Mitch Jacobs is part Johnny Cash toughness, part Roy Orbison vulnerability, part Marty Robbins country crooning, and a heaping helping of Mitch Jacobs Texas bravado baritone. And speaking of Robbins, Mitch’s original tune, “Rosa’s Cantina,” is a respectful sequel to Marty’s story of such a place in his classic track, “El Paso.” This is the jukebox world in which Mitch Jacobs’ music resides.
Each of the four tracks on his latest EP recalls a time when folks like Johnny, Roy, and Marty kept jukeboxes blaring, but make no mistake, this is a record for 2011. Al Staehely’s topical original, the big and brassy “Who’s Gonna Bail Me Out,” wonders aloud when the rest of us get the Goldman Sachs treatment in these tough economic times, while Bill Browder’s “Lonely Tonight” provides Mitch a soaring setting for singing a heartfelt ballad.
A tear-in-my-beer barroom jukebox is where it belongs. The unforgettable rocker “What’s So Hard About Love,” co-written by label mates Freddie Steady Krc and Cam King, gets the
full Tex-Mex treatment. This latest release from Mitch and the guys is just like a Mitch Jacobs Band live show. It’s a Gulf Coast Jamboree.
—Rush Evans, SteadyBoy Records
SteadyBoy Records
steadyboyrecords.com
fkrc@austin.rr.com
512.441.5619
Press/Publicity
rushkevans@yahoo.com
512.964.7874
Distribution
Burnside Distribution
6635 N. Baltimore Ave., Suite 285
Portland, OR 97203 503.231.0876
Wholesale CD $5.10,
suggested retail 7.99
Bar Code: 614511776929
The much anticipated first-release is available now in stores across the nation featuring Mitch and the band with notable sidemen like Cam King, Lloyd Maines, Floyd Domino and more. Twelve songs let the boys stretch their legs and early reviews are more than positive!
The CD is showing up on European radio! Hillbilly Rockhouse out of Berlin, Germany has been spinning Mitch's music across the pond! Legendary English-born country artist Wes McGhee says "Now there are singers who can put over a song and there are those blessed with incredible voices, very few have both. Mitch has both AND then some!" Read Wes' journal on his shows with MJB at Wes' News Page.
Go out and git yerself a copy today!
SteadyBoy Records
steadyboyrecords.com
fkrc@austin.rr.com
512.441.5619
Press/Publicity
rushkevans@yahoo.com
512.964.7874
Distribution
Burnside Distribution
6635 N. Baltimore Ave., Suite 285
Portland, OR 97203 503.231.0876