When he was 12 years old the epitome of cool for JBlack was to sit in the Studio 22 Coffee Bar in Durham, order a coca cola and select Bob Dylan songs on the Juke Box. The poetry of Dylan’s songs has amazed him all his life The music of JBlack was born in the sixties, through an early baptism working with bands in the clubs of the North East of England. From early influences of Chuck Berry, The Animals, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones