After leaving The Flaming Lips, Donahue returned to Buffalo and focused his time on reforming Mercury Rev. Jonathan Donahue was credited as having played the clarinet line for The Chemical Brothers' 1997 cult hit "The Private Psychedelic Reel", which has been the on and off closing song to their shows ever since.
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The members were further encouraged to explore their talents by their mentor, minimalist composer and multimedia artist Tony Conrad.
Jonathan Swift | Jonathan Ross | Goodluck Jonathan | Jonathan Demme | Jonathan Lethem | Jonathan | Phil Donahue | Jonathan Richman | Jonathan Coulton | Jonathan Safran Foer | Jonathan King | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Jonathan Zittrain | Jonathan Silverman | Jonathan Nott | Jonathan Kaplan | Jonathan Harris | Jonathan Cain | Jonathan Butler | Jonathan Borofsky | Jonathan Aitken | Jonathan Wells | Jonathan Tweet | Jonathan Pryce | Jonathan Pearce | Jonathan Dimbleby | Jonathan Blow | Jonathan Wells (intelligent design advocate) | Jonathan Pollard | Jonathan Harr |
This steady production of somewhat experimental acoustic music attracted the attention of Americana luminaries Will Oldham and Jonathan Donahue, and a contract with the Dolores Recordings branch of Virgin Records followed.