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JAK Lee
Indie / Alternative / Post punk

A cynic is a romantic whose sweetness fermented.



Oakland, California
United States

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Last Login:  6/18/2009
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Member Since8/22/2007
Band Websitehttp://cdbaby.com/cd/jaklee
Band MembersJ.A.K. Lee on vocals, baritone & standard guitars, e-bow, bass, keyboards, ukes, banjo, dunbek, kalimba, parlor organ & loop editing. The incomparable Sam Sheats, sage & grizzled mentor extraordinaire, provided the odd-meter bass playing on "Westminster". Special thanks are due to Chris Speed for the protracted loan of his bass guitar.
InfluencesCamper Van Beethoven, Cake, Pell Mell, Tom Waits, Built to Spill, the Grady Sisters, The Pickin Trix, Jason Webley, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Miles, Ella, Satchmo, Fats Waller, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Maker's Mark, Charlie Christian, Thinkin Fellers, Monks of Doom, Chet Baker, Getz, Gilberto, Cash, Hank Sr., Bob Wills, even Elvis, Simon with or without Garfunkel, Mississippi John Hurt, Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Sidartha, King Solomon, Bach, Glen Rothes, Garcia Marquez, God, the Acadamy, my girlfriend, Amy, our birds, Cheepers & Blinky, etc.
Sounds LikePell Mell, Cake, the Police, Brian Eno, Pickin' Trix, Talking Heads, Parliament, Squirrel Nuts . . . odd sytheses of these and other elements.
Record LabelSlant 6 Music
Type of LabelIndie


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   About JAK Lee
An as yet unpublished author & low profile recording artist, J.A.K. Lee subsidizes his obsessions by posing as a mild-mannered office manager for a Bay Area non-profit. Former co-host (along with the trans-Atlantic performance art, pinup sensation & youtube mega-star, Super Amanda) of the Union Jack's open mic in glamorous Hayward, CA, Mr. Lee still reprises his vaudeville role as the jazz-standard playing Ukulele Jack at open mics around the San Francisco Bay. A veteran of the indie scene since it was referred to as "alternative", Mr. Lee will often recount at cocktail parties and staff meetings how in his greener days, he once openned for what is now a very commercially succsessful pop-punk band, but since this anecdote tends to date him and make him look largely like a pathetic, washed-up loser, he has since striven to abate this practice---on the professional advice of his therapist. Mr. Lee presently doesn't have a backup band per se but has a fairly amusing unplugged solo schtick. He is also blessed enough to be sorrounded by a great number of incredably talented and well-seasoned musician friends who undoubtedly would quit their day jobs and other projects to join him on a hero's journey the moment he becomes an internet superstar---especially if the drinks are free.

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JAK Lee has 43 friends.
 Melissa 


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 paper street archive & marine repair 


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 Super Amanda™ 


 Super Amanda Uncensored on YouTube 


 Super Amanda Music 


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 Dan Lange 


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Super Amanda™





Apr 20 2009 9:55 AM

LONG LIVE CHEEPERS. We loved you before we knew your sweet song and beauty.

Rest in peace sweet little woman.
Super Amanda™





Dec 24 2008 1:59 PM

Hey Jackpie, have fun with the other magpies and ravens and don't forget to share your holly berries.

Love Amanders Future MILF
liz





Oct 28 2008 4:37 AM

hey brother!!
i love your new song. ur awesome! i miss u... i hear mom is textin u now...thats dangerous lol. love ya hope all is well

love your lil sissy :)
Super Amanda™





Aug 27 2008 12:47 PM

Baby Kookaburas on TV today... you and Amy would love the UK, it's a bird owners paradise!!

xoxox
Super Amanda™





Jul 18 2008 5:59 PM

Just so great! DO have fun in SF at the wedding and please send my love.

I'm going to use your muisc for my upcoming
"Wimbledon Eight" video.
8 pubs in Wimbledon, 8 drinks in one hour running as fast as you can after each round to the next pub. An Oliver Reed drinking game!

Love ya
Super Amanda™





Jun 28 2008 10:36 AM

LOVE YA!! BIRTHDAY BOY!!

Jackdaws and rooks love ya!!!!!!!!!!
Rebecca





Jun 5 2008 8:23 PM

i am totally there, friday

here's to infusing our TRUE endeavors with love...
Super Amanda™





Jun 5 2008 8:40 AM

"Now the world must listen to listen to our decree
We don't turn it down for anyone
We do just do what we please

Got to make it louder all men play on ten
If you are not into METAL you are not my friend!"

-MANOWAR

"Metal Warriors"
Super Amanda™





Mar 7 2008 12:04 AM

Tripp Isenhour is a complete lowlife, killing a beautiful free hawk with one of his crappy golf balls so his disgusting carcass can play a game and not be interrupted. Tripp Isenhour is totally unAmerican and exhibits complete ghetto/trash ethics and values.

I hope he dies painfully.
Super Amanda™





Feb 18 2008 7:32 PM

Hi Ukulele Jack! I loved your message and will write you more as soon as I have a chance. Brian K is visiting from Poland so we are busy catching up on film making and fun. I miss you too! Was just going through all the photos of us in Portland from the Halcyon days. Chat with you soon. Love, Kamanda
Super Amanda™





Feb 4 2008 8:22 PM

Where is house of commons?
Super Amanda™





Jan 2 2008 9:41 PM

Long Live Tatiana: Warrior Tigress of Lion House SfFZoo


I loved you before I knew you
And your coat and eyes of silk
And now the city sold you out
Just like Harvey Milk

Your race was supposed to have vanished
But you've all somehow held true
May the fields for you be green
And the Maharajahs few

-Super Amanda
Super Amanda™





Dec 28 2007 12:23 AM

I love all of you!

Please fight coporate domination and aging pre-op trannies in sign the anti-madonnna RnRoll ahll of fame petition on my my space blog baby!
Super Amanda™





Dec 22 2007 3:49 AM

are you JAK lee or UkELele Jack?
Super Amanda Uncensored on YouTube





Dec 16 2007 7:26 AM

Open for me? We are going to be in the SAME BAND !!
Super Amanda™





Dec 13 2007 5:57 AM

I'm on ITUNES!!!!!
Super Amanda™





Dec 3 2007 4:47 AM

Right on ! House of Commons sounds like 70's porn music!

-Scooter Parkway
Super Amanda™





Nov 24 2007 4:27 AM

hi dude, go to youtube and watch the Charlie brown Thanksgiving special-you have to cover that jazz soul song "Little Bird!"


and watch at the very end Woodstock eats his brother!

love ya,
Crazy
Super Amanda™





Nov 22 2007 5:56 AM

Happy Thanksgiving to Amy, John, Cheepers and Blinky from Super Amanda, Halloween Cat and Willie!

xoxoxoxoxo
Super Amanda™





Nov 22 2007 12:19 AM

Howdy!! Ya know ya want some!!!

<li>Super Amanda Merchandise</li>
Super Amanda™





Nov 10 2007 1:28 AM

Pray for the birds and mammals suffering beacuse of human stupidity. Pray for the safe recovery of our beaches and shorelines.
Super Amanda™





Nov 5 2007 5:44 AM

Hey Homes,

jaime took some new pics for my cd! check em out!
Super Amanda™





Oct 26 2007 11:11 PM

Have fun with the Soggy B!!

Wish I could be there! I told James all about it!

Mangee
Soggy Biscuit





Oct 11 2007 12:56 AM

Thanks for adding us. HowYa been dude? This is Brian's old friend, right? -Trey
Dan Lange





Sep 26 2007 12:22 AM

Have a good show at the Plough tonight!.

Jane and I listened to your new CD on the drive back to Portland - enjoyed it a great deal, too.
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