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Originally from Meigs Co., Ohio, singer and songwriter, Jake Dunn writes with a familiar Midwestern heart, singing about love and hope, fear and heartbreak, and a continuing journey for freedom. In 2016, The Blackbirds joined Jake to create their first EP, ‘The Darkness Creeping In’. In 2017 the band their first full-length album ‘Nowhere Feels Like Home’, and have recorded two more albums since. The Blackbirds have all traveled across the Mid-West playing shows and recording albums, to collide soaring guitar solos with dynamic classic rock compositions focusing heavily on lyrics and musicianship while being driven by a solid yet ambitious rhythm section.
The Blackbirds’ most recent album, ‘Sad Songs’, is an ambitious new effort from the group that sends them further into the realm of cosmic American music. It is a new representation of the groups collaborative song crafting skills that embraces their influences, both new and old.
Sad Songs is the 3rd full length record coming from The Blackbirds and has been 2 years in the making, following the release of their second album, Cosmic Americans, released in 2019. For this new endeavor, the band reunited with Cosmic Americans producer and engineer Neil Tuuri at Amish Electric Chair Studios for several weeks of recording and months of post-production engineering.
Backed by drummer Jesse Forrest, bassist Bobby Wheeler, and guitarists Chuck McPeek & Dustin Nash, Jake and the boys have released 3 EPs and 3 full-length records since the formation of The Blackbirds in 2016. The band is once again playing shows all over middle America and is expecting to release even more new music sometime in 2024.
Drums / Jesse Forrest
Guitar / Chuck McPeek
Vocals, Guitar / Jake Dunn
Bass / Bobby Wheeler
Guitar / Dustin Nash
Cosmic Americans
by Jake Dunn & The Blackbirds
All songs written by Jake Dunn & The Blackbirds. All songs mixed and mastered by Neil Tuuri at Amish Electric Chair.
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LIVIN’ (In My Head)
Official Music Video (2021)
ROADSIDE REST
Official Music Video (2019)
Who Do You Hate
Official Music Video (2020)
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"“Cosmic Americans” is a full-throttle Jake Dunn and the Blackbirds album. The boys have found their collective sound as a five-piece, and they’re leaning in hard on their talents. Soaring harmonies, screaming guitar duels, and hooks you’ll be singing days later. The best band in the MOV just released their best album yet. Don’t miss it."
-COREY SHIELDS (HOLD THE NOTE)
"Many of the tracks are slow rollers which build around great songwriting and excellent musicianship, all using different lenses to focus on characters that you'd see on the streets of any small town in working-class America"
-Chad Cochran (Hold The Note)
"Jake Dunn and his boys are crafting music that lies largely at the very American intersection of country music and psychedelic rock."
-Emily Votaw (WOUB PUBLIC MEDIA)
“Jake Dunn & The Blackbirds debut EP is warm, heartfelt, and oozes of homegrown Ohio alt country rock & roll meant for late night whiskey sing-a-longs and long highway drives. “
”The songs are genuine, they rock and are delicate at the same time. Lonesome and reflective like Ryan Adam’s Heartbreaker, Jake Dunn & The Blackbirds are a definitely a band to watch this year. Looking forward to seeing what’s next!”
