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Over the years there have been many stories
written about Jake Banta, and Jake's Blues.
Here are a few you are sure to enjoy reading.
For press kits with sample music,
and/or high resolution print quality photos, permissions and more,
contact Lisa Bower at
JakesBlues@GMail.com
Quote from Dirty Dog Live Music TV:
October 2011

Musicians are like looking at the stars in the sky on a clear night.
Some are brilliant and shine brightly against the darkness, standing
out above all of the others. Some stars are newly forming and have not
yet reached their full splendor. Others shine magnificently for years,
then burn away quickly leaving a trail of glory for those lucky enough
to have seen them.

Big Music has a way of only letting some stars shine, not always the
best or most deserving. It didn't used to be that way. Before, only
the best were given that place in Big Music's sky. Now they dress
their stars up in outrageous costume, manufacture their vocals with
synthetic digital enhancements, and pander them to young unsuspecting
star-gazers. But they bypass a whole audience of us more experienced
astronomers, who aren't so easily fooled, and still demand excellence from those we observe and appreciate.

Jake Banta is a true star in the sky. He is exceptional in that he is not
only trail-blazing with a new sound and his own funky-blues/rock, but
he is also a hero, a man who literally puts his life on the line for
his country, and his family. He has simply not been discovered nationally
yet, but when it happens, he'll have the substance and talent to shine
brightly for many years.

Jake writes. He composes. He puts down his guns, picks up his guitars
and rocks like a superstar, commanding his audience, taking them with
him on his travels through melody and time, and he gently deposits them
on the other side of their own reality, exhausted, emotionally spent, and
oftentimes, in tears.
"He's not an unsung hero, he's a patriot that sings."
~Dirty Dog Live Music TV
WJET TV Erie PA