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Slammin Jack

Get slammed!!!

About Me

Quintessential Canadian boys, Slammin Jack have been touring Canada since 2003. In that time, these 'road dogs' have played over 200 shows in venues ranging from dive factory town bars, pubs, garages, sidewalks, warehouses and more recently campus squares, ballrooms and large outdoor festivals. Their growing multi-dimensional sound stems from strong roots in rock, jazz, funk, trance and bluegrass and their live performances deliver a heavy punch spiked with deep infectious grooves and bold explosive jams. Their debut album, ' A Day Late, A Dollar Short (2003)' climbed to ..6 on the !earshot Jazz charts and sold out right off the stage. January 2006 marked the release of their second studio album 'The Merville Sessions' which was followed by their fourth major cross-Canada tour.

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Member Since: 8/22/2005
Band Website: slamminjack.com
Band Members: Slammin Jack consists of Rich Martin (guitar and vocals), Scott Daniels (keyboards and vocals), Jim Guthrie (electric and upright basses), Sean Scallion (drums and vocals) and Jeffrey Kornblum (percussion).
Sounds Like: Nothing you've ever experienced before, unless you've seen them live!!!
Record Label: Fort Wendy Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Some notes on the Cumberland Shows

I realized the other day that I had not written anything about the Cumberland shows, the two show weekend that capped off the end of our tour. I was thinking that it wasn't really fair that they be le...
Posted by Slammin Jack on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 03:37:00 PST

We're BAAAACK!

Okay, now that I am back in Vancouver for a few days, I can update the tour blog.A lot has happened since the last update.Our two shows in Saskatoon were absolutely fantastic. Since this update is goi...
Posted by Slammin Jack on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:03:00 PST

Cloud Driving

I've only got a few seconds to update this blog.... I am way behind as I tend to get near the end of a tour. Things have been a little hectic as of late.It is perhaps not a very well known fact that t...
Posted by Slammin Jack on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:06:00 PST

I'm about to fight the cold weather with a hot tub!

 am about to get in a hot tub. It's cold here. I can't wait to see you all back in Van! We play Thunder Bay tonight!
Posted by Slammin Jack on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:09:00 PST

From the party in Antigonish

Antigonish is going off. We are at our second afterparty and it shows no sign of slowing down.......  Hehe......   Kermit is doing a great job at merch.... Scott
Posted by Slammin Jack on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:25:00 PST

What do they have against Gonish?

We pulled into Antigonish a few hours ago..... all tired and hung over. In Moncton we played the Paramount, a little place that's part of a large bar complex. The Trews were playing in Oxygen, the lar...
Posted by Slammin Jack on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:45:00 PST

Maritime Storm Season......

We made up fifty copies of the Toronto show on our last day in Cornwall. It took all day and I think that Rich's mom has never seen her computer work so hard! Thanks to Pierre and Pierrette for lettin...
Posted by Slammin Jack on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:46:00 PST

Bluegrass Jams and Big Feasts

On our last night in Belleville, Jim's parents invited a whole bunch of bluegrass players over. With an average age of over sixty, we were somewhat intimidated; these guys played real bluegrass, not t...
Posted by Slammin Jack on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:38:00 PST

A long overdue update.....

So we haven't updated the Tour Blog since Hamilton's aftermath.  Let's see if I can't remember the many things that have happened since then...... Guelph was a fantastic show.  We played the...
Posted by Slammin Jack on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 02:07:00 PST

Hamilton After Hours and the Squids

The Hamilton show was excellent. It was our biggest turn out here yet, and despite fatigue associated with the Elmocombo and its aftermath, we played well. It was excellent for me to be able to lend m...
Posted by Slammin Jack on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:26:00 PST