Memphis, TN – 02/20/10

Who
Folk Alliance
When
Saturday, February 20, 2010
8:00pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
Folk Alliance (map)
250 North Main Street
Memphis, TN, USA 38103
Other Info
Heritage 1

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New Orleans, LA – 02/06/10

Who
Jump Back Jake @ Allways Lounge
When
Saturday, February 6, 2010
10:00pm - All Ages
Where
Allways Lounge (map)
New Orleans, LA

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Memphis, TN – 01/21/10

Who
Jump Back Jake @ Dixon Gallery (Memphis, TN - Jan. 21)
When
Thursday, January 21, 2010
6:00pm - FREE - All Ages
Where
Dixon Gallery (map)
4339 Park Avenue
Memphis, TN 38117

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Jackson, MS – 01/15/10

Who
Jump Back Jake with the Bullet Proof Vests
When
Friday, January 15, 2010
8:00pm - All Ages
Where
Jackson, MS, USA

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Open Five Teaser Clips

Friends,

Here are the first officially released teasers for the upcoming feature film “Open Five” directed by Kentucker Audley and written by Kentucker and myself. The film stars Shannon Esper, Genevieve Angelson, Kentucker Audley, Amy Seimetz and myself, and was photographed by Joe Swanberg with additional help from David Lowery. The film contains performances by the band and will premiere in Spring 2010. If you have a blog, feel free to post one or all of them if it feels right. Email them to your friends. Share them with the world.

- Jake

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The Rockpocalpyse Tour 2010

Jump Back Jake and the Bullet Proof Vests (featuring our own Jake Vest, Greg Faison, and Brandon Robertson) will be playing a series of dates together in the south in January and early February. The gap at the end of January is because Greg has Jury Duty.

January 8th Knoxville
January 9th Memphis
January 14th Nashville (JBJ only)
January 15th Jackson, MS
January 16th New Orleans
February 2nd Little Rock

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Upcoming shows, free downloads, and Holiday Sale on CDs, Vinyl, T-Shirts and Combo Options

Happy Holidays from Jump Back Jake and Ardent Music!!!

We wanted to let you know about some free Jump Back Jake downloads that are currently available and that we’re having a sale on Jump Back Jake CD’s, Vinyl, T-Shirts and Combo Packages…

FREE JBJ Downloads…

- Download “X-Mas Time,” “The Flood,” and “Treasure” from JBJ’s debut album “Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle” FREE by clicking HERE

- Download “The World of Pity and Shame (live)” and “The Flood (live)” FREE by clicking HERE

- Download live JBJ covers of Dr. John, The Supremes, Lee Hazlewood, Eddie Floyd and 13th Floor Elevators FREE by clicking HERE

Holiday Sale on JBJ CD’s, VINYL, T-Shirts and Combo Options (ALL PRICES INCLUDE US S/H!!!)…

- “Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle” CD – $10 (includes US s/h)

- “Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle” VINYL album – $13 (includes US s/h)

- JBJ Men’s Black Hanes Heavyweight 50/50 T-Shirts – $15 (includes US s/h)

- JBJ Women’s Blue Fitted 100% Organic Bella T-Shirts – $15 (includes US s/h)

- Combo: CD + Men’s or Women’s T-Shirts – $20 (includes US s/h)

- Combo: VINYL + Men’s or Women’s T-Shirts – $23 (includes US s/h)

- To view all options and product images, go to the store page

Or download “Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle” digitally in hi-res formats for just $3.99 by clicking HERE

Upcoming January and February  show dates
Knoxville, TN – Barley’s Taproom – 01/08/10 – 9:00pm
Memphis, TN – Hi Tone Cafe – 01/09/10 – 9:00pm
Nashville, TN – The Basement – 01/14/10 – 8:00pm
Jackson, MS – Ole Tavern – 01/15/10 – 8:00pm
New Orleans, LA – Allways Lounge – 01/16/10 – 10:00pm
Little Rock, AR – White Water Tavern – 02/02/10 – 9:00pm

Happy Holidays!!!

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Like a Lightning Rod

This is a quote from an interview with Jim Dickinson that was used in the video at his memorial a few months ago.

“Memphis will get all over you If you’re sensitive it’s like you know certain people can walk into Memphis and it’s like a lightning rod…Bam!–hits ‘em. If you think about the history of Memphis music , it’s not people from Memphis it’s people who came to Memphis.”

and this video:

- Jake R.

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Greg O and Jack O: ships in the Night


Jack Oblivian

Not only did all the Memphis bands I wanted to see play in NY the same week (which was also the week of my birthday), former Oblivians/Compulsive Gamblers bandmates Greg Cartwright and Jack Oblivian played Southpaw in Park Slope within two nights of eachother. I was at the Reigning Sound Show on Friday as well as the Jack O show on Sunday.


The Reigning Sound show was a Rock and Roll show for the ages. Sold out crowd, sweaty fans singing along to every word, a 27 song setlist, and beer flying everywhere. Instead of leaving the stage and coming back for the encore, Greg just told the crowd “I don’t feel the need to leave the stage and come back so if you want more, we’ll play more. They closed the show with ‘Drowning’ from “Too Much Guitar” and the Glass Sun’s ‘Stick Up For Me’ and no one left disappointed.

The Jack Oblivian show on Sunday night had a completely different feel. It reminded me more than anything else of being at Juke Joints and Soul Clubs in Mississippi and Memphis, where everyone’s drunker than they ought to be and there’s a looseness to the music and the crowd, that makes the show feel like a house party. Besides knowing all the musicians personally, there were a lot of familiar Memphis faces in the crowd. The crowd was small during the first part of John Paul Keith’s set, but filled in nicely towards the end. By the middle of Jack’s set, it was a solid turn out for a Sunday. Jack called up a couple of folks to play tambourine and dance on stage during their “Disco number,” and called me up to sing back up on ‘Black boots.’ It was definitely dark enough that you might even think you were at the Hi-Tone. It takes a lot to give me that feeling in NYC.

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Memphis, TN – 10/09/09

Who
Jump Back Jake @ Shangri-La Records
When
Friday, October 9, 2009
5:30pm - All Ages
Where
Shangri-La Records (map)
1916 Madison Ave
Memphis, TN, USA 38104
Other Info
Free show at Shangri-La Records on Friday, October 9th at 5:30pm!

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