JASON SCAGGS - (Acoustic Guitars, Bartitone Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Vocals)
JOHN JAMISON - (Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Sitar, Vocals)
MR. PEDAL - (The Pedals)
Influences
Blind Melon, Radiohead, Martin Sexton, Pink Floyd,Thievery Corp, Air, Ween, Alex Gray, Thom Yorke, Kings of Convienence, David Grisman, Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Greg Brown, Taarka, Thamusement, Don Ross, Phish, Curtis Mayfield, Ray Lamontagne, Nirvana, Flaming Lips, Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Simon&Garfunkle, Ali Akbar Khan, Derek Trucks, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Leo Kottke, Mike Gordon, Keller Williams, Allman Brothers, Railroad Earth, Andrew Byrd, Nickel Creek, The Beatles, Beck, Phish, Medeski Martin & Wood, John Scofield, Old and In the way, Sufjan Stevens, Susumu Yokota, Ravi Shankar, Tabla Beat Science, Yonder Mountain String Band, David Byrne, Shpongle, The Talking Heads, The Flaming Lips, The Doors, Citizen Cope, The Wood Brothers
Sounds Like
Sounds like you are rolling up a hill!
It sounds like something you want too!
"What Jatoba throws down with their latest album is a secret language sandwiched between two guitars and a phat Double Bass. This sound is evidence of their own language in the making. Guitars, one for each ear, speak clearly in voices within mystic whispers. The Double Bass brings tones from the underground, collectively creating lyrics from language's transmitting like train rails and smoke signals, canyon echoes and signals through telegraph wires. Their poetic formations fly from Colorado to the North east." (Michael Shurtz, Billboard Magazine's former Editorial Cartoonists/Poster Artists for Bill Graham Presents)
Incorporating a unique blend of three extraordinary acoustic musicians, Jatoba redefines their sound through collective songwriting and extreme rhythmic improvisations. Through the Double Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Baritone Guitar, Mandolin, Sitar and harmonizing vocals, Jatoba displays a very eclectic arrangement of acoustic instrumentation. Jatoba is Jason Scaggs, John Jamison and Jeff Richardson.
The three members of Jatoba first came to play music together in a band based out of Keene, Hew Hampshire and since then have progressed individually and as a whole to create a truly unique style of music. Collectively the members of Jatoba have shared stages/bills with musicians and bands such as Sage Francis, members of Dispatch, Lotus, RAQ, The Breakfast, The Ordinary Way and Deadwood Revival just to name a few.
The roots that Jatoba have planted will hold fast and continue to expand well beyond the aspirations that were founded in the beginning of Jatoba's life. Jatoba is a new beginning with no end in sight. Their music has and will continue to be praised by fans and musicians from all around the nation. With a strong start many people are on board to support an acoustic evolution which will hopefully bring Jatoba's music to the forefront of everyone's forehead. :)
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HOWS JATOBA? It looks like your schedule is going strong...rock on ...rock on all the way to San Diego:) Have a greeeat summer--maybe we'll see you around in June.
hey! It was really sweet meeting you guys, making music eating rice cakes, good stuff. I really liked your music, I'd like to hear it sometime when I'm more awake though.
JATOBA! How's it going? Things are well out in Boulder. Chris just gave me a copy of the Chill Out cd. I really like 3 songs on that cd. 2 of them are from you guys, and the other from SEMP. I hope all is well. Much Love!
