Jacob Borshard
August 13, 2007 · Print This Article
Grass Stains (mp3)
You’re In Love Again Dirty Version (mp3)
Brains, Brains (mp3)via creebobby.com
Jacob Borshard has a few celebrity fans me (obviously), Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. Borshard won a song contest for the film Music and Lyrics (allegedly judged by stars of the film Grant and Barrymore) with the song Grass Stains. As a promotional tool, it easily beat the film’s other promotional gimmick: make your own 80s glam band.
After winning the contest, he made this sexy video for it - entirely by himself and without even a digital camera - and earned himself a restraining order barring him from, “Portland Public School property or any adjacent sidewalk for one calendar year,” while shooting it. (NOTE: if the police start asking you why you’re hanging around a school, “I’m making a video,” isn’t the best defence.)
It’s easy to see why they picked Borshard as the winner. His songs are full of charm, witty lyrics and adorable melodies. Those three so often go along with the ukulele.
You can download both of Borshard’s albums entirely free on his website. The lyrics for the Last Brontosaurus album on his site also have the chords for all the tunes and you can pick up the chords for a couple of tunes in a more easy to follow form on Mike’s Ukulele Page.
If this is your first visit here, you can find the chords/tab in those posts by clicking on the song title in red.
not again-will you stop introducing me to good stuff like Jacob Borshard-he’s lovely-Punk’s not dead indeed!
-now i feel guilty about strip mining his albums from creebobby.com !!
Brian
Yes, I found out about Borshard indirectly through this blog, and now I have a couple of new faves in my repertoire. Thanks for digging up all this good stuff, and for the linkage love in recent posts. The new traffic has made me go back though my posted songs fixing all the mistakes, which has been on my to do list for months.
Brian: I know how you feel. It’s a disgrace that such a good songwriter doesn’t have a record deal.
Mike: You’re welcome. I’m glad I could pass on some traffic. Part of the reason I started the blog was because I thought your site was great and wished there were more sites out there doing uke indie songs.
This is why I should check inthe site more often. This dude is lovely. Thanks!
Thanks Al. This guy is fantastic
You’re welcome, Rob.