Rachel Brooke truly is one of those “if you know, you know” artists. She’s a master storyteller, underground country queen, Ameripolitan outlaw winner, multi-instrumentalist, honky tonk poet, raised on bluegrass and red tomatoes.

She’s the “The Rattlesnake” – a name given to her while drumming in a punk band during her teenage years – ever evolving, existing on the fringe of country music, bucking the system, and never losing the game.

She’s a witty introvert off stage, whose wall-shaking voice has earned her a place at cutting- edge roots music festivals like Muddy Roots, SXSW, AmericanaFest, Mountain Top, Cowboy Fest, and the Rochester International Jazz Festival.

She’s a self-produced, self-released independent artist who has been featured in major media outlets like CMT, Parade Magazine, The Boot, Music Row, Glide, and Cowboys and Indians, garnering the attention from Nashville big-wigs.

But when you sing this well and play like hell, who do you have to answer to anyways?

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No Refunds | Support acts subject to change

90 PROOF COUNTRY MUSIC FROM GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

THOUGH THEY’RE NO STRANGERS TO REAL HARD WORK, HARD TIMES, AND HARD LIVING, THE BOOTSTRAP BOYS ARE REALLY AIMING TO CREATE A WESTERN FANTASY TO TRANSPORT THEIR LISTENERS TO ANOTHER TIME, PLACE, AND DIMENSION WHERE COWBOYS ARE STILL KING.

SMOOTH CROONING FRONT-MAN, BIG JAKE BOOTSTRAP, A MAN OF CONSIDERABLE SIZE AS WELL AS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ENTERTAINMENT, INSTANTLY EVOKES A MEMORY OF THE “CAMERA COWBOYS” OF YESTER-YEAR WITH THE IMPOSING, JOHN-WAYNE LIKE FIGURE THAT EARNED HIM HIS NICKNAME AND HIS HUSKY BARITONE VOICE. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE SHOW, BUT IT’S NOT ONLY FOR SHOW. HIS SONGS ARE TRUE AND HONEST IN THE TRADITION OF COUNTRY MUSIC AS IT WAS INTERPRETED BY HANK WILLIAMS, JAKE’S BIGGEST INFLUENCE.

THERE’S JUST SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS LITTLE BAND OF NASHVILLE OUTSIDERS RAMBLING ALL OVER HELL’S HALF ACRE IN A BEAT UP CHEVY MOTORHOME AFFECTIONATELY DUBBED “THE DELTA DAWN”. MAYBE IT’S BEING FROM THE MIDWEST THAT BRINGS IN A HEAVILY PRINE-INSPIRED FLAVOR TO BIG JAKE’S SONGWRITING OR MAYBE IT’S THE FACT THAT ALL FOUR BOOTSTRAP BOYS HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN BANDS IN EVERY SINGLE GENRE EXCEPT COUNTRY & WESTERN FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES, OR MAYBE IT’S THE INFLUENCE OF MICHIGAN’S COLLECTIVE UNCLE BOB SEGER THAT JUST WON’T LET THEM SHAKE THAT LITTLE BIT OF MOTOR CITY ROCK & ROLL.