Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons Celebrate Release of 'Weird Blood' With Performance at Rough Trade on 2/6

By: Jan. 24, 2018
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Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons Celebrate Release of 'Weird Blood' With Performance at Rough Trade on 2/6

Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons will celebrate the release of Weird Blood on Cavity Search Records with a performance atRough Trade (64 North 9th St, Brooklyn, NY; Doors 7:30pm, Show 8:30pm, 21+, $10/12) in Brooklyn on Tuesday, February 6th. Eric Ambel (the Del-lords, the Yayhoos, Roscoe's Gang, Steve Earle, Joan Jett) celebrated guitar player, producer and former owner of Lakeside Lounge, will open the show.

Listen to Weird Blood here.

Weird Blood is Joseph's third album released in as many years with his band the Jackmormons, Steve Drizos on drums and Steven James Wright on bass, and produced by Dave Schools (J Mascis and the Fog, Hard Working Americans, Stockholm Syndrome). Glide Magazine premiered the album opener, "Sweet Baba Jay", "reminiscent of Elvis Costello but with more of a defiant punk edge... the song taps into a sort of UK pub rock glory, but with Joseph's own unique and vivid storytelling at the helm." Read and listen here.

The prolific writer has released more than 30 records and has a catalog of over 250 original songs and counting. Joseph has always stayed busy on the road, not only touring the US but also far-flung, under-explored locales. In the past couple years, he has traveled to war-torn regions to bring supplies and teach and share music. In 2015, he brought instruments and volunteered as a music instructor at an underground co-ed rock school in Kabul, Afghanistan. This past Spring, he brought guitars and supplies and taught and performed for the residents of a permanent refugee camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

"For me, it was pretty profound. There were these teenage girls learning to play, Syrian Kurds. I wonder sometimes about the power or magic of music, but we certainly attach a lot to it. I think that there are these moments that I've found where music does make a difference. Showing these kids how to play a few guitar chords or teaching them 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley and teaching them about empowerment. It doesn't matter if it's clay or dance shoes, no one can take it away from you. They can take the guitar or the paint, but they can't take your creative thinking. A lot of these kids and adults feel isolated and alone, and you go, 'Here [hand them a guitar and a social media account], You're not alone. You're part of something beautiful and bigger.'"

Jerry recently played with Jenny Conlee (The Decemberists) and Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) at the Help the Hoople Benefit for Scott McCaughey in Portland (here's a sample of the performance).

We have limited guest list spots available for the show on February 6th. If you are interested in coming to the show or receiving music, please contact Patrice Fehlen at September Gurl Music.

Catch Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons on tour:
1/31 Washington, DC - Gypsy Sally's
2/1 Baltimore, MD - The 8 x 10
2/2 Harrisburg, PA - The Abbey Bar @ Appalachian Brewing
2/3 Richmond, VA - Private Event
2/5 Somerville, MA - Thunder Road
2/6 Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade
2/8 Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live
3/1 Mill Valley, CA - Sweetwater Music Hall
3/2 Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place
3/3 Los Angeles, CA - Hotel Cafe

ABOUT JERRY JOSEPH
Joseph is a prolific and accomplished songwriter, writing hits for Widespread Panic and releasing 30 albums in his 30+ year career; as a solo artist, with the Jackmormons, supergroup Stockholm Syndrome, his burning two-piece The Denmark Veseys, or originally, with his beloved 80s cult band, Little Women.

Joseph is also a relentless live performer, playing over 150 shows a year across the globe. He has toured with Vic Chesnutt, Chris Whitley and Walter Salas-Humara, among others. His recent musical travels include a stint volunteering as a rock school music teacher in Kabul, Afghanistan; touring Costa Rica's Pacific Coast with the Jackmormons; and solo tours in Ireland, England and France as well as performances in Nicaragua, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Nepal, Lebanon, Germany, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Norway, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Brussels, Czech Republic, Iceland, Mexico, and Israel. Over the years, Joseph and his Jackmormons have shown a penchant for picking a spot on a map, taking over a town, and putting on a festival. They released a live concert DVD of one such festival, Nicaragua, recorded over three nights just outside of Rivas, Nicaragua.

Joseph was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in October 2015. For more information, go to JerryJoseph.com.

Eric Ambel is a celebrated guitar-player who has made enduring music as a solo artist and as a member of the Del-lords, the Yayhoos and his own legendary combo Roscoe's Gang. His inventive guitar work has graced albums by everyone from Steve Earle to Joan Jett to Run-DMC. He is also a producer of note and co-owner of Cowboy Technical Services in Brooklyn. Ambel released his 4th studio record titled Lakeside in 2016. It's a rough and tumble tribute to the bar he owned for 16 years in NYC's East Village. "As dirty and messy as Ambel can get, there's a level of craft in what he does that's rarely seen these days. And while he's known first and foremost as a guitarist, he really hit the vocals out of the park here. Other guys get old and reedy and raspy; Ambel sounds about 25, full of piss and vinegar." - New York Music Daily
Ericambel.com.


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