Jag Star

Infobox musical artist
Name = Jag Star


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Alias = JagStar, Jag*Star
Origin = Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Genre = Alternative rock, Pop
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URL = http://www.jagstar.com
Current_members = Sarah Lewis
Brad Williams
Just J
Drew Gilch
Jay Daniel
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Jag Star is an alternative rock/pop band from Knoxville, Tennessee. Originally formed in 1998, the band has released four independent records, and have a number of singles on a compilation album. The band has seen several line up changes and has toured extensivley since 2000. Of the original line up listed on the band’s first EP “The Beginning”, only Sarah and J. Lewis remain. Erin (Tipton) Archer, violist, was an original member but left the band in 2003 shortly after she married. The current line up includes Sarah Lewis (lead vocals, songwriter, keys), Brad Williams (drums), Just J (guitar), Drew Gilch (Bass) and Jay Daniel (Bass). Although listed as a current member, Jay Daniel has not performed with the band in recent months.

The band has had several songs featured in MTV reality show, 'The Hills', including 'Disguise', 'Beautiful Life' and 'The Last Time'.

Awards

Lead singer/songwriter Sarah Lewis has won a number of awards including the overall winner in both the 2002 USA songwriting competition for the song “Mouth”, and the 2006 We Are Listening competition for the song “Does Anybody Know”. She was runner up in the 2001 John Lennon Songwriting competition, and winner of the 2007 Next Big Hit competition, which landed Jag Star a week’s feature on iTunes. In 2007 Sarah was also chosen as a "Wet 'n Wild Fresh Face" and was featured in the company's beauty product national advertising campaign.

AFE Military Tours

Jag Star has completed three AFE tours in support of the United States and Coalition Troups. These tours included a Middle Eastern tour and Southeast Asian tour in 2003, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2007. Countries that the band performed concerts in for Armed Forces Entertainment include Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar, Bahrain, Kyrgystan, Singapore, Guam, Diego Garcia, Kwajalein, and Guantanamo Bay.

Discography

* 2000 "The Beginning"
* 2002 "Crazy Place" (Lewpis Music)
* 2004 "Cinematic" (Lewpis Music)
* 2006 "The Best Impression Of Sanity"

External links

* [http://www.jagstar.com/ Jag Star Web site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jagstar Jag Star Myspace Page]

References

* [http://www.knoxnews.com/bands/jag-star/ Knoxville News Sentinel]
* [http://www.nextbighit.com/ Next Big Hit]
* [http://www.musiciansnews.com/singing/58/jag_star_s_sarah_lewis_mouth_wins_us_songwriting_competition.shtml USA Songwriting Competition Win]
* [http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=47292&provider=top WBIR on iTunes]
* [http://www.wearelistening.org/winners2006r1.php We Are Listening]
* [http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2004/1421/t_music.html metropulse]
* [http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/afghanistan/AFG-FT17-2-27-03FW.pdf AFE Tour Middle East]
* [http://media.www.easttennessean.com/media/storage/paper203/news/2002/10/03/Lifestyle/Jag-Star.Offers.pop.With.Substance-289773.shtml East Tennessean]