2011
Flying Tom
Created by: el_chode
Featues: Tom Blankenship
Originally found: here in the My Morning Jacket forum
Rumours
2011
Patrick Hallahan and Jim James were born with beards
Source: Scott Compton
Status: Confirmed by Patrick Hallahan and Jim James
Jim James: I'm Jim and I play guitar and I sing( Boing Boing video interview, October 2011)
Patrick Hallahan: I'm Patrick and I play the drums
JJ: And we've known each other since fourth grade, we have the same birthday. I'm four minutes older.
Interviewer: Did you guys have beards back then?
JJ: We did
JJ and PH together: We came out with beards
PH: I think that's what it was that drew us together, that we were the only fourth graders with beards
JJ: Yeah
2003
Jim James never sings, nor talks without reverb
Source: Johnny Quaid
Status: Neither confirmed, nor denied
"Jim actually has a chemical imbalance where he cannot survive without reverb, it’s like oxygen to him. He won’t even have a conversation with any of us unless he’s talking through a small amp. He walks around with a small amp on his belt and a mic, and talks to us all the time in reverb. It’s kind of disturbing."- Johnny Quaid
(PopMatters interview, October 2003)
2002
The band can't read
Source: Jim James
Status: Confirmed by James, later in the same article
Connection: See rumor about wild nights when touring
"We try to go to movies, but we just enjoy the explosive ones. Since none of us can read, books and other forms of printed entertainment are out of the question."- Jim James
(Pitchfork interview, August 2002)
The band have wild nights when touring
Source: Jim James
Status: Neither confirmed, nor denied
Connection: See rumor about the band being unable to read
Interviewer: Are you regularly wild on the road, or do you just drink bottled water and look out for your cousin [guitarist Johnny] Quaid?- Jim James
Jim James: We have our wild nights. Rarely does a hotel room escape unscathed from our brutal rampages. They're mostly brought on by us reading books, or brutal TV fights and pillow fights.
Interviewer: Wait, you just said that you guys read in the hotels, and that none of you can read. Which assertion do you want to stick?
Jim James: None of us can read.
(Pitchfork interview, August 2002)
