Jacob Carver

Genre: Rock
Secondary Genre: Americana Seattle, Washington USA Contact

The introspection of John Lennon or Elvis Costello with the fiery passion of Nick Cave or Bruce Springsteen, Jake takes his band from subdued yet energetic slow moments to the clang and stomp of anthemic rock in one set.

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Biography

Jake Carver grew up in North Dakota without access to alternative radio, independent record stores, or even coffeeshops. Unable to take the Top 40 of the time, he found refuge in a classic rock station where he discovered deep cuts of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Blind Faith, Traffic, and others. While coming of age as a songwriter in the indie rock movement, he always returned to the sounds of the 1970s, forging a sound simultaneously nostalgic and new.

Jake plied his trade as an acoustic singer/songwriter for many years from Austin, Texas to Seattle, Washington. After releasing one full-length CD, Done Gone, as a solo artist, he decided he wanted to create songs with instruments closer to the ones in his head, and he allied with a full spectrum of backing musicians in the making of his second CD, Only Too Well, which came out in December of 2008. While he still picks up and plays his acoustic guitar, he has no plans to return to a solo act any time soon.

Instrumentation

Jacob Carver - vocals, guitars, harmonica, organ
Travis Hartnett - guitars
Tom Albers - guitars, lap steel, mandolin
Van Bergen - keyboards
Brad Gibson - drums
Darren Ross - bass

Discography

Done Gone -- July 2007
Only Too Well -- December 2008

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Photo Gallery

  • Among the trees

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  • Jacob Carver

  • Ready to fight

  • Walking through the grass

  • Live and alone at a coffeehouse in Seattle

  • Promotional shot over breakfast

  • In the studio for the recording of Only Too Well

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  • On the set of the video for "Come Crawling"

  • Before the red fan

  • Through the umbrella...

Press

  • For "Only Too Well," by Matheson Kamin, The Rock and Roll Report [+ Show ]

    This new album not only showcases Carver's writing style, it also proves that he has become a talent...

Setlist

Currently, Jake and the band have one set prepared which clocks in at around 45-55 minutes, although this can be adjusted up or down as the situation warrants.

1 - Resistance
2 - Bourbon and Blood
3 - Come Crawling
4 - 1989
5 - Highway Miles
6 - Bitterhanded
7 - All We Were Asking
8 - Alameda
9 - Pain and Glory

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