LISTEN: Jake La Botz, “Are We Saying Goodbye?”

Artist: Jake La Botz
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Song: “Are We Saying Goodbye?”
Album: They’re Coming For Me
Release Date: Oct 18, 2019
Label: Hi-Style Records

In Their Words: “I wrote this song around the time my mother was dying. I wasn’t consciously writing it about her, but later when I listened to it I realized it was mostly about her. I didn’t grow up with my mother and didn’t know her much until I was 9 years old. At that time we were both living in Detroit and I got know her a bit.” — Jake La Botz

3×3: Jake La Botz on Bertolt Brecht, Blind Boy Fuller, and a Hopeful Amount of Laundry

Artist: Jake La Botz
Hometown: Nashville, but originally from Chicago
Latest Album: Sunnyside
Personal Nicknames: Jake (real name Jakob)

 

Almost home! #nashvillehereicome #musichwy

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What song do you wish you had written?

“I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” — Randy Newman

Who would be in your dream songwriter round?

How many in a “round”? I don’t think I’ve been to one yet. I’m going to guess six. Hank Williams, Thomas A. Dorsey, Bertolt Brecht, Skip James, Lou Reed, Henry Mancini.

If you could only listen to one artist’s discography for the rest of your life, whose would you choose?

Blind Boy Fuller

 

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How often do you do laundry?

I own approximately two weeks worth of clothes. So, hopefully, not more than two weeks.

What was the last movie that you really loved?

The Lobster

If you could re-live one year of your life, which would it be and why?

You stopped my mind with that one. Sorry, I can’t come up with an answer!

 

San Diego: playing here at 10pm TONIGHT

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What’s your go-to comfort food?

Thai or tacos

Which Whiskey is your favorite — Scotch, Tennessee, Myers, Shivers, or Gentry?

The most expensive one. I’m too cheap to buy it. Keeps me sober.

Mustard or mayo?

Spicy mustard


Photo credit: Joshua Black Wilkins