Jake Holmes And His Music

Jake Holmes is a folk singer whose first album was released in 1963, as the male half of a comedy duo with his then-wife. By 1967, though, he had moved into serious folk music. His first album as a soloist with backup band, The "Above-Ground Sound" Of Jake Holmes, didn’t sell very well but it gained an underground fame for one of its songs inspiring one of Led Zeppelin's. Another album followed in the same year, entitled A Letter to Katherine December. These two are the only ones available in CD, even though his later albums sold more than they when released on vinyl. After his fifth, How Much Time (1972,) he hung up his guitar and moved into writing advertising jingles. He came up with quite a few memorable ones, such as “Be All That You Can Be” for the United States Army recruiters and “I’m A Pepper” for Dr. Pepper. (The latter, he co-wrote with Randy Newman.) In 2004, he cut and released a CD single called Mission Accomplished – The Return Of The Protest Song.

For more information on Jake Holmes, see this Wikipedia entry.


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