Jay has enlisted a fine backline going by the name of 'The Dead Moon'. As well as Jay's solo shows, he will now be playing electric band shows which are set to blow your mind.
'The Dead Moon' are:
Brendan Plummer: Drums
Rocco Rossouw: Bass
Influences
These amazing photographs were taken by Amy from Afterglow Photography
The Black Keys,
Led Zeppelin,
Pink Floyd,
Muddy Waters,
Howlin' Wolf,
Eric Clapton,
Robert Johnson,
Peter Green,
Elmore James,
Stevie Ray Vaughn,
B.B. King,
T-Bone Walker,
The Beatles,
The Waifs,
John Butler,
Lynyrd Skynyrd,
Bessie Smith,
Charlie Patton,
Ben Harper,
Blind Lemon Jefferson,
Jimi Hendrix,
Blind Blake,
Bo Diddley,
CCR,
The Allman Bothers Band,
The Black Crowes,
John Lee Hooker,
John Lennon,
Black Sabbath,
Bob Dylan,
Etta James,
and so much more......
Sounds Like
The earth.... The wind.... The water.... With a whole lot of soul!
Jay performing his own arrangement of "Hoochie Coochie Man" Live at BayFM, Byron Bay in August 2009
Having played in a string of blues bars around Melbourne, including The British Crown Hotel and The Nighthawk Blues, young singer/songwriter/guitarist Jay Howie is starting to make quiet a name for himself as a rising star in the Blues industry. Having picked up the guitar at the age of 8 Jay slowly taught himself the likes of Zeppelin and Hendrix, before being opened up to the world of blues by a neighbour. Jay immersed himself in the style and tried to learn anything and everything he could. At the age of 16 Jay decided to start arranging his own versions of classic blues songs and with his initial hard rock roots he has certainly made these songs his own.
With Jay’s songwriting and arranging abilities well beyond his years, he has the unique ability to take even the most disinterested listener on a journey through what he calls, “the wild lands” of the blues. Singing about love, loss and life you can feel every inch of his heart and soul going into every song he performs. This makes for an extremely emotional and heartfelt performance.
In 2008 Jay was involved in the ‘Youth In Blues’ initiative run by the MBAS. From this experience Jay gained many gigs, giving him the confidence to continue in his pursuits. Having made radio appearances and having supported some of Melbourne’s premier blues acts Jay continues to hone his skills as a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter.
"Blues music is a form that's often lost amongst the 'Roots music' generation. The true tradition, soul and passion that the Blues is based on is alive and well within Jay." -Lloyd Spiegel
For all Bookings and Media enquiries please email:
jay_howie@live.com.au
Releases:
Full Length Albums:
Tales Of Woe And Coincedence- 2009
(Available now on iTunes)
Out Soon:
Live (EP)- 2009
Recorded live on Jay's recent tour of the Australian East Coast
Compilation Albums:
Toni Cini's Blues Explosion Vol. 1
(Available through Toni Cini's Blues Explosion Myspace Page)
272 Records Presents Acoustika Vol. 17
(Available on Amazon)
Yeah awesome man, i really wanna see how you sound electric, i'll be there. You should come see Buddy Guy with us, we're getting tickets in the next week. It'll be wicked. Catch you soon brother
Man i just bought your live album on itunes, it's unspeakably rubbish and i want my money back. Just kidding mate it's rad as, killer version of all along the watchtower. I'll be seeing you at the fox i think, looking forward to it mate, catch you soon.
ahoy captain whats going on. i am gonna by some new skins for my drums. 90 bucks for three pretty god deal. this week or next. thursday is good for practice only night i have free. cheers
HEY JAY , JUST RECOVERING AFTER ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE GIG ON THE HARBOUR , THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT ,THE CROWD WAS AWESOME AND THE BAND WAS COOKING LIKE JAMIE OLIVERS KITCHEN ,CHEERS MATE TONY.
pretty sweet my b boy is now in your band =) yay! But remember my version of killing floor will always be the best maybe at the end of the night at the grinder (if your lucky) i can belt out my special tune for you=)
Hey Jay, how are you? Looks like you're getting a few gigs. Would love to see the extended band, sounds awsome. Hopefully you'll get back to the Pier again soon. Take care.
Hey Jay. Good work the other night man, you and Brendan were fantastic. I really think that i'm going actually organise this tour, we should discuss dates and venues at some point. I'll send you an email with an outline of what i think could seriously work. Chat soon brother. Alex
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