Down To The Water
JD Band
© 2024 JD Band Songwriter and composer: Jeff Prime
This is the official website for JD Band (formerly Jeff & Deej)
Blues-Roots-Ballads
NEW ALBUM "DOWN TO THE WATER" OUT NOW!!
Canberra-based band playing blues, roots and ballads, with vibes from the bars of New Orleans to the swamps of southern Texas.
With three songwriters there is plenty of original material on offer, sometimes with a contemporary approach but without straying far from their affinity for traditional blues.
The band derived from the acoustic duo, Jeff & Deej (Jeff Prime and Dorothy-Jane ‘DJ’ Gosper) that released its debut album Blues By Candlelight in 2019 after performing together for four years. Now a four-piece with Prime switching to electric guitar and over-driven resonator, along with the addition of Dean Edgecombe (bass/vocal) and Rob West (drums), the band delivers an overall fuller, punchier sound.
JD Band launched its new album Down To The Water on 9th November 2024 at Old Canberra Inn.
Band members
Canberra’s Blues force of nature, DJ (Dorothy-Jane 'Deej' 'DJ' Gosper) is well-known for her Nina Simone-esque vocal, harmonica playing and captivating stage presence.
Jeff Prime has played in local Canberra bands for many years. He and DJ have performed together since 2015. Jeff’s background is steeped in the Blues and while he admires the slick electric guitar work of modern artists, Jeff always had a yearning for swampy southern blues. This has led him to play the resonator guitar and the rich soulful music of this region.
Dean Edgecombe, a seasoned bassist and vocalist, whose first love is the Blues, rounds out the sound and lays down the groove.
Full lineup includes Rob West on drums. Smokin!
CONTACT US at jeffdeej@gmail.com
BLUES BY CANDLELIGHT
Album
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Spotify Bandcamp (AU)From Tony Smith's review of 'Blues By Candlelight' album in Trad & Now (Issue 138)
Dorothy-Jane is amongst other things a 'go-getter'. She makes good things happen...
We should all be thankful that this duo works so effortlessly together.
It's easy to imagine them being a hit on the cabaret circuits... DJ bends the blues harp as well as any player... The way she warbles her voice would be the envy of any magpie!
Jeff Prime bends the strings of guitars expertly... Prime's 'Moving On' has a freshness that makes it very Australian...
David Pendragon and Jack Buchanan have been masterful with their production and recording...
Prime's precise guitar playing and DJ's deep, clear voice make this CD a very listenable blues experience.