. Happy New Year MOG Monkeys!Hope everyone had lovely holidays. George and I rang in 2009 at my friend Liz's house. There was the usual merriment as well as jello shots and Rock Band II. (I think I have finally found my "instrument": bass. I also sing a pretty terrible version of Living on a Prayer. Not to be missed! Also, not be endured without many, many cocktails.) Liz informed me I s...
About Jump Back Jake:While the name Jump Back Jake is directly aligned with lead singer/guitarist/lyricist Jake Rabinbach, the band is no one-man act. Instead, the quartet prides itself as being a group of players along the lines of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section or the Hawks. To cement that fact, lead guitarist Jake Vest, bassist Brandon Robertson and drummer Greg Faison, were all doing tim...
Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle (2009) Full Streaming Album: New Guys With A Cool VibeNew label imprint, Ardent Music (an offshoot of the long-dormant Ardent Records... think Stax & Big Star), is currently working their debut band, Jump Back Jake, a raw, horn-laced, Hammond-enhanced, smokey rock 'n soul outfit recorded at Memphis' famed Ardent Studios. Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle boasts m...