The members of Jump Back Jake are unabashed in their love of Memphis soul. Frontman Jack Rabinbach actually moved there from Brooklyn in 2006 specifically to start an R&B-based rock band after reading Peter Guralnick’s Sweet Soul Music. They don’t exactly look the part—they look like four indie-rock kids fresh out of college—but they’ve come up with a soul-drenched document that sounds both contemporary and totally old-school with their debut album, Brooklyn Hustle/Memphis Muscle, the first record from a brand-new label associated with the legendary Ardent Studios. The band’s garage-funk and Rabinbach’s gruff voice are embellished on Brooklyn Hustle by horns and organ, landing it somewhere between Alex Chilton’s Box Tops and Booker T and the MGs. (Matthew Everett)
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memphismusicfan writes:
Jump Back Jake is great but I hear the opener, The Bulletproof Vests (also from Memphis), are not to be missed. If you enjoy 60's-inspired Garage and Pop like the Reigning Sound, etc. then you're going to love The Bulletproof Vests. Probably the best regional band that no one has heard of.
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