I have played with a cast of thousands! Thanks all!
Currently playing with the Juno award winning Mike Trebilcock a/k/a Choir Deets
I have recently recorded with Chuck Prophet, J.J. Wiesler, Ned Daugherty and Rusty Miller from Jackpot.
Have played a lot with Mick Buck, Dennis Ku, Carl Cooley, Paul Martinez, Denny DeGorio and Amy Farris. I have recorded with Scrappy Judd Newcomb, Champ Hood, Jon Dee Graham, Miles Zuniga, Tony Scalzo.
Influences
Rod Stewart and the Faces
Rolling Stones
Maryanne Faithfull
Patti Smith
Liz Phair
Lucinda Williams
Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds
Old Honky Tonk
50s and 60's R& B
70s and 80's dance music
John Hiatt
Joan Jett
The Dils, The Zeros, The True Believers,
Mary Lawler
I like Jet too,
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Sounds Like
myself
Great video of my old band, Pulsallama by Paul Daugherty. Can you find me?
Jean has a colorful rockn'roll past, starting out as a teenage drummer in SF Punk band the Urge in 1978, continuing as 15 -minutes -of -famers Pulsallama, NYC tribal percussion darlings, Pulsallama was known for theatrics, chanting, cardboard props and rhythmic cacophony. They were fronted by Anne Magnusen and Wendy Wild, opened for the Clash, had their picture in Interview Magazine, and got kicked off a bill with John Lydon's PIL before imploding in the late 80's.
Seeking a spot in the spotlight Jean honed her singing and song writing skills and moved to Austin to front her own country Y'allternative honkin' tonkin' rock band,"Jean Caffeine's All-Truck Stop". With more drummers than "Spinal Tap" Jean and her boys played Austin's SXSW, Berlin's BID, California's High Sierra Music fest, NYC's CMJ, Toronto's Harbourfront fest as well as many a roadhouse. In recent years she has put out soulful solo releases, "Knocked Down 7 Times got up 8, and "Ideé Fixe", much championed by critics. All Jean's CD's feature regular band members and special guest appearances by Austin notables such as Jon Dee Graham, Scrappy Judd Newcomb, members of Fastball, Champ Hood, and the legendary Spot. Currently she has been playing gigs as a folksy duo with Mike Trebilcock, formerly of "the Killjoys". She recently recorded 4 new songs with Chuck Prophet producing. (Chuck was in the band Green on Red and he co-wrote all the songs on Alejandro Escovedo's Real Animal album.)
Jean Caffeine is also a visual artist doing printmaking and mixed media. She worked as an animator in Richard Linklater's "Walking Life" also made a cameo in the movie Slacker. (you must look very carefully:)). She has had solo art exhibitions in the States and Canada and she is currently on sabbatical from Austin woodshedding new music and creating visual art in Toronto, CANADA.
Buy Jean Caffeine music now!
You were amazing today at the Communist's Daughter in Toronto. Thanks Jean for playing Want It Want It - it sounds GREAT acoustic - and for introducing me to a great place I didn't know about in my own city. COME BACK SOON and good luck in N. Carolina! ~John
How is everything up North? I'm living in Austin now, it funny to be back in TExas after all these years . . PLease give me a shout if you ever come back down here
Thanks for playing Roadhouse Rags with us - it was purty damn fun! You sounded wonderful and your harmonies with Dennis super sweet. Please let us know when your new CD is out of the bag : )
