Jack Heads South

Posted on 04/12/2012 by Kristine

Jack and the Jasons (Bowman and Mercer) are down in West Virginia for a spell to play some shows for the locals and soak up some good southern vibes. Tonight they’re appearing at PJ Kelly’s in Clarksburg (birthplace of Stonewall Jackson), which looks like they offer some pretty good burgers to chow down on, or maybe you’d prefer a fried bologna sandwich. Everything is better when it’s fried. April 13, they mosey over to Thomas to play at the Purple Fiddle. They cross the Mason-Dixon line to perform at the Garry Owen Irish Pub in Gettysburg before returning to the concrete jungle of home.

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Going Back to Dunmore

Posted on 03/12/2012 by Kristine

Jack has been invited back to the Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival for the 4th time. The festival takes place in beautiful Dunmore East on Ireland’s east coast August 23 through 26. Check out the video below for highlights from a previous festival, featuring Jack and co. entertaining the audience with a rollicking performance of “Big Bear”.

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Live at the Acoustic Grill Reviewed in Canada

Posted on 03/11/2012 by Kristine

Jack and buddy Luther Wright recently got a nice tip of the hat from Canada’s Exclaim Magazine for the upcoming Live At The Acoustic Grill, recorded last year on one of Jack’s many sojourns north of the border.

“The friendship between Grace, a New Yorker, and Wright, former Weeping Tile guitarist and mastermind behind the Wrongs, is genuine. Both share a skill at painting perfect vignettes with their songs – some humorous, some heartbreaking – but always drawn from real life. This album captures them together on Wright’s home turf near Kingston, ON in front of an intimate audience, featuring a stellar guest appearance by Canadian folk legend Dan Whiteley on mandolin. It’s essentially a showcase of both Grace and Wright’s best material, and since many Canadians might already be acquainted with some of the latter’s tunes, such as “Luther’s Got the Blues” and “Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs,” the treat is getting familiar with Grace’s deft lyricism on such offerings as “Cigarettes” and “Stayin’ Out All Night.” The natural interplay between the two makes one wonder what they could do if they truly put their heads together to make an album. But for now, Live At The Acoustic Grill will have to serve as a charming document of what was undoubtedly a special night.

Read it online here.

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