The Jackelope Blog

The Story:

Folk with a twang and a bite = Fang. Jackelope plays Fang. Fang is not country, or alt.country, its not bluegrass or newgrass, its not rock, not indie, no whining, no screaming, just characters passing through a time they only sometimes understand. Jackelope's songs tell a story that is only partly complete, incorporating influences as diverse as Cuban bass legend Cachao to The Kinks to Camper Van Beethoven.

From the story of the old lady sitting on her porch reminiscing of her days as a Rodeo Queen to Billy Witt and his quest to build a perpetual motion machine. The stories are timeless yet timely, the songs catchy not cloying. Check us out.

The Band

Sean Sullivan - Sings and plays guitar. Sean is a verteran of several bands from the seminal scene of Portland, OR in the early nineties. He played bass for Billy Pilgrim and fronted the band Woodpussy that was known for its stagecraft inclduing donut wars with the audience during the song "Bad Cop No Donut". Sean writes most of the songs for Jackelope.

Jot Taylor - Luthier, boat builder, flamenco wizard, hoarder of rare and exquisite guitars, Jot plays bass for the Jackelope.

Trent Jones - Man of mystery, Trent is well known on the local scene for his relentless gigging, fronting his own band The Relaxers, plays bass in The Beat Preachers, Drums for 400 Plastic Dragons and does weird things for Joe Cocker Manifesto. Trent also runs a North Shore of Boston music website

Jeff Murray - Jeff plays mandolin and electric mandolin. He also fronts his own bands The Giant Melons and The Beat Preachers.