Biography
Jesse Kincaid began playing guitar at age 12 when his uncle, legendary
12 string guitarist and Folkways recording artist Fred Gerlach gave him
his first guitar. At age 18 Jesse studied with Ry Cooder, a kid wonder
guitarist and teacher in the Los Angeles folk scene. It was at The Ash
Grove in Los Angeles where Jesse met Reverend Gary Davis with whom he
also studied.
At age 20 Jesse drove cross country to New York and Cambridge where he
met fellow singer/guitarist Taj Mahal with whom he performed as a duo.
In 1965, during the cold east coast winter, the two drove west to sunny
Los Angeles where, with Ry Cooder, they formed the band The Rising Sons
and were signed to Columbia Records. Their CD, “The Rising Sons,
featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder”, was released in 1992.
At age 23 Jesse studied classical guitar with Vicente Gomez, receiving
a classical guitar scholorship to California Institure of the Arts. While
in school Jesse became a performer on the renaissance lute, the grandfather
of the guitar, and studied Indian sitar with Ravi Shankar. A songwriter,
Jesse has songs recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders, Nillson, The
Dillards, and Glen Yarborough.
After music school Jesse traveled extensively throughout Europe as a performer before returning to the United States and settling in Mill Valley. There he became an events coordinator with Mimi Farina at Marin County’s Bread & Roses for six years before founding his own nonprofit agency, Heart To Heart, to bring free entertainment to people in institutions.
Multi instrumentalist Jesse Kincaid plays both violin and mandolin and is active in fiddle competition. He won first place at the Ojai Fiddle Contest in 1996.
Since 1991 Jesse Kincaid has taught music in schools and privately, offering private instruction on piano, guitar, violin, bass, voice, saxophone and trumpet. He plays trumpet with the Corte Madera Town Band, and is active as a performer and recording artist.
Jesse Kincaid Entertainment is a complete entertainment and party designing service providing live music, dazzling lighting production, and custom designed parties featuring disc jockey, singer, band, dancers, musicians and entertainers performing kids, pop, jazz, country, classical and celtic music.
Since 1998 Jesse’s musical friendship with musicians Glenn R. Burke
and Michael Lehman has developed into Borderline,
a new time acoustic cajun celtic singing songwriting string band held
together with a common love of string instruments and a willing spirit
for adventure. Borderline’s first album
is out! This fifteen song disc has thirteen originals and two covers.The
album features some of the Bay Area’s best musicians, Austin DeLone
on keyboards, Tony Saunders on bass, Adam Berkowitz on drums, Charles
Moselle on flute, and producer Cole Tate helps out on everything from
vocals to percussion. It’s the feel good album of the year. The price
is $15, shipping included. To order please contact me by e mail.
Jesse Kincaid Disc Jockey is a mobile disc jockey service Jesse has added
to his entertainment business by popular request. With a state of the
art CD sound system and dazzling intelligent lighting, Jesse Kincaid continues
his tradition of performance at weddings, mitzvahs, dances, and parties
putting the heat in the beat that gets you off your seat and on your feet
while providing the best show at the best price for all ages!
