Carl Jah (Carl Haasis) is an American rock musician and co-founder of the band Dread Zeppelin. He was the lead guitarist with the band from its founding until 1995, and returned for a period in the 2000s.
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Carl Jah (back row, second from right) as part of the band Dread Zeppelin at the Edwards Drive-In, Arcadia, CA 1989 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Carl John Haasis |
| Born | Arcadia, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, reggae, heavy metal, hard rock |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Website | carljah |
Career
editIn 1989, Carl Haasis was hired by the members of Dread Zeppelin, a Led Zeppelin led by an Elvis impersonator.[1] Haasis, now Carl Jah, took on the role as the groups "Jimmy Page".[2] After appearing in National Lampoon's Last Resort in 1994 and performing a song for the end credits,[3] Jah left the band. Carl makes a guest appearance on Dread Zeppelin's 1996 album The Fun Sessions. In 2012, he released his first[4] solo album, Re-Purpose.[5][6] The album was praised by Guitar Player and Toledo Free Press.[7]
In 2013, Jah had this to say about making the solo album: "I moved to Atlanta about four years ago. I was getting settled here and wasn’t in a band. My focus of late has been on songwriting, and I’m very interested in recording. I had a lot of musical ideas that weren’t right for a traditional rock band like I would normally play with and write for. Some of the music was from previous bands. I’d take a 25-year-old cassette tape of a song, loop a riff part that I liked, add all sorts of guitar parts and create an entirely new song out of it. That was part of the repurposement; 85 percent of the music is new and written for this album."[2]
References
edit- ^ "Dread Zeppelin Biography - ARTISTdirect Music". web.archive.org. June 5, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ a b "Carl Jah on Dread Zeppelin and his solo adventures". WillNicholes.com. July 31, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ "Last Resort (1994) Soundtrack". web.archive.org. February 19, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ "Carl Jah Lets Nothing Go to Waste on 'Re-Purpose' | GuitarPlayer". web.archive.org. September 7, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ Blackett, Matt (June 4, 2013). "Carl Jah Lets Nothing Go to Waste on 'Re-Purpose'". Guitar Player. Archived from the original on September 7, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ Nicholes, Will (July 31, 2013). "Former Dread Zeppelin guitarist hits solo trail". Toledo Free Press. p. 18. Archived from the original on May 31, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ "Former Dread Zeppelin guitarist hits solo trail | Toledo Free Press". web.archive.org. May 31, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
Further reading
edit- Guitar Player Magazine January 1991 interview with Carl Jah and Jah Paul Jo
External links
edit- Official website
- Carl Jah discography at Discogs
- Carl Jah at IMDb
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