| Black
Jake
&
the
Carnies
was
stillborn
on
October
31,
2002.
The
band
played
a single show, recorded
some songs, and promptly died. All this meant
was Black Jake finally
had something to dissect. Over the next couple
years, Jake stitched his
baby back together with parts unearthed from the
graveyards of american
music. By 2006, the infant was looking more and
more like its daddy
and, once again, showing signs of life. After a
couple solo shows, it
became apparent, all the little monster needed
now was a bit more blood.
Blood, it turns out, ain’t that hard to find. Gus, the only original Carnie still fiddlin’ lived just up the block from Black Jake. It was rumored that Zachariah, who lived direct across the street from Gus, played mandolin. Joe Cooter, whose property line ends near Zach’s backyard, plucked bass. Up the road a bit Cooter heard the thumpin' of Kingpin Lalonde's big bass drum and scratchin' on his washboard vest. By then, there were enough Carnies to take pretty much whatever they wanted by brute force, and J.C. was quickly corralled. Black Jake had his Carnies and the monster had its blood. Black Jake and the Carnies is: Black
Jake:
singing, songwriting, banjo BlackJakeCarnies_Presskit.pdf |
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