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Jake Horton

About Me

Hi everybody - this is Jake - thanks for stopping by my page. I'm an old school blues/rockabilly/surf player heavily influenced by the various styles from the 50's. Always trying to find fresh stuff to play over a swinging blues! Check out my band - Ten Dollar Thrill - a great harp-fronted traditional blues band.Personal life-wise my wife Susan and I have one daughter, Iris. I'm originally from Southeastern Mass and graduated from Penn State.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/29/2006
Band Members: Greg Mitchell - harp, vocals Jake Horton - guitar, vocals Dave Corey - bass, vocals Dan Cronin - drums, vocals
Influences: There are so many but here is a short list of the most influential: Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk, Duke Robillard, Freddie King, Big Walter, Bob Margolin, Jimmie Vaughan, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Hollywood Fats, Jimmy Rogers, T-Bone, Roland Janes, Paul Burleson, Eddie Cochran, Ronnie Earl, Charlie Christian, Kenny Burrell, Brian Setzer, Danny Gatton, Hound Dog Taylor, Scotty Moore, Kim Wilson, James Harman, Willie Johnson, all the west coast bluesers.
Sounds Like: I've listened to a lot of old school stuff
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

on the brink of catastrophe...

...are these new (to myspace) songs from a 1996 Studebakers recording.  We were a rockabilly/surf/blues trio - myself, Greg Eavey on drums and Vinnie Stout on upright bass.For any of you old wilm...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:20:00 GMT

Ten Dollar Thrill

I am stoked to be playing with Greg, Dan and Dave in Ten Dollar Thrill.  We have our own page now with one original up, an instrumental by Greg.  We're just getting this thing going so check...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:08:00 GMT

Patrick Vining Band

I've had the pleasure to play a couple gigs with the Patrick Vining Band in Atlanta , GA when his regular guitarist couldn't make the gig.  let me tell ya - those guys can really play!  So i...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:21:00 GMT

New Songs

I just replaced three of the old songs. Hope you enjoy the new tunes! they are from various sessions with The Vistas over the past five years or so. All are recorded live and I dubbed in a second g...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:37:00 GMT