Music

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What can one say about Jefferson Street? Like many bands, it began almost by accident. Just casual friends with musical inclinations, randomly coming together to jam for fun under the same dilapidated roof in Stevens Point, WI. Some songs were old classics, some were obscure favorites, and some jams began to form original compositions. Demos were made, shows were booked. Bass players were rotated, a friendly manager located, studio time, cds pressed up, and before you knew it, on February 1st, 2011, eight simple yet arresting tracks were combined to make the first album, “Jefferson Street”. It’s exactly like one common live set of the band’s first year together. It sounds like friends gathered on a Friday night. It sounds like a campfire, a warm buzz, bluesy good times and memories to treasure. It sounds like Jeffy Jams. More fans, more shows, more music. More laughter, more studio time, more chocolate milk! To take yourself seriously, and also not so much. To blend art with pure fun, to start a song not knowing where you’ll end up, or what you’ll encounter along the way. To speak to others. To listen. This was what the band were after when they made the 14 songs on “Fine Rabbit Pine”, released January 31st, 2014. The title was a phrase coined by bass player Jeremiah Paarman, commonly used by the band to describe the indescribable, when something went well, when something just felt GOOD. When the band would follow drummer Cody Borley’s good-natured rhythm, or try to match singer/keyboardist Erick Kenton’s manic energy, or live up to singer/guitarist Evan Craig’s vision and enthusiasm. When everything clicked. When the world made sense. Four guys making music where they lived, and living in the music, and the moment. That was “fine rabbit pine”. Those were the Jeffy Jams. That was Jefferson Street.