Jack & the Bear
Detroit, Michigan, United States | SELF
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“Joining The Homeville Circle is up-and-coming Monroe, MI outfit Jack & The Bear. In the new wave of indie roots exploration, Jack & The Bear have emerged along the likes of The Avett Brothers and Mumford & Sons with a touch of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, exploring the melody of folk and roots music that's just generationally enough in touch to draw from while filling in the gaps for the future. This seven piece ensemble has wowed local audiences in its short time on the scene, carrying a passion for re-ignited folk music and possibility along with them.”
- — Ryan A. Bunch , Toledo City Paper
“Consisting of two sets of brothers and a family friend, there is a sense of comfort in Jack & the Bear’s recording process that gives the sound some much-apprieciated togetherness. The use of 4 part harmonies as well as an exotic mixture of instruments (mandolin, trombone, trumpets and accordion, to name just a few) make this group stand on their own. If this track is any indication, this great nation has another rollicking folk band to savor.”
- — Bryan Vaughn , Paper Garden Records
Discography
Still working on that hot first release.
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Bio
In the midst of what could be the largest movement in folk-rock music since the 1960's, revolutionary sounds from sensations such as The Avett Brothers and Mumford & Sons open new doors. With a similar sound and an admirable aspiration, Jack & the Bear was birthed in the downriver town of Monroe, Michigan in the the summer of 2010.
Named after an inspirational figure in lead singer Brandon Schreiber's life along with the initials of the founding members of the group, the five-piece band hit the ground running with the writing of their self-titled EP, which received a self-distributed release in the spring of 2011.
With the core of the group made of two sets of brothers and an outlier family friend, collaborating comes comfortably and naturally to the band. Writers Brandon Schreiber and Ryan Servis provide a unique blend of two musical backgrounds; traditional guitar stylings of artists such as Neil Young and Glen Hansard meet new-wave cascading instrumentals found in songs of Radiohead and Beirut. The use of four part harmony and instruments such as mandolin, trombone, and accordion in many of their songs set the group aside from many others.
All songs composed and arranged by Jack & The Bear.
Jack & The Bear is:
Brandon James Schreiber / Evan Russell Close / Adam Bradley Schreiber / Ryan Mathew Servis / Ryan Dale Close
Horn Section - Jonathan Thomas Rains / Christina Rachel Schreiber (read less)
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