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Jake Walker
Blues / Rock / Roots Music

"Deeply soulful and grooving" --BLUES BLAST



New York, New York
United States

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Last Login:  7/14/2009
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   Jake Walker : General Info
Member Since2/12/2006
Band Websitewww.jakewalkerband.com
InfluencesItalian JW Promo Live At Liverpool Marina, November '08 Live At Liverpool Marina
<a href=poss con 3 A few influences: Lightnin' Hopkins, Magic Slim, Freddie King, T-Bone Walker, James Peterson, Albert King, Pee Wee Crayton, Steve Cropper, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Snooks Eaglin, Wes Montgomery, B.B. King, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Magic Sam, Will McTell, Bobby Radcliff, Brother Dave Likhtiger, Joe Louis Walker, Arthur Neilson, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Santana, Peter Green, Guitar Slim, Lucky Peterson, Taj Mahal, Michael Bloomfield, Dave Specter, Little Walter, Ronnie Earl, Jerry Garcia, Otis Rush, Johnny Winter, Earl King, Albert Collins... "> Confidence Man LP Cover Photobucket Jake Walker with Black and Blue
Sounds Like"guitar playing meaner than a boot full of barbed wire" -Rob de Vries, BluesTrain FM, Holland
Record LabelLeft Turn Music
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 16 2009 8:00P
Pub 1340 – Via Guasco Francavilla Bisio, Piedmont, Italy
Jul 17 2009 8:00P
Tenero Blues Festival Canton Ticino, Switzerland
Jul 18 2009 8:00P
Rootsway Roots ’n’ Blues Festival (Piazza Garibaldi) Zibello, Italia
Jul 19 2009 7:30P
Bar Spot “Summer Live Music” – Via Campana - Varazze, Italy
Sep 15 2009 8:00P
Fall U.K. Tour U.K.
Sep 17 2009 8:00P
TBA England
Sep 18 2009 8:00P
Keighley R&B Club Keighley, England
Sep 19 2009 10:00P
Charters/Blues On The Boat Peterboro, England
Sep 20 2009 4:00P
Hope Tavern Holten-Le-Moor, England
Sep 20 2009 8:00P
TBA England
Sep 23 2009 8:00P
The Malt Shovel Northampton, England
Oct 17 2009 8:00P
Cafe Lokaal Heemskerk, Holland

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   About Jake Walker
Watch this live video montage from Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France, May 2008:
Powerhouse New York City guitarist and singer Jake Walker is now a rising force on the international blues scene. Jake's "deeply soulful and grooving"(Blues Blast) take on the blues "combines Freddie King style eloquence with shit-kicking, gun-slinging assertiveness" (Mark Bosch, Ian Hunter), winning over fans and critics at home and overseas. Six recent jam-packed tours in Europe (England, Holland, Belgium, Italy, and France) and numerous articles in leading trade papers attest to this. His first studio album, "Confidence Man", produced and mixed by Elliot Mazer (Janis Joplin, Neil Young, The Band, etc.) for the Left Turn Music label, is getting airplay from Tampa Bay to Sydney, Australia. The "Confidence Man" album, according to U.K. Blues-Rock phenom, Danny Bryant, "at times sounds like vintage Freddie King, and at times blistering Ronnie Earl -but always Jake Walker...he is one of the very finest guitarist/ singers anywhere." With a guitar and vocal style that draw on the deep feeling and soulfulness of the blues, Jake “easily bears comparison to the intensity of blues greats like Otis Rush and Peter Green...he has that same quality that makes you shiver...he strikes crowds with blues fever”. (Dordrecht News, The Netherlands, November 2006). Winner of Big City Rhythm and Blues Magazine's “Artist of the Week Award”, June 2006, they raved “Some of the best tone in the world!!” Blues In Britain agrees, noting, "His Gibson Les Paul has a beautiful warm tone, out from which he wrings every drop of emotion" (June 2008).

   Jake Walker 's Friend Space (Top 40)
Jake Walker has 3294 friends.
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Jake Walker 's Friends Comments
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Brother Dave





Jul 14 2009 3:17 PM

Thanks Man, sorry we didn't get to hang out when you where in town I'll have to catch you the next time

Cheers
BD
Hey Lori-Ann!





Jul 13 2009 8:11 PM

Ahhh...i been well Jakey...mostly mysterious for sure, but ain't it just so? Life bein' a mystery and all i s'pose i'm right in tune. Anyways hope yer enjoyin the road...headin' out soon hopeta seeya sometime. light and love, gratitude, and truth.

with hART,
LA
Royal Dutch Blues Society





Jul 8 2009 11:43 PM

Jake! We will see you in Italie, in Parma at Rootsway Festival next week on our vacation!
Toplaybass





Jul 6 2009 1:49 AM

Oh Brother Jake,
I am stilled Dammed!!!! Drats!!!!
Ben





Jun 25 2009 5:33 PM

He Jake, how is life ??? Great music still, hear now some other influenze !!!
Toplaybass





Jun 23 2009 12:06 AM

Oh Brother Jake!!!!!!
Monique de Jong





Jun 21 2009 1:06 AM

Hi! Last week while I was speedbiking through town, I realized a few seconds later I crossed you on the streets!! You look good man!

Mo
Martina





Jun 21 2009 1:05 AM

Hey Jake

its about 135km, so not close:-( unfortunatelly wont be here in Switzerland around that date anyway,
Im going to Prague to see BB King's koncert..........Soooooo Im very excited.:-)

But sad that I cant see you obviously.
Book a gig here in Zurich sweety. ;-)

Love Martina x
Max de Bernardi





Jun 7 2009 9:57 AM

Ciao Jake! Thank you! Yes! We're going to have a good time! See you soon!
Veronica & The Red Wine Serenaders





May 23 2009 2:10 PM

Ciao Jake, tnx for stopping by and see you in Tenero! :) Veronica
live4fun





May 18 2009 10:39 AM

hey Jake, how was Italy ? Ya back yet ?? Got some tan ? Portugal was nice, very sunny :-)
The Beat Barons





May 12 2009 6:42 PM

Delighted to be your friends!

The Beat Barons
slecht





May 7 2009 11:07 AM

hi,thanks for the add...see you tomorrow...
the true story of the end





May 5 2009 2:04 PM

hi jake,
i've seen you to varazze:
a small pub
for a great bluesman !!!
see you soon
alex
Maybe i’m...





Apr 30 2009 11:50 AM

Hi Jake...thanks for the add...great sound. Godblesstheblues.
Pierluigi Ferrari





Apr 29 2009 1:21 PM

COOL !!!Tank u 4 req I hope to meet in Milan next week
see you soon
Sue Turpin





Apr 29 2009 1:21 PM

Hi Jake
"Deeply soulful and grooving" is bang on! It's a pleasure to meet you here and thanks for having me on board.
Cheers,
Sue Turpin
DOWNTOWNmusicfest





Apr 28 2009 9:11 PM

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Bill Malchow





Apr 28 2009 9:11 PM

indeed.
Dirty Trainload





Apr 27 2009 8:42 AM

Hello Jake, I hear some great blues on your page! hope to hook up with you in Varazze at the Downtown Music Fest and to have the chance to see your show and trade a CD.
Thank you so much for getting in touch with your kind friend request, greetings from Italy in the name of the blues,

Bob - DTL

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Hey Lori-Ann!





Apr 25 2009 9:52 AM

Dude...i'm so going to see you when you get back in the states by the way...you playing NYC, PHoenix, or LA anytime soon? I'm there. Been listening to your hands...ahhhh..mmmm sound...gooooood.
Alberto Luppi Musso





Apr 23 2009 8:32 PM

grazie per la richiesta
Tom





Apr 23 2009 1:10 PM

it was good,lots of fun.Hope to catch you next time i'm out .Good luck on your tour.
Caveman Joe





Apr 23 2009 1:10 PM

Greetings from Caveland!
Roberto Rosa





Apr 22 2009 9:57 PM

grazie per la req! I enjoy your music :)
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