It’s time for another Wayback Wednesday! The band is allowing us to share another rare outtake from Jars of Clay: The Eleventh Hour Concert. This performance of The Widowing Field was left on the cutting room floor for 11 Live: Jars of Clay in Concert. Thanks again to Bobby S. for sharing this video with us! If you … Read more
For this week’s Wayback Wednesday, we’ve uncovered footage that hasn’t been seen for over 10 years! The band has kindly allowed us to share a rare video of Fade to Grey from Jars of Clay: The Eleventh Hour Concert, a pay-per-view event that aired on Sunday, March 3rd, 2002. This rendition is a unique arrangement that was only played at concerts … Read more
For this week’s Wayback Wednesday, we’re featuring The Making of Christmas Songs! Earlier this week, someone* spliced together a compilation of various “making of” videos produced by the band in the months leading up to the release of Christmas Songs. Is there something you’d like to see featured on Wayback Wednesday? Let us know! Send an e-mail to jarsofclayfans … Read more
For this week’s Wayback Wednesday, we’re featuring the commercial for NBC’s short-lived Kings series. The trailer made prominent use of Jars of Clay’s song Hero, drumming up excitement for both the series and the band’s then-forthcoming album. While we all agree that The Long Fall Back to Earth was a hit, television ratings proved that Kings was not: Where else … Read more
For this week’s Wayback Wednesday, we’re featuring Jars of Clay’s “Tour Bus Tour” video from circa 1995: This video originally appeared on the Jars of Clay Interactive CD-ROM, released in the wake of their first album’s success. If you’re willing to sift through a few personal and unrelated videos, Youtube user John Day uploaded the remainder … Read more
This week, there has been quite the buzz in our forums and Facebook group surrounding the subject of material left off of Jars of Clay’s albums. During the discussion, forum and Facebook group member Aaron uncovered an archived page from the old JarsWorld fan website containing information on various B-Sides and Outtakes: The page references some songs … Read more
For this week’s Wayback Wednesday, we’re digging into our own archives for a look back at old fan art submissions. While you’re welcome to peruse the many MSPaint-inspired pieces on the old site, today’s post will focus primarily on original creations: And Mike’s personal favorite… View the entire “Jartwork” archive here. Is there something you’d like to … Read more
Jarchives member Jeremy sent us these awesome old-school magazine clippings from 7Ball, Release, and Shout! – we thought they’d be perfect for Wayback Wednesday: Thanks for sharing, Jeremy! Is there something you’d like to see featured on Wayback Wednesday? Let us know! Send an e-mail to jarsofclayfans {at} gmail [dotcom].
Our friend JiggityJars from the forums recently completed a research project analyzing Jars of Clay’s tour history, and it is nothing short of amazing. Since it’s Wayback Wednesday, we’ll start with his map of the band’s 1996 tour: Now here’s Jars of Clay’s U.S. tour and travel stops from 1993-2013: And finally, a map … Read more
For this week’s Wayback Wednesday, we’ve uncovered some extremely early live footage of Jars of Clay, featuring a headbanging Matt on guitar: Check out those moves! We think it’s time to bring a few back 🙂 Is there something you’d like to see featured on Wayback Wednesday? Let us know! Send an e-mail to jarsofclayfans {at} gmail [dotcom].