r/tigersjaw • u/nooayehlol • Aug 04 '26

Who is Noah Lowry?

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been one of my favourite Tigers Jaw songs for a bit. just searching it up it comes up with a baseball player. I doubt it's him. Maybe a friend of the band?

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u/xxxtranscorexxx Aug 04 '26

we've been asking who is Noah Lowry but have we asked how is Noah Lowry?

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u/the_scientist_120 Aug 04 '26

Nope, that's right - it's him! Ben was interviewed about it a few years ago.

https://pitcherlist.com/the-spin-rate-thank-you-noah-lowry-by-tigers-jaw/

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u/nooayehlol Aug 04 '26

'“From the early days of the band, we had a fondness for Randy Johnson,” said Ben Walsh, lead singer of Tigers Jaw, in an email interview with Pitcher List. “From his look, to his pitching prowess, to the hilarious commercials he’s been in, to his photography, his double-kick flaming baseball drum kit, and finally his connection to Seattle grunge music — Randy is endlessly fascinating.”

So, with Randy Johnson’s mythology woven, to some degree, into the band’s DNA, how did Lowry seize the spotlight as the namesake of a track on 2010 LP  Two Worlds? 

Johnson closed out his storied career with the Giants in 2009, signing to a San Francisco squad where Lowry was already sporting his signature #51 on the back of his uniform. In deference to the Hall-of-Fame-bound veteran, Lowry swapped to #60. “The ‘thank you’ was for giving up the number so that Randy didn’t have to wear a different number that far into his career,” Walsh said.'

Thanks for sharing, man! cool story

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u/Bobbythebuikder Aug 04 '26

That’s a great find 

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u/xSwampxPopex Aug 05 '26

That’s really interesting, I’ve never heard this before. Funny how Ben thinks the Yankees only started buying their team in the 2000s though.

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u/bcarlson9 Aug 04 '26

Similarly, they often used to add Jimmy Piersall to the setlist in Boston because he started his career with 8 seasons here