Jake La Botz
Encyclopedia
Jake La Botz is an American
blues
singer-songwriter
from Chicago
. He is also an actor
.
La Botz learned the blues from Maxwell Street
veterans Jimmy Davis, David Honeyboy Edwards
and Homesick James
. In 2006, he created what he called the "tattoo circuit" by doing the world's first-ever tour of tattoo
shops, the Tattoo Across America Tour. He has acted in several film
s including Animal Factory
, Ghost World
and the 2008 installment of Rambo
. In Rambo, he played the role of a mercenary hired to rescue Christian missonaries captured by the Burmese army.
A 2002 Billboard
article said he learned from Chicago's old time blues musicians in an early period when he was playing in subways and on the street, as depicted in "Honky, the 1998 documentary, before he began acting and making albums. One of his mentors was David "Honeyboy" Edwards.
He is the son of Dan La Botz
, prominent Ohio
Socialist activist, who ran for Senate
in 2010. He is the son of Barbara Quimba (formerly LaBotz); Jake is also the older brother of Leon del Muerte and a sister, Stacy Robinson.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
from Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. He is also an actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
La Botz learned the blues from Maxwell Street
Maxwell Street
Maxwell Street is an east-west street in Chicago, Illinois that intersects with Halsted Street just south of Roosevelt Road. It runs at 1330 South in the numbering system running from 500 West to 1126 West. The Maxwell Street neighborhood is considered part of the Near West Side and is one of the...
veterans Jimmy Davis, David Honeyboy Edwards
David Honeyboy Edwards
David "Honeyboy" Edwards was a Delta blues guitarist and singer from the American South. Edwards was the last Delta bluesman before his 2011 death.-Life and career:Edwards was born in Shaw, Mississippi...
and Homesick James
Homesick James
Homesick James was an American blues musician. He most notably played slide guitar, and recorded covers of "Stones In My Passway" and "Homesick"...
. In 2006, he created what he called the "tattoo circuit" by doing the world's first-ever tour of tattoo
Tattoo
A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes...
shops, the Tattoo Across America Tour. He has acted in several film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s including Animal Factory
Animal Factory
Animal Factory is a 2000 American film about life in prison, set in San Quentin and directed by Steve Buscemi.-Plot:Edward Furlong plays a young man named Ron Decker, who is sent to prison for drug possession, and Willem Dafoe is veteran con Earl Copen who takes Decker under his wing and introduces...
, Ghost World
Ghost World
Ghost World is a comic book written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized in issues #11 through #18 of Clowes's comic book series Eightball, and was first published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books...
and the 2008 installment of Rambo
Rambo (film)
Rambo is a 2008 German/American Action film starring Sylvester Stallone returning and reprising his famous role as legendary Cold War/Vietnam veteran John Rambo. Stallone also co-wrote and directed the film. It is the fourth and most recent installment in the Rambo franchise, twenty years since...
. In Rambo, he played the role of a mercenary hired to rescue Christian missonaries captured by the Burmese army.
A 2002 Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
article said he learned from Chicago's old time blues musicians in an early period when he was playing in subways and on the street, as depicted in "Honky, the 1998 documentary, before he began acting and making albums. One of his mentors was David "Honeyboy" Edwards.
He is the son of Dan La Botz
Dan La Botz
Daniel H. La Botz is a prominent American labor union activist, academic, journalist, and author. He was a co-founder of Teamsters for a Democratic Union and has written extensively on worker rights in the United States and Mexico...
, prominent Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
Socialist activist, who ran for Senate
United States Senate election in Ohio, 2010
The 2010 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 2, 2010, as one of many Ohio elections in 2010. Incumbent two-term Republican U.S. Senator George Voinovich decided to retire instead of seeking a third term...
in 2010. He is the son of Barbara Quimba (formerly LaBotz); Jake is also the older brother of Leon del Muerte and a sister, Stacy Robinson.
Discography
- Original Soundtrack to my Nightmare (1999)
- Used to Be (2001)
- All Soul and No Money (2004)
- Graveyard Jones (2006)
- Sing This To Yourself (2008)
- I'm A Crow (2009)
External links
- Jake La Botz official website