Jump, Little Children

Jump, Little Children ( JLC, Jump ( Little Children ) or Jump), is an American indie rock band that was founded in Charleston, South Carolina in 1991. Soon, they played their first concert in Winston- Salem, North Carolina, but it took until 1994 before a firm line-up revealed. The band members have since:

  • Vocals and Guitar: Jay Clifford
  • Tin whistle, harmonica, accordion, melodica and mandolin: Matthew Bivins
  • Guitar and cello: Ward Williams
  • Bass: Jonathan Gray
  • Drums: Evan Bivins

Michael Bellar and Amanda Kapasouz are often referred to as the sixth and seventh member of the band, as they are also represented on many boards. The band's name derives from a song title by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, the Jump, Little Children, in their early stages, often played.

On 16 June 2005, the band announced that they no longer plan from year to tour again. However, it was not impossible that they will absorb more material in the future. The end of 2005 drummer Evan Bivins said in an interview: " We have always said ' never say never ', but this will be the last shows we have planned for the end of last year. . "

Band History

All band members except Jonathan Gray visited the ' North Carolina School of the Arts ' in Winston- Salem. At college times they began playing together Celtic music and soon traveled Clifford, pollen, and the Bivins brothers to Dublin and Boston to musically bring the finishing touch. As pollen left the band to join a religious cult, joined the former classmate Ward Williams and Jonathan Gray of the band.

In the next few years, JLC made ​​as a street musician in Charleston a name and came so quickly to larger gigs. Since they had gathered in this way a remarkable fan base, they signed their first record deal in 1998 with Breaking Records, a subsidiary of Atlantic led by Hootie and the Blowfish.

There JLC then published her first studio album ' Magazine'. The single ' Cathedrals ' was played nationwide on the radio and also used in a scene of the television series Everwood in 2003, but Atlantic Records ended its involvement in Breaking Records a few weeks before the scheduled release of the second JLC - album ' Vertigo '. There the band managed to acquire the rights to the album and so they released it at the Independent Label EZ Chief Records in September 2001. After the individual band members had pursued a number of other projects, was established in April 2004, the third album "Between the Dim and the Dark " published. At the same time an attempt was made to shorten the band's name to ' jump'; However, this remained largely unsuccessful.

The last concert gave JLC in the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston on December 30, 2005. This show marked the end of a concert series of four gigs in three days and JLC is played not only his own titles but also songs from the respective other projects of the members. At the end of the concert the band and the audience of over 500 Dock Street Theatre ran for Market Street, were often occurred in the JLC in their early years as a street musician and invigorated old memories all over again. It was also announced that at the Charleston College would be set up in honor of the band a scholarship fund.

It is also noteworthy that JLC have created a website where fans can create CDs with songs of their choice of different indie bands themselves.

Discography

  • The Licorice Tea Demos
  • Buzz
  • Magazine
  • Vertigo
  • Between the Dim and the Dark
  • Between the Glow and the Light
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