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Jack On Fire

About Me


Powered by a steady musical diet of old time country legends and modern day guitar bands, Ben Blakeny is the skilful master and commander of Perth ex-pats Jack On Fire. The core of the band have a rich history, with Blakeny, Samantha Wass (acoustic guitar/keys) and Dave Thikerttle-Watts (bass) having played together in eight piece West coast dreamy popsters, Institut Polaire.
Jack On Fire is completed by Wass' old friend George Hyde, a fellow country music aficionado, and superb guitarist. Hyde's style perfectly compliments Blakeney's intensity. Rounding out the band is Hyde's school time chum Ross Goodale on drums.
After steady gigging over the past eighteen months in Perth, where Jack On Fire's reputation as a dynamic live force spread quickly, the band have relocated to Melbourne. Jack on Fire's collection of songs are brilliantly crafted and fiercely executed. Traversing swamp-rock, bluegrass, country and jangly pop, they possess a truly unique sound, and are excited to be playing their powerful live show to new audiences.
Passionate and driven, Jack On Fire have recorded an EP's worth of material, but plans are already afoot for more extensive studio sessions later this year.
By Laura Miller
RTRFM 92.1 and Drum Media Perth
"With their inspirations being the Gun Club with some Nick Cave thrown in the mix they have done what any good band is able to do and transcend their influences to present a unique sound that can only be described as their own." Marc Edwards, Xpress

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Member Since: 8/15/2006
Band Website: For bookings please email: [email protected]
Band Members: Ben Blakeney; Guitar, Vocals, Keys & Banjo
George Hyde; Guitar, Dobro, Slide guitar & Vocals
Dave Thirkettle-Watts; Bass
Samantha Wass; Guitar, Keys, Piano Accordion, Tambourine & Vocals
Ross Goodale; Drums
Kelly Lane; Violin & Vocals
Influences: Hank Williams, The Scientists, The Drones, The Pogues, The Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, Gram Parsons, Mark Lanegan, Patsy Cline, Lorretta Lynn, The Gun Club, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, The Fall, The Band, Neil Young, Bukowski, Roland S Howard, These Immortal Souls, The Byrds
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Introducing Kelly Lane...

Hello friends!We'd like to extend a very warm welcome to our newest member, Kelly Lane on the violin! Kelly plays her first show with us this Saturday the 7th of June at the Northcote Social Club. We'...
Posted by Jack On Fire on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:01:00 PST

NEW RECORDINGS & UPDATES!

Hello friends,As most of you know, we have recently relocated to Melbourne and we're starting to settle in now. I have just uploaded some of our newly recorded tracks including our Hank Williams cover...
Posted by Jack On Fire on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:32:00 PST

Final Perth show this Friday.

Hi guys!As some of you may have heard, we will be playing our last gig in Perth and moving on over to Melbourne. Please come down to Shape this Friday and say goodbye. Joining us are The Blow Up, Feli...
Posted by Jack On Fire on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:58:00 PST

GOODBYE ROSS!

Ross "metal drummer" Goodale will be playing his last gig with us this Friday at the Hydey and we are very sad to see him go! Were on at about 9pm so make sure you get down to applaud him/heckle him/a...
Posted by Jack On Fire on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:31:00 PST

Recording this month!

Hello everyone,We are playing a very special show this Saturday night with the Kill Devil Hills at the Amplifier. It's the first time these guys have played at the venue in a long time! Following this...
Posted by Jack On Fire on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:54:00 PST