Darren Jack has been playing the live scene for 15 years and keeps getting stronger with every gig. He has appeared at just about every major Blues Festival in Australia and has played along side some of his most important influences. He writes his own music and plays guitar with serious intensity and has a strong warm vocal that makes for a full sound that you could easily forget comes out of a 3 piece band.
Darren has just released his brand new live album "Live at the Bridge Hotel" which captures the honesty and raw energy of what Jacko does best. Playing live.
One of Australia’s leading Blues musicians, Jack has opened and shared the stage with such artists as: Robert Cray (USA), Jimmie Vaughan (USA), Canned Heat (USA), Ford Blues Band (USA), George Thorogood (USA), Chris Cain (USA), Andy Just (USA), Long John Baldry (UK), Kevin Borich, Ian Moss,
Jeff Lang, Phil Emmanuel, Dave Hole, and Chain. Jack has also appeared at most major Blues Festivals
in and around Australia.
East Coast Blues Festival - Byron Bay, Great Southern Blues Festival - Narooma, Thredbo Blues Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Australian Blues Music Festival - Goulburn, Southern Blues and Roots Festival
- Hobart, Gympie Music Festival, Cross Roads Festival - Central Coast, and Manly Jazz Festival, Blues on Broadbeach - Broadbeach, Bridgetown Blues Festival W.A. & The Forth Valley Blues Festival Launceston
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For more information on Darren Jack and The Darren Jack Band, check out:
http://www.myspace.com/darrenjack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCWlC2uPc7s
or email: [email protected]
Phone: 0417 458 646 Mail: PO Box 580 Forster NSW 2428
Article from "THE DRUM MEDIA" #598 14th May 2002 by Andrew Williams Drum Blues
Local blues guitar hotshot Darren Jack has just released his new CD. Titled Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing the CD features ten tracks, six penned and co-penned by Jack and a few selected covers from the likes of the Linda Ronstadt - famed You’re No Good, Stevie Wonder’s To Know You is to Love You, Andy Just’s Backtrackin’ and Ten Years After’s Feel it for Me. Every once in a while this here blues column receives a CD that makes me stop whatever else it is that I’m doing and really take note.
When I popped Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing into the blues CD player, this is exactly what I did. The young man may be known as a hotshot guitarist, however Jack’s vocals stand along side of his guitar talents. Jack’s vocals are well beyond his years and his guitar work, although very Stevie Ray Vaughan, is very tasteful indeed. The CD sees Jack pull out of his Third Degree backing band and bring in the likes of Ian Lees (bass), Calvin Welch (drums), Lachlan Doley (Hammond) and Wayne Jury (backing vocals on four of the tracks). Jack may have dropped the Third Degree from his backing band’s name, but there is plenty of fire in this young blues man. This here blues column advises that this CD is a must buy.
You can catch Darren Jack performing the CD live this Friday night at Sydney - blues.com - Empire Hotel in Annandale @ 5pm. Head along and catch one of this countries finest blues guitarist’s/vocalist’s. Jack will also have copies of the CD on sale on the night.