Jake Leg

bluegrass

Jake Leg is a four-piece progressive bluegrass band based in Longmont, on Colorado's Front Range, formed in 2021. The lineup is Eric Wiggs on guitar and vocals, Dylan McCarthy on mandolin and vocals, Justin Hoffenberg on fiddle and Aaron Hoffenberg on bass, four players who each arrived with awards and credits earned in other Colorado acoustic groups. The band keeps the instrumentation and drive of traditional bluegrass while pushing the songwriting and arrangements outward, a combination the group and the rooms that book it usually describe as bluegrass meeting rock. Their debut album, Fire on the Prairie, was released May 11, 2024 and consisted entirely of original material. It drew a 2024 IBMA Momentum Band of the Year nomination, and Denver's Westword has twice named the group among the top bluegrass bands in Colorado. A second album, No One Lives Here Anymore, followed in 2026, issued on CD and 180-gram vinyl. Bluegrass Unlimited has singled the band out among the best new acoustic groups currently working, and Chris Pandolfi of the Infamous Stringdusters has praised them for pairing technical precision with songs that still tell a story. Jake Leg tours nationally while remaining a fixture of the Front Range circuit, playing Colorado listening rooms, festivals and community concert series, and the players are endorsed by D'Addario. Live, the set moves between instrumentals and vocal numbers, with solos traded between mandolin, fiddle and guitar over Aaron Hoffenberg's bass.

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