Jake Hemming (writes all songs, all vocals, guitars, harmonicas, and other random noismakers).
Derek Nickerson (on demo songs produces, arranges, engineers, plays keys, and extra doohickeys to make me sound nice)
the Big Sur crew (on all Big Sur song's, Derek Jackman drums, Mike Bergstrom bass, Steve Norman pedal steel, Stell Newsome guitars, Joel Ricci trumpet, Jasmine Riley lead and backup vocals)
Influences
Townes Van Zandt, Cat Stevens, Frank Black, Elliot Smith, M. Ward, Nick Drake, Mason Jennings, Chuckanut Drive, Robert Sarazin Blake, Ron Hardesty, Jasmine Riley, Ryan Adams, Wilco, Johnny Cash, Shawnee Killgore, Blaze Foley, The Crying Shame, and you!
Sounds Like
Frank Black with a deeper voice and a prettier dress
I'm a singer songwriter levitating between Seattle and Bellingham WA, and have a band called Big Sur that I put most of my concentration on... However, I play quite a bit on my own, between singer/songwriter slams at the Green Frog and solo showcases. I'm obsessed with Townes Van Zandt, Nick Drake and Mississippi John Hurt, and write songs about murders and girls and whiskey and pills and Indians and the ocean. I'm a large bearded man and love pretty much everything and want to hug the world a little bit too hard, which is often awkward for everyone. My friends 4 year old daughter Gracie told me "You're not a grownup, you're a train." That makes me happy.
Jake Hemming Live @ The Green Frog Acoustic Tavern 1.5.08
BIG HIGH performs live @ the High Dive in fremont this Friday! Check it out!
Here's a review of the band from the infamous Dennis Cook of Jambase.com: A touch too punchy to make the morning offerings, I stumbled in and got WOKE THE FUCK UP by Big High, a local hard rock ensemble and friends to Flowmotion that struck a first impression akin to my first mind-blowing Drunk Horse gig. Like Oakland's steel-plated punk-boogie juggernaut, Big High aren't screwing around and it wasn't a whole tune before I was shaking like a madman close to the stage. Killer tunes, a crazy tight band and a lead singer (Mesa on "vocal flyfishing") possessed of a fathomless bottom and high reachin' top end plus a leaping, fiercely engaging stage presence, and well Big High sorta rocked my widdle world. It's serious heavy muscle that puts a lil' anger and sex in your bloodstream, culminating in a frighteningly good cover of The Who's "Baba O'Riley" delivered in Dr. John style feather masks for no good reason except to be delightfully weird. If you're feeling Clutch, Parlor Mob or just dig quality hard rock you're missing out if you don't get to know Big High. At the end of their set I bellowed, quite uncontrollably, "We're awake now, motherfuckers!" Meant it, too. -- Dennis Cook--www.jambase.com www.myspace.com/bighighmusic BIG HIGH is also on facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/BIG-HIGH/134022157365?ref=nf High Dive www.highdiveseattle.com 513 N 36th St # G Seattle, WA 98103-8693 (206) 632-0212 &
hey jake, happy birthday! week early but, you know, love to see you but i also understand the familial thing and it's importance, things are pretty well down here for us, we just moved into a new place, our bills have pretty much doubled but we're gettin by, just lots of work vand then some more, although i get the guitar out once in awhile, been fishin some, the salmon are piling up in my freezer, i'm gonna smoke soon, hopefully i'll get by your place and drop some off, maybe the 5th? if i ride up i'll leave early and toss some in your mailbox, if i take the train, then it'll have to be another time, anyway, much love, give our love to quinn and the boys, love ya, jason and the fam
hi jake, we love and miss you, i know, i just keep saying it, but it's true.... the 5th of sept. slumpter"s opening a show aT the wild buffalo, swing on in if you're free and in bellinghog peace and love, j true and the family
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Hello! I'm going to be up in Seattle on July 15th for a show at Studio 7 and I was hoping you could make it. :] If you're interested, tickets are $8 if you buy them before the 15th, or $10 at the door. There's more information on my page, or you could just send me a message if you're interested in getting a ticket. I hope you can make it!
