Acoustic Vagabonds is an EP by American

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 singer/songwriter and former Jayhawks

Jayhawks (band)

The Jayhawks are an American alternative country and rock band that emerged from the Twin Cities music scene during the mid 1980s. Their country rock sound was influential on many bands who played the Twin Cities circuit during the 80s and 90s like Uncle Tupelo, The Gear Daddies and The Honeydogs...

 member Gary Louris

Gary Louris

Gary Louris is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter of alternative country and pop music. He was a founding member of the Minneapolis-based band The Jayhawks, and their principal songwriter and vocalist after the departure of Mark Olson; he is often credited with the band's subsequent move from...

 featuring six acoustic versions of tracks from his debut album Vagabonds

Vagabonds (Gary Louris album)

Vagabonds is an album by American singer/songwriter and former Jayhawks member Gary Louris, released in 2008.-Reception:Writing for Allmusic, critic Mark Deming praised the album, writing "Vagabonds manages to sound grand and organic at once, with the arrangements and production capturing a sense...

. It was initially given away in independent record shops with copies of the album but was later released to buy separately on November 3, 2008.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Mark Deming compared the songs in the stripped-down format of the EP with Louris' versions from the album Vagabonds writing; "These solo performances don't bring much that's new to these songs, but given how good Louris' songwriting was on Vagabonds, that's no insult; accompanied by a full band, they were compelling stuff, and Louris makes them work nearly as well with just his voice and a six-string."

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Louris

1. "True Blue" – 5:02
2. "Omaha Nights" – 4:04
3. "To Die a Happy Man" – 4:34
4. "She Only Calls Me on Sundays" – 3:19
5. "We'll Get By" – 4:29
6. "Vagabonds" – 5:27