SUN, APRIL 28: DAVID JACOBS-STRAIN to play House Concert in Corte Madera
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Virtuosic slide guitarist and storyteller, David Jacobs-Strain, brings his passionate performance to a house concert in Corte Madera on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 7:00p.m. A bridge between today’s indie folk troubadours and the delta guitar slingers of the 1930′s, Jacobs-Strain a six-foot-two Jewish blues singer from Oregon, a Stanford drop-out in a trucker hat, and a Left Coast poet; one part Leo Kottke, one part Ken Kesey, and one part Robert Johnson.
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Known for both his virtuosity and spirit of emotional abandon, Jacobs-Strain's live show moves from humorous, subversive blues, to delicate balladry before swinging back to swampy rock and roll.
"I try to make art that you can dance to, but I love that darker place, where in my mind, Skip James, Nick Drake, and maybe Elliot Smith blur together." Jacobs-Strain's new album, Geneseo [Release Date: June 25, 2013], speaks of open roads, longing hearts and flashbacks of Oregon — a record of emotions big and small, and lyrics that turn quickly from literal to figurative. "I'm fascinated by the way that rural blues inscribes movement and transience," says Jacobs-Strain. "The music that frees a singer keeps them on the run; there's a crossroads where a thing can be enchanting but dangerous; damaging but beautiful."
David Jacobs-Strain has appeared at festivals from British Columbia to Australia, including Merlefest, Telluride Blues Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly, Bumbershoot, and Blues to Bop in Switzerland. He has instructed at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch, and at fifteen years old was on the faculty at Centrum's Blues and Heritage workshop. On the road, he’s shared the stage with Lucinda Williams, Boz Scaggs (more than 60 shows), Etta James, The Doobie Brothers, George Thorogood, Robert Earle Keen, Todd Snider, Taj Mahal, Janis Ian, Tommy Emmanuel, Bob Weir, T-Bone Burnett, and Del McCoury.
David Jacobs-Strain’s new release will be available June 2013. For more information about David and Geneseo, go to www.davidjacobs-strain.com.
