AMERICANARAMA!
Yellow Jack plays folk and Americana songs, songs related to Western New York and Erie Canal history, original material, and occasionally amusing interpretations of contemporary rock and pop songs.
ADMIRED ARTISTS.
We enjoy the Carter Family, Charlie Poole, Woody Guthrie, Memphis Jug Band, Jean Ritchie, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Violent Femmes, Billy Bragg, Michelle Shocked, Bright Eyes, Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Devil Makes Three and Asleep at the Wheel, among others.
BUFFALOVE.
Many of our songs relate to Buffalo-Niagara history: “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 Hannah Johnson” and “The Battle of Buffalo (The Burning of the City).”
PHOTOS:
Canal Fest 2019 (Photo by Chris Kalisiak)
Somewhere on the Ridge Road, 2020
Lockport, 2020
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
