Tyler Jakes

".gritty and witty songwriting and playing."
--Vernon Reid (of Living Colour)
"Tyler Jakes & The Bootleggers are true entertainers; they seemed to truly appreciate the crowd that came out for their show and put on a show fit for thousands."
--www.sfbayarearock.com
"Jakes displays great range and talent as a song writer. His music comes across as an amalgam of blues, folk, and punk baring the undeniable imprint of his travels.words spill out like a ray of amped beatnik stream of consciousness. In fact, it seems like spontaneous artistic bloodletting. Somebody get this man some more canvas!"
--Rift Magazine
"Jakes is intent on laying down some truly dirty rock and roll. The end result evokes T. Rexs mellow glaze crossed with Dylan-esque harmonica and Sergio Leone soundtrack/gypsy punk miscegenation."
--Pulse of the Twin Cities
"Tyler Jakes has a slew of great songs on his hands. This is one of those guys that I hear and think 'Why havent I heard of him before?' . his songwriting skills are very, very good for an unsigned artist. I havent heard a song that I dont like yet."
--The Audio Nut, Entertainmentnutz.com
"Call it what you want; rock and roll, blues, gypsy folk punk, noise, revolution rock, transonic death. It just doesn't matter, it feels good. Tyler's perspective is a refreshing one and I would strongly recommend his albums to simply broaden your musical palette and extend your peripheral vision of the world around you, but most of all, keep his name in the back of your mind because nobody can ever tell when or where he will pop up and wreak havoc."
--Hunter Fahrenheit