Jack Lewis (musician)

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Jack Lewis in Brooklyn, 2004
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Jack Lewis in Brooklyn, 2004

Jack Lewis is an American musician and artist. He sang, played bass guitar and wrote several of the songs for his brother Jeffrey Lewis’s albums The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane (2001), It's The Ones Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through (2003) and City and Eastern Songs (2006), all of which were released by Rough Trade Records. As well as contributing to his brother's albums, Jack has released a number of records of his own on a smaller scale, under different monikers such as 'Laissezfaire Lewis' and 'Lesser Lewis'.

A 2002 graduate of Bard College, Jack has toured extensively throughout Europe with Jeff, and has also worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Jack Lewis went to Laguardia High School of the Performing Arts for High School.

[edit] Discography

  • L'vov's Lament - as Lesser Lewis (with Ben Dope, Gottesman and Guitar Situations)
  • L'vov Reads His Notes - as Jack "Laissezfaire" Lewis
  • Hero Worship and the Animals We Love (7 inch EP) - as Jack "Laissezfaire" Lewis

[edit] External links

Jack Lewis page on MySpace