Jim James

Jim James, born James Edward Olliges Jr. in Louisville, Kentucky, records solo away from My Morning Jacket. His first release outside the band was a short set of George Harrison covers credited to Yim Yames. Regions of Light and Sound of God followed under his own name, built on loops, soul grooves and layered vocals, and later albums such as Eternally Even and Uniform Distortion moved between slow-burning funk and louder garage rock.

He has spent much of his career in collaborations too. He was one of the four members of Monsters of Folk alongside Conor Oberst, M. Ward and Mike Mogis, and took part in The New Basement Tapes, the project that set unused Bob Dylan lyrics to new music.