot spring or hot tub is also very helpful.  Both Betsy and I both use a combo CBD/THC topical salve which is also pretty darn helpful.

Quote from: sillyboob on Dec 01, 2021, 10:41 AMThat crash damage looks horrific.  Wishing there was something I could do to help other than sending good thoughts.  Glad that My Morning Jacket is there for you though.  We all know how music heals, but for those of us here, MMJ is something more than that.

Quote from: ranyart on Dec 01, 2021, 04:59 PMDamn John that's quite a mess!  I was T-boned in high school just after getting my DL by a car that passed around someone illegally trying to turn right onto the street I was turning left from (meaning they hit my door).  The speeds were obviously not as high as your wreck but it still did quite a bit of damage to the car and my neck got whipped around pretty good which I'm still dealing with but nothing else was hurt.  Fortunately a good friend of mine just happened to drive by right after the wreck and was able to take me home.  I'll never forget the sound it was intense.  And from the karma department the guy who hit me popped up on TV shortly after the wreck complaining that his house was being taken by eminent domain so Kroger could build a new store.

I'm so glad you find some comfort from MMJ's music.  It helps me too.  The other things that help me are a good massage focusing on my neck and shoulders and going to a good hot spring or hot tub is also very helpful.  Both Betsy and I both use a combo CBD/THC topical salve which is also pretty darn helpful.

That's right, sillyboob. For those of us here, MMJ IS something more.

Ranyart, I've been using CBD/THC "stuff", if you know what I mean, for quite a while (various forms), but the hand balm for me is vital. I use some totally organic kind that's made up in Louisville by Earthy Brown. It used to only be available at some of the local independent grocery stores like Rainbow Blossom and other specialty shops, but now it can be ordered on the Interweb. I also scheduled a deep tissue massage for Dec. 14th. I only get them when I really need them and can afford it. I need it now. Most of my physical issues are probably related to my cervical spinal stenosis. I've gotten a lot weaker and have lost a good bit of my muscle tissue. My hands are less responsive and have begun hurting more than the usual stinging and numbness I've been dealing with since 2014. I've changed my diet to a more Ayurvedic styled one (Ancient Indian diet that I'm not totally able to do because of finances and how American foods are prepared and stored using lots of preservatives and all that). I've lost about 75 pounds and am happy about that, but the loss of muscle tissue and all that goes with that is concerning. I've had some wonderful soul reach out to me with an offer to help with some seated Yoga and possibly some other meditative practices. I'd done some of that a few years ago (2015-2017) through some Mindfulness sessions at my work, but not in a meaningful way in quite a while. I'm not going to give up, but I'm also NOT going to get my spine fused together in my neck. I'm just not. Thanks for listening to me and encouraging me during my time of vulnerability and despair. I'll be ok. I will. The Music Heals, and it WILL Heal Me!

Also, my wonderful wife saves me every time I get down. Without her, I wouldn't be here. I just wouldn't.

Quote from: Mr. White on Dec 02, 2021, 05:07 PMI'm so glad you find some comfort from MMJ's music.  It helps me too.  The other things that help me are a good massage focusing on my neck and shoulders and going to a good hot spring or hot tub is also very helpful.  Both Betsy and I both use a combo CBD/THC topical salve which is also pretty darn helpful.

Ranyart, I've been using CBD/THC "stuff", if you know what I mean, for quite a while (various forms), but the hand balm for me is vital. I use some totally organic kind that's made up in Louisville by Earthy Brown. It used to only be available at some of the local independent grocery stores like Rainbow Blossom and other specialty shops, but now it can be ordered on the Interweb. I also scheduled a deep tissue massage for Dec. 14th. I only get them when I really need them and can afford it. I need it now. Most of my physical issues are probably related to my cervical spinal stenosis. I've gotten a lot weaker and have lost a good bit of my muscle tissue. My hands are less responsive and have begun hurting more than the usual stinging and numbness I've been dealing with since 2014. I've changed my diet to a more Ayurvedic styled one (Ancient Indian diet that I'm not totally able to do because of finances and how American foods are prepared and stored using lots of preservatives and all that). I've lost about 75 pounds and am happy about that, but the loss of muscle tissue and all that goes with that is concerning. I've had some wonderful soul reach out to me with an offer to help with some seated Yoga and possibly some other meditative practices. I'd done some of that a few years ago (2015-2017) through some Mindfulness sessions at my work, but not in a meaningful way in quite a while. I'm not going to give up, but I'm also NOT going to get my spine fused together in my neck. I'm just not. Thanks for listening to me and encouraging me during my time of vulnerability and despair. I'll be ok. I will. The Music Heals, and it WILL Heal Me!

Also, my wonderful wife saves me every time I get down. Without her, I wouldn't be here. I just wouldn't.
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That last sentence brought tears to my eyes - tears of joy - because I know exactly what you mean Mr. White.  I agree 100% with the spinal fusion avoidance strategy.  They've offered/threatened to do that to me too and it ain't happening.

I'm 57 and I've just discovered MMJ.  Im forever changed. I've never felt so connected, so enveloped, so deeply moved by an artist's music. This music is ME. It brings me blissfulness, and it brings me to tears. It plays all night long while I sleep.  I play it in my office all day at work.  I'm on an adventure, discovering more, watching so many videos. I'm enriched. My soul has been touched - by the music itself and Jim's "voice of an angel".

I need friends who get it! I need to see them live! And dang it, they were just in my area in October.  It seems I will have to wait. I'd love to meet up with folks before their next show, whenever that is, in the PNW.

~Yeryl!
 

 

Welcome to the addiction Yeryl  :beer:

Quote from: Yeryl on Jan 26, 2022, 10:36 PMI'm 57 and I've just discovered MMJ.  Im forever changed. I've never felt so connected, so enveloped, so deeply moved by an artist's music. This music is ME. It brings me blissfulness, and it brings me to tears. It plays all night long while I sleep.  I play it in my office all day at work.  I'm on an adventure, discovering more, watching so many videos. I'm enriched. My soul has been touched - by the music itself and Jim's "voice of an angel".

I need friends who get it! I need to see them live! And dang it, they were just in my area in October.  It seems I will have to wait. I'd love to meet up with folks before their next show, whenever that is, in the PNW.

~Yeryl!
 

 

Welcome.  And please report back after you see them live.  I think you'll be even more connected and enveloped. 

How did you discover them?

Welcome aboard Yeryl!  Definitely interested in hearing about how you discovered MMJ, and also agree seeing them live is your next big adventure.  Lots of fun to be had here too if you haven't already found it.  Enjoy!

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Hi ranyart! I'd heard (and loved) Feel You and had added it to my likes on Spotify several months ago. Then over the weekend I binged S4 of Ozark and heard Here in Spirit. I recognized that Jim James was the MMJ frontman and I started Googling and tumbled blissfully down the rabbit hole into musical nirvana. I'm obsessed!

Thank you!! Originally via the Xfinity/Music Choice adult alternative music station, then S4 of Ozark, Here in Spirit was played!

Quote from: Yeryl on Jan 28, 2022, 12:50 AMHi ranyart! I'd heard (and loved) Feel You and had added it to my likes on Spotify several months ago. Then over the weekend I binged S4 of Ozark and heard Here in Spirit. I recognized that Jim James was the MMJ frontman and I started Googling and tumbled blissfully down the rabbit hole into musical nirvana. I'm obsessed!

That's a cool discovery story, welcome!  Also reminds me I need to catch up on Ozarks  :cheesy:

Great story and thanks for sharing.  It goes to show you never know when you'll discover something you will fall in love with.  I also was wondering how did you discover them?  Looking forward to reading your review of your first live show!

Quote from: Yeryl on Jan 26, 2022, 10:36 PMI'm 57 and I've just discovered MMJ.  Im forever changed. I've never felt so connected, so enveloped, so deeply moved by an artist's music. This music is ME. It brings me blissfulness, and it brings me to tears. It plays all night long while I sleep.  I play it in my office all day at work.  I'm on an adventure, discovering more, watching so many videos. I'm enriched. My soul has been touched - by the music itself and Jim's "voice of an angel".

I need friends who get it! I need to see them live! And dang it, they were just in my area in October.  It seems I will have to wait. I'd love to meet up with folks before their next show, whenever that is, in the PNW.

~Yeryl!

Quote from: ChiefOKONO on Jan 28, 2022, 01:08 PMGreat story and thanks for sharing.  It goes to show you never know when you'll discover something you will fall in love with.  I also was wondering how did you discover them?  Looking forward to reading your review of your first live show!

I want to go to that 1st show with Yeryl. I live in the PNW also and would love to be there, going to a show with a newbie who has never heard of them before is one thing but going with someone who knows the music but has yet to see them live is another level, usually involves tears of joy and disbelief.

It's a deal! I'm so thrilled to have someone to share this future event with!

Quote from: rkwedge on Jan 28, 2022, 01:38 PM

Quote from: ChiefOKONO on Jan 28, 2022, 01:08 PMGreat story and thanks for sharing.  It goes to show you never know when you'll discover something you will fall in love with.  I also was wondering how did you discover them?  Looking forward to reading your review of your first live show!

I want to go to that 1st show with Yeryl. I live in the PNW also and would love to be there, going to a show with a newbie who has never heard of them before is one thing but going with someone who knows the music but has yet to see them live is another level, usually involves tears of joy and disbelief.

Welcome Yeryl and thanks for posting. Always a good thing to see new fans discover this great band.

As others have said, you're in for a big treat when you do get to see them live. They're one of if not the best live rock band out there and their shows for me have become quite the addiction over the past dozen years.  :thumbsup:

They never disappoint and truly give everything they've got to their fans, both onstage and in any other way they can.

One huge bonus to the great music and shows (probably as you can tell from being here) is a tremendous family like fan base. I've met and hung with so many great people over the years that it's like a family reunion when I get to see them. Truly a special thing, and something I look forward to every tour.

I've gone to some shows solo and always met new cool people to hang with and enjoy the show, and I'm sure you'll have a similar experience. Be sure to add your name to the Roll Call here of any show you're going to. A fun way to see who is going to each show and also where some pre show meetup details are shared, as well as letting people know what show you'll be at.

Hope to meet you on the road sometime.

This is doing the job for me at the moment.

Quote from: Mr. White on Nov 30, 2021, 07:37 PMMazda 3 Wreck Damage - Where To Begin - My Morning Jacket

I got in a wreck on the evening of Thursday, November 30, 2017 when turning down the road that is less than a mile from my house in Hodgenville. A pick-up truck slammed into my passenger side and totaled the car. I wound up with 4 broken ribs and some minor cuts and scrapes and four stitches in my elbow. "Always starting over, but somehow I always know where to begin".

Four years ago, at right about this time of night, 7:30 p.m., my life changed forever. I'm having problems physically that are not related to this wreck, but I suspect the trauma of the wreck has done some untold damage on me both mentally and physically that has certainly exacerbated my problems related to my cervical spinal stenosis. I'm relying more and more on the power of healing music, and for several months now, My Morning Jacket have been my primary source of the magic. I'm not doing well, and I need it now more than ever.

Wow! never saw pics of the car. I remember the day it happened. I was a week away from flying out to Louisville look for a house and had been in communication with you. Somehow your brother contacted me, probably a DM from this site, and told me of the accident. A hit on the driver side would have been.. well I'm sure you know. Glad you have recovered, at least for the most part. Otherwise who would have taken a picture of me where it looks like I am sitting next to Bernie? See you in Nashville if not sooner. (Going to Austin also to take my nephew and also hang with a friend I met at OBH1. Missing the walking distance show at the Waterfront due to family reunion)

Music Heals. It always has, and it always will. It continues to do so for me on a daily basis, and unless I lose my hearing, it will continue to Heal me until the end of my days. Music speaks to me and has been integral in my development as a human being and has been enhanced by my interactions with other musically oriented individuals for most all of my 55 years of life. I have been blessed with guardian angels throughout my life. They have come to me in dreams, in messages during silence, in messages while listening to music, in nature, and in person through human contact, and virtually through the Interweb. The convergence of Music, art, and activism expressed through and infused into the collective consciousness has always fascinated me and moved me in one way or another. Helpers have emerged from these areas of my reality when I needed it most. When I called out in distress last Fall (right here on the My Morning Jacket Forum and through other social media platforms that I no longer visit), the call was answered. This time, a guardian angel, who was one of many that had reached out to me after my 2017 car wreck, has been willing to go above and beyond anything I could have ever expected in order to help me. They have been working with me on Mindfulness, meditation, low impact or seated yoga, nutrition, spirituality, religion, forgiveness, relationships with family members and friends, happiness and sadness, and openness to other possibilities in reality and in the mind itself. They are rooted in the arts, in music, and in activism, which are all of my favorite domains. My family responsibilities have weighed very heavily on me for many, many years, but I've recently come to realize that my own mental health and spiritual stability (as well as my physical structure, stableness, and resilience) are more important right now. Without my own stability, I will be of no use or service to those around me that I have some degree of responsibility for. I am Healing. I will Heal more. I am thankful for the path I have chosen for myself and for the guardian angel the Heavens sent down to guard me, watch over me, motivate me, work with me, teach me, console me, counsel me, pray with and for me, and Heal me. I am thankful for my mind and for my willingness to be more open and accepting of what can be and for the wisdom to reject and eliminate what is destructive and unnecessary. My wife has also been my main guardian angel and has been by my side for decades. She humbles me and brings me back down to Earth and to my senses (for the most part). She is my savior in all of this. She catches me, props me back up, listens to my inner and outer dialogues with myself when I shout out in despair into the wind, and she informs me when I'm being ridiculous in my thinking. I am constantly listening to Healing Music or at least thinking about it and making plans on what I will listen to next and when I'll be able to fit it into my schedule (every single day). I have also decided I am an artist (again) and will do more with my talents than just videography and photography (although those areas have been my only real creative outlet these past many years). I will pick up and utilize the tools of my former self. I will draw and sketch. I probably won't paint again, but I will keep that as an option. I will play the hand-drums I own again (two djembes and a set of bongos). I used to be a musician and still sing from time to time. I will try to do these things once again but in my own time. I will also cut out damaging things and people from my life, in order to regain some sense of control and calmness and to reduce my culpability and guilt in the destruction of my world and the planet as a whole. I will continue to keep a more detailed journal of my thoughts and experiences, in order to reflect and remember. I will continue to seek out more local and authentic experiences in Music, art, and activism in order to feel useful, connected, grounded, and relevant to our current state of affairs and for the future generation(s). I will volunteer more in the community, especially with the local homeless shelter(s) and with Kentuckians For The Commonwealth. Over the past several years, I have grown more aware of all the corrosive and corrupting elements all around each and every one of us in our modern society. I have begun taking active steps to limit my negative impact on the natural world and on people who are crushed by corporate greed and governmental collusion with those same corporations and the unfeeling/unthinking capitalistic entities who only care about maximizing profit at the expense of all of us in the 99% and who value militaristic dominance of the World, facilitated by unending propaganda, with glee because the death and destruction they spawn is a fabulous money-making opportunity. I have successfully boycotted many big businesses who engage in underhanded and destructive practices for higher profit margins or who engage in racist and dehumanizing practices as a matter of business. I have been buying most of my food from local farmers directly. For at least 5 years, I have been buying beef from a farm about 76 miles up the road that specializes in grass-fed beef from cattle that graze in rotating natural pastures and fields from birth until death. I have most recently begun taking part in crop share agriculture programs with two different local farmers that collect the money up front and split up the weekly crop yield between those individuals and families who have signed up for and invested in this service that will last throughout the spring, summer, and into the fall. One of the farmers is about 20 miles down the road and delivers the food to their mother's house for local pick-up which is about half a mile away from me, and the other one is only 3 miles away from my house and delivers the food directly to my front porch. I buy soaps and balms and other skin care products directly from a bee keeper who produces his unique items up the road in Louisville about 55 miles away. I have cut out buying "stuff" we don't really need and try really hard to buy directly from the merchant instead of massive corporations in their one-stop-shopping mega-stores. The only "stuff" I continue to buy lots and lots of is ... you guessed it ... Music. I still prefer having a hard copy of the product in my hands. I buy vinyl record albums (usually directly from the artist or from local independent record stores ... and as Jim says, "It's all about the local shit, the independent shit"). I buy lots of CDs and concert DVDs/Blu-rays. I even buy cassette tapes that are being produced again for new album releases by independent artists on a limited basis. I do buy digital downloads to play on computers and portable devices with my headphones and earphones and to convert to CDs to be played in my car or on jam-boxes (yes, I still have jam-boxes), but I tend to buy directly from the band/artist or smaller independent artist friendly outlets like Bandcamp (I don't subscribe to streaming services). If we don't support artists, there won't be any art (or at least not near as much of it and as accessible as we have become accustomed to). The artists will have to find other work doing something else and won't be able to do the thing they were put on this Earth to do. They were put here to entertain us, enlighten us, soothe us, delight us, thrill us, make us sad, make us mad, make us better humans, motivate us to act and react, and inspire us to create for our own sake and for the betterment of the World. Music Heals. It Heals me, and I hope it Heals you too.

https://www.theeatonfarm.com/ (https://www.theeatonfarm.com/)

These are our local farmers.  They live about 10 minutes away from us.  We get our proteins from them (the usual's chicken+eggs/turkey/beef/pork) and we also get our veggies from them as much as we can (right now it's strawberry and asparagus season in addition to lettuce and kale).  They stopped doing their CSA in Madison because they were having troubles with folks not showing up but they are still going every week to the farmer's market in Cincinnati's Hyde Park/Oakley neighborhood.  We are fortunate enough to be able to stop by their house and pickup our order.  :thumbsup:

There is nothing like fresh farm food.  Everything tastes better and the fresh stuff lasts way longer.  The potatoes in particular are unbelievably good - never had anything like them not sure if it's due to the soil or simply because they are so fresh.  We still do plenty of Krogering but it's truly amazing to be able to get what we can get from the Eaton's.

If anyone out there in MMJ land connects with Jerry and Liz make sure to tell them Betsy and Kurt say hey!

"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled. It peaked at number seven on the US Hot 100 in July of that year.[1] In Canada, the song reached number one.

This version by MMJ always gets me, and I guess it's a good time to share it again.

Thank you Burt Bacharach!
Thank you My Morning Jacket!