This CD was great. They'll Never Know was my favorite song on this CD.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
"Time to Burn"
Like many Austin musicians, Jake Andrews is a child of the blues, but he's also the child of John "Toad" Andrews, who played with Mother Earth in the '60s. That gave him an edge in the cutthroat music business, but it's just as likely that the reason why he secured a record contract at the age of 19 was the fact that teenage blues prodigies were a hot commodity in the '90s. Ever since Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepard, other labels were clamoring for their own hot shot, and Andrews was well-suited for the part, since he can play and has a weathered voice that sounds much older than 19. He also has a tendency to veer away from straightahead blues, favoring blues-rock, as well as the occasional soul song. Clearly, his biggest influence is fellow Texan Stevie Ray Vaughan, whose big, blustery guitar tone and throaty voice provides the template for Andrews' debut Time to Burn. While Andrews isn't nearly as developed or as skilled at emulation as SRV was on his debut, he is considerably younger and his technical acumen is something to behold. However, Time to Burn suffers from the same problem that plagues albums from young bluesmen -- it's impressive on the surface and even quite enjoyable, but it's not particularly nuanced or deep. Depending on your view, that may be a minor thing, since Andrews
keeps it rawer than Lang and he already shows signs of branching past SRV-styled blues-rock and developing his own style. It may be a fairly conventional '90s blues-rock album on the surface, but Time to Burn nevertheless does announce the arrival of a guitarist that has the potential to become one of the leading lights of Texas blues-rock, once he matures a bit. ~
Genevieve Williams Amazon.com Review reads:
"Looking at the cover of Jake Andrews's debut, it's easy to dismiss him as yet another blues wunderkind of the sort that have emerged with increasing frequency in the 1990s. But pop in the CD and hit play, and immediately one realizes that Andrews is no wannabe. The title track, which opens the album, contains hints of Buddy Guy in its blues-rock riffs, and no wonder: Andrews appeared onstage with Guy when he was but 8 years old. And those guitar riffs, by turns crunchy and smooth, are what to listen for on Time to Burn; Andrews isn't merely technically skilled, but has the ability to set the tone for a song from the opening line. Weak moments are few and far between here, excused by a wealth of strong material that, along with surprisingly mature lyrics, indicates that Andrews is an artist to watch. --Genevieve Williams"
"Jake Andrews" self titled new Cd
The blues is about more than chords and notes on the neck of a guitar, or classic lyrical themes sung in the blues style. The blues is about capturing certain elemental feelings, and conveying them with passion and soul. Jake Andrews knows the blues, and on this album he infuses the blues with 21st Century energy and imagination. At a time when young blues guitar prodigies are a dime a dozen, Andrews is the new million dollar blues man, as well as this era's original smoking young guitar gun. He first hit the stages of Austin, Texas at the age of eight, and was soon wowing the likes of B.B. King, Albert King, Albert Collins, Otis Rush and Buddy Guy by trading riffs with such giants like a mature master. Andrews scored a Top 10 rock radio hit with " Time To Burn" on his first release. Now he establishes himself an exciting and original inheritor of the musical legacy of such Austin guitar giants as Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Johnson as well as Texas legends like T-Bone Wlaker and Johnny Winter. As Jimmie Vaughan observes, "He's exactly what the blues needs to keep going: someone with a feel for the music who isn't afraid to take it to new places." New release on Antones Records.
by Scott Snidow rockzilla
"Jake Andrews"
"Jake's ahead of a lot of us grown-ups now, and by the time he can buy a drink, he may well be ahead of us all." -Albert Collins
Jake Andrews is now old enough to buy that drink, and the prophecy
that Albert Collins made years ago when Andrews was barely a
teenager is being fulfilled. On his latest self-titled release on the Austin
based Antone's Records, this Texas guitar virtuoso is serving notice
that he has come of age. With a vengeance!
Jericho by Robert T. Murphy
"CD Review Jake Andrews "Time To Burn" 1999 Cello Recordings'
There must be something in the water in Austin Texas. Good guitar players always seem to be from Austin or have some Austin connection. Jake Andrews comes from a musical family (his father, John "Toad" Andrews played with Mother Earth) and he was known as "Little" Jake Andrews for a long time. He has dropped (or outgrown) the "Little" tag and now is competing with Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
Jake Andrews / Time to Burn / Jericho (CD)
Austinite Jake Andrews arms himself with one of the most dangerous sounding blues-based guitars in quite
some time, deftly balancing between rockin' grooves and burnin' solos. Easily surpassing most of his peers in
technique as well as in crafty songwriting, Andrews smartly avoids producing a guitar-solo-fest, as
tunes like "Just You and Me" and "Time to Burn" have the embedded soul of Sam and Dave and the Fabulous
Thunderbirds emanating from every riff and vocal "call and response." Blues fans take note: this 18-year old not
only plays well, but provides some well-produced, beer-accompanying tunes too.
Hip On Line Review by Larry Sarzyniak
There's a new gunslinger in town and his name is Jake Andrews. It's hard to
believe that an eighteen-year-old kid can write and play such exhilarating blues
music. Jake learned his trade from his father, John "Toad" Andrews, of Mother
Earth. He was also influenced by such legends as Jimmie Vaughn and Albert
Collins. Time To Burn captures every root that is blues music.
By Amazon.com Blues editor Genevieve Williams
Jake Andrews on Fire
Austin guitarist Jake Andrews talks about songwriting, musical influences, and recording his debut, Time to Burn When it comes to playing guitar, Jake Andrews has a few advantages. He cut his teeth on guitar strings, thanks to his father, formerly of Mother Earth. By the time he was 8
years old, Andrews had performed with no lesser a figure than Buddy Guy, and over the years he shared the stage with, among others, Albert Collins, Albert King, and Otis Rush. With the release of Andrews's solo debut, Time to Burn, it appears that experience pays off.
Austin City Search Review
"Jake Andrews"
Out of the wonder years and into the working years.
The Skinny From his launching pad at Antone's, jamming with Albert King at age 8, it was clear that Jake Andrews was primed to head skyward. Now an official heartthrob at 20, complete
with fan websites, Andrews has exceeded his super boy status and found a maturing style. His
songwriting reflects reverence for the fine collaborations of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Doyle Bramhall Sr., while his voice evokes Doyle Bramhall Jr. Andrews' new approach may be shared by legions of other Hendrix followers, but there's reason to believe that he will blaze new trails, and soon. Get in on the ground floor.