Mason Jar Menagerie is a blues-rock three piece from Fountain Inn, SC. Comprised of the Garrett siblings, Jake and Susan. Along with their good friend Ameer Raja. Jake leads with rock-n-roll style guitar, vocals and more. Susan keeps the heavy blues beat with the drums and taps on with the clogs and washboard. Ameer plucks at the groove on the bass. If you like The Black Keys and The White Stripes you are sure to love this Appalachin blues- rock trio.
Well it’s a neaw year so that means New shows, new music, and good times. First keep your eyes and ears open for a New album which should be out in Feb. or March. It is a split album done with our friends Dables. Also we don’t have too many shows booked yet, but we’ve been working on some new tracks and hope to go to the Jam Room Studio to record our 2nd album. THis will likely happen in the Summer and MAY, be released late this year. Hope everyone enjoyed 2012, and get ready because we’re going to help make 2013 one hell of a year. -MJM
Enjoy…..
So mark your calendars ladies and gents. after our few shows in August, a few of our fellow upstate bands, friends and ourself have a few shows in Oct. So our bass player and guitar player have birthdays in Oct. so consider these some birthday shows.
Thurs. Oct. 11th at the Radio Room in Greenville,SC there will be
Marshall Brown and Blue Shades (Columbia,SC),-Beach boys/Beatles influenced, indie/folk-rock/songwriter tunes. DO NOT miss them, they are in multiple bands and it is hard as hell to get them out of town. ha
Black Sneaker Souls (Greenville, SC)-Soul/Motown style tunes featuring Jake Garrett from Mason Jar Menagerie, Blue Roots, Foothills Toe Jam, etc. As well as the lovable Nick Brown, Max Price, George Fish(Shallow Palace) and Drew Pack(Italo and The Passions)
The Long Canes (Greenville, SC)-Tom Waits influenced, Indie-rock duo!!!
Friday October 12th The Foothills Toe Jam will be playing The Radio Room, Greenville, SC with a few out of town bands, so let’s show them some love Greenville!
And lastly Saturday October 13th, from 11:00am - NOON,
Mason Jar Menagerie will be playing FALL FOR GREENVILLE at the Michelin Stage near Falls Park and Chicora Alley!!!!! That’s right folks Mason Jar is playing Fall For Greenville!!!!
Got a few shows coming up for Mason Jar Menagerie!!!! Yea!!!
First we play this Saturday, August 11th, at The Wormhole in Savannah, GA on Bull Street, with The Head and possibly Alexander the Grapes. Show starts at 9pm, donation entry and 21+. Hope to see you all out there.
Then we have a short tour with The Stereofly Southeast Showcases.
Friday August 17th @ The Radio Room in Greenville, SC. Get there early and stay late. Good Music and good times to be had starting at 4pm
Schedule is as follows:
04:30-05:00 | Ryan Sheffield (Asheville)
05:00-05:30 | Signs of Iris (Greenville)
06:00-06:30 | Shallow Palace (Columbia)
06:45-07:15 | Masonjar Menagerie (Greenville)
07:45-08:15 | Baby Baby (Atlanta)
08:45-09:15 | Kid Portugal (Atlanta)
09:45-10:15 | Jeremy Ray (Atlanta)
10:30-11:00 | Concrete Animals (Florence)
11:15-11:45 | Abacus (Columbia)
12:15-12:45 | Islander (Greenville)
01:00-01:30 | Italo & The Passions (Greenville)
02:00-02:45 | Grand Prize Winners From Last Year (Atlanta)
Saturday August 18th, @ Art Bar in Columbia, SC also 2 fat 2 fly will be serving delicious wings at the Art Bar!
BLACKLIGHT STAGE
06:30-07:00 | Joel T. Hamilton (Charleston)
07:30-08:00 | Ryan Sheffield (Asheville)
08:30-09:00 | Jeremy Ray & The Gonzo Orchestra (Atlanta)
09:30-10:00 | Masonjar Menagerie (Greenville)
10:30-11:00 | Sam Sniper (Athens)
11:30-12:00 | Burnt Books (Columbia)
12:30-01:00 | Manray (Athens)
06:00-06:30 | Whiskey Tango Revue (Columbia)
07:00-07:30 | Marshall Brown Band (Columbia)
08:00-08:30 | Mazloom Empire (Columbia)
09:00-09:30 | The Restoration (Columbia)
10:00-10:30 | Abacus (Columbia)
11:00-11:30 | Shallow Palace (Columbia)
12:00-12:30 | Baby Baby (Atlanta)
01:00-01:45 | Grand Prize Winners From Last Year (Atlanta)
06:00-06:30 | Mechanical River (Charleston)
07:00-07:30 | Masonjar Menagerie (Greenville)
08:00-08:30 | Elim Bolt (Charleston)
09:00-09:30 | The Local Honeys (Charleston)
INDOOR
05:30-06:00 | Mountains of Earth (Charleston)
06:30-07:00 | Sans Jose (Charleston)
07:30-08:00 | Manray (Athens)
08:30-09:00 | Carolyn (Columbia)
09:30-10:00 | Sam Sniper (Athens)
10:30-11:00 | Bully Pulpit (Charleston)
11:30-12:00 | Shallow Palace (Columbia)
12:30-01:00 | Baby Baby (Atlanta)
01:15-01:45 | Company (Charleston)
Hope to see you at all or any of these wonderful events. There are great regional artists playing for cheap providing hours of entertainment.
We Are The Upstate did an interview with us, check it out!
It’s Wednesday night in Fountain Inn at Jake Garrett’s house. Fats Domino is playing on vinyl in the back ground, the air is thick with smoke, and everyone’s glass is filled with whiskey. This is an average Wednesday night for Mason Jar Menagerie before band practice. Members Jake Garrett (lead vocals and guitar), Susan Garrett (drums and vocals), and Ameer Raja (bass and vocals) let me sit down with them and ask all about the band.
So first, a big thank you to Steve for letting Mason Jar and Dables use the practice space for recording our split LP. It is going to be about 12-14 tracks, and may be out this Fall/Winter. But had a blast recording in a hot building with little to no air circulation in Columbia,SC during the summer.
Also we have a good weekend tour w/ Stereofly’s Southern Showcase on August 17th @ The Radio Room (Greenville, SC), August 18th @ Art Bar (Columbia, SC) and August 19th @ Pourhouse (Charleston,SC).
So come here some of the best local/regional artists in the SouthEast. There will be a variety of music genres accounted for, so please come out and support local artists.
Just a quick update on projects, shows, and artist we support and think you may want to check out.
-We are soon to be recording a split album with our buddies Dables. So look for that by the end of summer or maybe this fall. (Depending on time and if everyone is cool with it, there may be a secret song or two on the album, so keep listening.)
Thanks to everyone that came out to the show at Gottrocks we got to with Italo and The Passions (one of the bands you should go check out!) They were great and we had a blast that night.
We are playing a few shows in August. The 17th and 18th. Hope you can fit some good music into your schedule on those dates.
Our buddies The Foothills Toe Jam are having a cd release show July 28th at The Radio Room
Also if you have not heard them yet go to the We Are The Upstate website and check out The Long Canes, Ryan Sheffield, and Jeremy Ray and watch some videos from their recent show at Cabin Floor Records.
Got some show dates and artists for everyone to check out. So get out you notepads and mark your calendars for the following:
-July 28th, Foothills Toe Jam CD release show with special guests from Charleston, Mechanical River and Sleepy-eye Giant @ The Radio Room in Greenville, SC
-August 17th, Stereofly Southern Showcase 2012 Featuring all or most of the Bands listed on the flyer posted. Friday night festivities will be taking place at The Radio Room. So come out Greenville, SC
-And the flyer posted shows the information for August 18th @ The Art Bar in Columbia, SC.
See you at the shows!
THAT’S RIGHT FOLKS!!!!! This show is going to be the shit! Shallow Palace and Mason Jar Menagerie! Playing in Simpsonville, SC. Show starts at 8pm, should be $5. COME OUT AND BRING FRIENDS!!!
We are also playing May 10th in Columbia,SC with some great artists for The (Hollerin’) River Talkers album being released that day. Please come out if you’re going to be around the area.
we will likely have a few shows thru the summer so if you can’t catch us on the 10th or the 12th, don’t worry you will have the chance to see us live and get a copy of the Life of Sin album. Thanks
