Member Since: 7/25/2006
Band Website: rockinjake.com
Band Members: Rockin' Jake - Harmonica & vocals, Rich McDonough-Guitar, Dan Eubanks- Bass, Joe Meyer-Drums
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Influences: Primarily self-taught, Jake briefly studied with Jerry Portnoy, harmonica player for Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton.Growing up in New England in the '70's, Jake immersed himself in the thriving regional blues scene, which boasted such talents as Roomful of Blues, Ronnie Earl, Johnny Nicholas, Duke Robillard and Sugar Ray as well as many touring Blues artists including Albert Collins, Big Walter Horton, Roosevelt Sykes, Johnny Shines, Big Joe Turner, BB King and many others. Other influences include...Big Walter Horton, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jr. Wells, James Cotton,Paul Butterfield, Norton Buffalo,Jimmy Hall and Wet Willie, Lee Oskar and War, The Meters, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, ReBirth Brass Band, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Wild Magnolias, Neville Brothers, Clifton Chenier, Chubby Carrier, Terence Simien, Rockin' Sydney, Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Kim Wilson, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Pharaoh Sanders, Grant Green, Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy Smith,Toots Thielemans, Larry Adler, J. Geils Band, Rolling Stones, Allman Bros., Grateful Dead, Old and In The Way, David Grisman, Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock,Sonny Rollins, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, NRBQ, Jeff Potter (harp on Al Anderson's 1st solo LP),Louis Armstrong, Shecky Greene, Jerry Lewis, Bugs Bunny and Friends, Huckleberry Hound, TJ Wheeler, Lenny Bruce, and many many more.
MOVIES:Dr. Strangelove; The Nutty Professor (original); Pink Panther (original); Twelve Angry Men; The Godfather 1-3; Goodfellas; The Producers (original);virtually anything by Elia Kazan (On The Waterfron, Streetcar Named Desire, Baby Doll, etc.) ...
BOOKS: The Grapes of Wrath, Winter Of Our Discontent and anything by John Steinbeck; Raymond Chandler; Charles Bukowski; Beat poetry and prose; Ringolevio by Emmet Grogan; Kerouac, John Sinclair
TV: Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, King of Queens, Entourage, Emeril Live, Food Channel, THE SAINTS (who dat?!)
Sounds Like: Perez Prado meets Sun Ra at Mel Blanc's house.
Record Label: zuluzu records
Type of Label: Indie