Currently based in Nashville, TN, Jacob was born and raised in Fort Payne, AL. After two years of piano lessons at 7 & 8, he started guitar lessons at age 9 and hasn’t put it down since. Throughout childhood, Jacob claims his musical taste & sound was molded by the record and 8-track collection from his father. “I can remember Dad first showing me how to lower the needle onto the grooves of the vinyl records. When I grew tall enough to reach the record shelves, I was off to the races. Bob Seger, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Ted Nugent, AC/DC, Charlie Daniels… It was like audio heaven…” During high school, he would learn songs for his friends and play at parties/get-togethers. Then, while attending college at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL, where he earned his degree in Civil Engineering, Stiefel began playing fraternity parties and bars both solo and with his cover band. Upon graduating in 2009, he moved to Nashville to pursue a future in music. After...
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Currently based in Nashville, TN, Jacob was born and raised in Fort Payne, AL. After two years of piano lessons at 7 & 8, he started guitar lessons at age 9 and hasn’t put it down since. Throughout childhood, Jacob claims his musical taste & sound was molded by the record and 8-track collection from his father. “I can remember Dad first showing me how to lower the needle onto the grooves of the vinyl records. When I grew tall enough to reach the record shelves, I was off to the races. Bob Seger, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Ted Nugent, AC/DC, Charlie Daniels… It was like audio heaven…” During high school, he would learn songs for his friends and play at parties/get-togethers. Then, while attending college at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL, where he earned his degree in Civil Engineering, Stiefel began playing fraternity parties and bars both solo and with his cover band. Upon graduating in 2009, he moved to Nashville to pursue a future in music. After 3 years of busting it in the downtown Nashville bars, Jacob released his first EP in Spring 2012, and began hitting the road across the Southeast and Midwest. While touring consistently more and more, from Texas to Wisconsin to Florida and all in between, he also released an EP in Fall 2013 and his 3rd release in Nov 2015. This 3rd release, “The Memphis Sessions”, was recorded at historic Sam Phillips Recording Service in Memphis, TN, and was produced by Halley Phillips, the granddaughter of Sam Phillips (Sun Records, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, etc.). While he has come a long way since picking up the guitar at 9 years old, Jacob holds steady saying, “Oh, I’m just gettin’ started…”
