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Big Rude Jake

Members:	Jake
Genre:	Original Music in the American Songbook Tradition ... and then some.
Hometown:	Toronto
Record Label:	Big Rude Records

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Website:	http://www.bigrudejake.ca/ http://www.myspace.com/therealbigrudejak... http://cdbaby.com/cd/bigrudejake1 http://cdbaby.com/cd/bigrudejake2 http://cdbaby.com/cd/bigrudejake3 http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src... http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=... http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24... http://www.bluemercurycoupe.com
Current Location:	Toronto
Booking Agent:	Bob Wilson, LiveTour Artists: bob@livetourartists.com
Biography:	----------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for stopping by the BRJ fan page! For specific bio information, i.e. stories about the distant past, please check out bigrudejake.ca. For the purposes of this page, I'd like to tell you what's going on right now. Right now, Big Rude Jake is working on a new album. The songs and performances on this new record have been inspired by a series of interesting events that began in the summer of 2004. Back then, trumpeter and Big Rude Jake alumnus Michael Johnson introduced me to Shamez Amlani, proprietor of La Palette Restaurant in Kensington Market, here in Toronto. Shamez asked me to come in and play dinner music for his customers. I recommended that I play and sing my favourite music on acoustic guitar to create a unique atmosphere. He booked me in his room once a week for the summer and fall. It turned out to be a lot of fun and I started to get excited about being a solo guitar player again. Soon after, other solo gigs followed. I started playing uptown at a restaurant called Bon Vivant, and I doing solo gigs in Guelph and at the Boathouse in Kitchener. It was only a matter of time before I started writing music that was designed to be heard in this format, i.e. with me featured on acoustic guitar. One thing led to another and I took my dinner music act to the fabulous Drake Hotel on Queen St every Sunday. I was also getting booked for private dinner parties, garden parties, and starting to sit in on jams at late night 'salon' parties hosted by Jaymz Bee at his swinging pad, "Timely Manor". Soon afterwards, I made the acquaintance of a man who would take the new Jake sound and help to give it wings! Producer Gary Justice of RevSound, and I, began discussing the possibilities of starting a new chapter in the song writing career of Big Rude Jake. After a year of woodshedding, workshopping, and experimenting, we came up with an ingenious new feel for BRJ. It’s mellow, focused and eclectic, while still true to the passion and engaging spirit of the original Big Rude Jake style. In a sense, this new sound is more akin to my original artistic intentions, because now fans and newcomers alike can really hear the lyrics and appreciate the intentions of the compositions. You could say that the 'big suit party animal' persona which epitomized BRJ in the '90's often eclipsed the power within the music itself. This new album, to be entitled Quicksand, will bring to light an aspect of the music which I sometimes felt was lost in all of the hype. When you join this page, we'll be sending you notifications of upcoming events so that you can check out the new sound for yourself. As well, we'll keep you posted on the occasional old-school Jake big band gig which will happen occasionally, and some of my solo work too. In the meantime, please leave a message and say hello! Sincerely, Big Rude Jake (read less) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for stopping by the BRJ fan page! For specific bio information, i.e. stories about the distant past, please check out bigrudejake.ca. For the purposes of this page, I'd like to tell you what's going on right now. Right now, Big Rude Jake is working on a new album. The songs and performances on this new record have been inspired by a series of interesting events that began in the summer of 2004. Back then, trumpeter a... (read more)

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Julia wrote at 5:05pm on August 25th, 2008

I saw you at the Montreal Jazz fest this year for the first time and i absolutely love. I was one of those kids "dancing" in the rain, you played queer for cat for us!

Tammy wrote at 7:44pm on August 21st, 2008

You'll still hear Blue Pariah playing downtown bars Sudbury - has it sadly been that long? Wonderful to hear you!

Big Rude Jake wrote at 1:24pm on August 19th, 2008

http://therecord.blogs.com/withinearshot/2008/08/big-brother-is.html
If you're actually looking to be thoroughly entertained tonight, avoid the TV entirely and head to The Boathouse in Victoria Park, where Big Rude Jake is playing. Big Rude Jake is a skillion times better than Big Brother.

Big Rude Jake -- a small, polite fellow actually named Andrew -- plays blues-swing-jazz-rock-ska-dixieland-rockabilly-R&B-punk music. He's dang good. If you can't make to the Boathouse tonight, don't fret: Big Rude Jake is playing there every Thursday this month. So there's really no excuse to watch Big Brother.

Big Rude Jake wrote at 9:39pm on August 15th, 2008

The Road Outta Hell:
http://www.nme.com/video/id/nfF-jyB9QnY/search/nff

Kevin wrote at 4:02am on August 12th, 2008

Thursday AUG. 14, 21 & 28 JAKE performs @ the Boathouse in Kitchener
Hope to see ya there, full band on the 14th special guest Jon Knight, sean Pinchin & Tyler Smith

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Jake Sings at the Pasy Cline Tribute

The 3rd Annual Patsy Cline Birthday Show! Wednesday, 10 September 2008 Heather Morgan hosts a stellar evening of top notch performers doing their favorite Patsy Cline songs.

August 26