L to R: Keith Glass (bass+vocals); Warren namingha (percussion); Dennis Reed Jr (guitar, Harmonica+vocaLs); Andrew GiannI (mandolin, BANJO+vocals); Lainie REID (fiddle, banjo+vocals). PHOTO: CHRIS KALISIAK
ABOUT.
Yellow Jack plays folk and Americana, songs related to Western New York and Erie Canal history, original material, and occasionally amusing interpretations of rock and pop songs.
A CENTURIES-WIDE SAMPLING.
We like to play anything from English and Scottish ballads and reels of Appalachia, to the Carter Family, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Violent Femmes, Michelle Shocked, Bright Eyes and Old Crow Medicine Show.
feel the BUFFALOVE.
The Niagara region has a rich history, some of which survives in song. “Buffalo (The Er-I-E is Rising),” “Low Bridge (Everybody Down!),” “Buffalo Gals,” “White House Blues” (about McKinley’s assassination), as well as lesser-known numbers can usually be heard in our set. Our own contributions to local history in song include “O! Mighty Niagara,” “The Legend of Black Hannah” and “The Battle of Buffalo (The Burning of the City).”
PHOTOS:
Canal Fest 2019 (Photo by Chris Kalisiak)
Dennis at Mark Custom Studio, February 2020
Sportsmens Tavern 2019 (Photo by Elmer Ploetz)
Community Beer Works, February 2020
Pulp 716 / Webster Street, NT, 2019
Andrew at Mark Custom Studio, February 2020
Community Beer Works, February 2020
Canal Fest 2019 (Photo by Chris Kalisiak)
DHU Strand Theater 2019
Canal Fest 2019 (Photo by Chris Kalisiak)
Hot Mama's Canteen, 2019
Canal Fest 2019 (Photo by Chris Kalisiak)
Mohawk Place, 2019
Community Beer Works, February 2020
Rehearsing in Buffalo
Pulp 716 / Webster Street, NT, 2019
Nietzsche's, 2019
Hot Mama's Canteen, 2019
Nietzsche's, 2019
Nietzsche's, 2019
Brownie's, NT, 2019
Nietzsche's, 2019
Guest Ryan Aitcheson at Canal Fest 2019 (Photo by Chris Kalisiak)
Mohawk Place, 2019
Penny Lane Cafe, 2019
Mark Custom Studio, February 2020
