Tour Dates Bio "Blues man Jake La Botz came up the right-proper, fucking hard way: a teen renegade on the streets of Chicago, dabbling in a mixture of antisocial activities (from car theft to jabbing up his own rudimentary tattoos) and exploring the rich, deep blues tradition as a street singer (with Chi-town legend Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis) and beside Delta-blues originator “Honeyboy” Edwards. That lovely, lurid background forged a musical power that, as heard on his current CD, Graveyard Jones, demonstrates not only an innate mastery of the blues, but also displays what he calls a “condensed rock & roll mythology.” - L.A. Weekly For the last several years Jake has become known for his Tattoo Across America Tour where he performs at tattoo shops. "Jake La Botz is a creator of dark poetry and haunting song, the kind of music that gets in your bones and rides you for days, a sound and vision only those who've been to the bottom and clawed their way back up can generate. His midnight gifts evoke Hank Williams and Skip James as much as Tom Waits and Dylan. Not everybody will get this music - because not everybody is ready for the truth. --Jerry Stahl (author of Permanent Midnight) "Jake is the modern day Hank Williams." --Steve Buscemi (Actor-Director) "sadder than hell balladry, razor sharp testifying, storied takes on loneliness, beatnik-on-the-Mexican-border music, coffeehouse chic. This is music from a deep well, a blues with country, folk and sharply observed lyrics... as affecting as a shot of overproof rum on a hot day." Tattoo Magazine DISCOGRAPHY: I'm a Crow - Charnel Ground Records (2009) Sing This To Yourself - Charnel Ground Records (2008) Graveyard Jones - Charnel Ground Records (2006) All Soul And No Money - Joseph Street Records (2004) Used To Be - Utel Records (2002) The Original Soundtrack To My Nightmare - Spinout Records (2000) FILM APPEARANCES: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter directed by Timur Bekmambetov On The Road directed by Walter Salles Fully Loaded directed by Shira Piven Sinners and Saints directed by William Kaufman Rambo directed by Sylvester Stallone Animal Factory directed by Steve Buscemi Lonesome Jim directed by Steve Buscemi Ghost World directed by Terry Zwygoff Thirteen Moons directed by Alexander Rockwell The Grey directed by Shane Taylor One Night With You directed by Joe D'Augustine