“Welcome to the Family” by the Mike Jacoby Electric Trio - available on July 31, 2026.
"The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio rides into 2026 with a new album!!!
In 2024, The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio released the critically acclaimed album “Rocket Fuel Logic”. That album was a collection of older Mike Jacoby songs that needed a kick that only the Electric Trio could provide. And kick it they did!
A couple of years later, it was definitely time to get some new songs going. So Mike Jacoby went to work. He came up with 11 undeniably great songs and the Electric Trio started hashing them out. The songs are stories that delve into the human condition – love, death, fun, sex, exuberance, passion, humor. And some of the new songs reflect where we are as a country in 2026.
For the Mike Jacoby Electric Trio, the song always comes first. With a love of music born in classic rock ‘n‘ roll, the songs are firmly rooted in the Americana and Alt-Country veins. The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio has a real musical affinity and can bring out the nuances and wonder of the songs. A fresh and unique perspective into the heart of each song’s story, which range from insightful to silly, from harrowing to hilarious. They can make you reflect inward, and they can make you laugh – often at the same time.
Album opener “Welcome To The Family” sets the tone for the record – a song about having compassion for people looking to better their own lives. From there, the listener gets to drive thru the 75-24 split, dive into some fractured love affairs, check out some songs of experience and heartache, have a laugh at the world of advertising – and after that, And It’s Gone!!! Quite a collection.
Welcome To The Family by the Mike Jacoby Electric Trio. Mike Jacoby on guitars, vocals and other stuff; Don Read on bass and Mike Levin on drums. Featuring the fabulous Art Bailey Jr. on piano.
The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio - "The Long Haul"
It was time to bring in the band.
In 2019, Mike Jacoby released Long Beach Calling – the third in a series of albums featuring Jacoby on nearly all of the instruments. To play those songs live and bring them to their full performative potential, he brought in longtime pal Don Read to lend his bass-playing talents, and Don brought in Mike Levin, to serve as drummer-extraordinaire.
It didn’t take much time to realize that these three players had a real musical affinity. The next album belonged to the Mike Jacoby Electric Trio. Songs that would become The Long Haul began to evolve in the practice studio – the band’s sound brought out the power and the vibrancy of each tune, forging a sonic path for the tracks to become what they were always meant to be.
One year after releasing the “The Long Haul”, the Mike Jacoby Electric Trio dove back into the fray with another fantastic collection of songs – this one called “Rocket Fuel Logic”.
The story goes as follows: As the band was having dinner one night after rehearsal, the conversation turned to all these other great MJ songs they were playing in the set. Be a shame if the whole wide world missed out on hearing these great songs. Then and there, the trio decided that the next step was to record and release these classic Mike Jacoby songs. The definitive versions! Lightning strikes!! As only the Mike Jacoby Electric Trio can do.
Because for the Mike Jacoby Electric Trio, the song always comes first. With a love of music born in classic rock ‘n‘ roll, the songs are firmly rooted in the Americana and Alt-Country veins. The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio has a real musical affinity and can bring out the nuances and wonder of the songs. A fresh and unique perspective into the heart of each song’s story, which range from insightful to silly, from harrowing to hilarious. They can make you reflect inward, and they can make you laugh – often at the same time.
The band is leisurely working on their next collection of fantastic tunes - “Welcome to the Family” is slated for release Mid-2026.
