He has a most unique soaring falsetto and a wild eyes rolled in the back of his head fierce guitar style. He writes original songs, including a fantastic song about Freedom (the gas station). Jaik's sound is somewhere between Anti-Folk and The Band and it is unlike anything I've heard from anyone else. His energy is fierce, his vocal range is inhuman, his beard is long. You've gotta check this guy out. - ( Independent Media Center 8/03 )
Jaik is a hardcore troubador somewhere inbetween Steve Earle and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He has wandered around the USA like a modern minstrel, surfing sofas, car camping, and paying dues to sing the blues. It is a high energy solo show featuring Jaik's horn-like voice darting around a blistering broken-string approach to his acoustic flying V guitar, with original songs that are accessible, and message driven - (Chicago Jams 2005)
A month ago at rhythm of the river music fest you played a set inside the church building. Mostly blues. I havnt had the opportunity to hear much blues live sadly but I have watched a shit ton of videos online and your one of the best one man band blues acts I’ve ever seen. The way your voice echoed in that church man. Maybe it was the drugs but I was legit crying. Beautiful dude you have so much soul!
A month ago at rhythm of the river music fest you played a set inside the church building. Mostly blues. I havnt had the opportunity to hear much blues live sadly but I have watched a shit ton of videos online and your one of the best one man band blues acts I’ve ever seen. The way your voice echoed in that church man. Maybe it was the drugs but I was legit crying. Beautiful dude you have so much soul!
thanks man, that was a fun set. I was hoping someone would play the pipe organ they had there. The closest to there i have any shows coming up is Clermont IA September 14 for a small festival called Hennyville. If you know of anywhere closer that would hire me in I'm always game.
Hey man I'm studying your percussive rendition of this tune. Are u using your left hand to mute the strings when doing a percussive strum or do you use your right hand to do a simultaneous strum and palm mute? And do you percussive strum at every 2, 4 beats even at the first bar cycle of the riff?
Thanks ! I really like this one, it’s a 1946 or so Epiphone Triumph, back when they were producing arguably some of the nicest archtop guitars ever made. I have it in drop C for this song. I think i had just gotten it when i recorded this gig.
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I love how you get the drums in there with what is a surprisingly difficult song to play and sing at the same time. And you're playing it with a flatpick, unlike almost everybody else I've ever seen play this. Nice!
