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Thank you to every one of you that came to my farewell show last night. I will forever be incapable of saying how humbled and grateful I am.
There is not a thing I would change about last night, it was absolutely all and beyond what I wanted.
Thank you for the best 5 years of my life. - Ben, former 🎸 in Jackie Brown Jr.

It’s long boi’s last gig tonight.... 😢😢😢 come along! Kicks off at 8pm with @goodpashband, @dobbyau , @the_al_dente_ at @brightonupbar

THIS FRIDAY: BEN’S FAREWELL SHOW. DO. NOT. MISS. Tickets available on the event on fb, it’s going to be real special and we will all cry 😢 📷 @j.starrphotography

You might of heard that our brilliant guitarist Ben is leaving us real soon. THIS FRIDAY we’re holding a big farewell show for him at @brightonupbar . Tickets are on sale now! Come along and celebrate 5 years of friendships and real good times ❤️

Hello! We’re headlining @henrysrooftop TONIGHT! On at 10pm with @sundownstate

WELL THAT WAS A HUGE YEAR,
After 4 years of student exchanges and early 20’s backpacking, 2018 was the first year where we could manage to keep all of JBJ in one continent. Coming to a close, 2018 marks 5 YEARS since JBJ started playing together in the Webster building of UNSW, so it seemed suitable to put together a cute lil’ message.
To repeat, this year has been huge. We were lucky enough to play 2 tours across 4 capital cities, play with 20 amazing horn players (tagged in this post), play festivals that we would’ve never dreamed of playing, feature amazing artists on stage such as @rachelmariacox , @kiyanoshsahebi (from @motherfunk_band ), @mcpsmurf , and @nardean__ (to name a few), and support the likes of @donnybenet and @actualmontaigne.
We released our first full length EP racking up 3 red drums, some rotation, and 34 extremely generous reviews on @triple_j_unearthed . We released 2 official music videos, recorded 2 @laundryecho videos with premieres through some of Australia’s best online outlets. Huge honourable mention to Caitlin Crawley from @habitmusic for her absolutely amazing work during our final releases this year. It’s been truly wild.
With Ben leaving the band as we leave 2018 behind, this New Years is truly bitter sweet. While it is impossible to measure how much we will miss having him as part of JBJ, it is also impossible to measure how thankful we are to have been able to share the past five years of face-melting solos and Russel Coight quotes with him. So thank you Ben for being an excellent guitarist and a genuine friend.
Lastly, one of the things we’ve noticed more and more at our shows is the overwhelming number of faces who have come back gig after gig, knowing more lyrics each time. I don’t think there is a greater compliment you can give a band. So to everyone who came to a JBJ gig, bought merch, left a review, put us on repeat, or simply just said ‘hey’ to us when out around Sydney gigs: thank you so much for making 2018 our biggest year ever, and we promise to keep a good time, a good boog, and some genuine sweetness at the heart of what we do.
Let’s make 2019 worth the wait. xx

#JBJ #NEWYEARSLEAVE 📷: @trudaayy

To all JBJ fam, this is Ben writing, one last time.
From January 2019, I have decided that I will be leaving Jackie Brown Jr.
I have played in JBJ since 2014. In this time, we have travelled up and down the East coast of Australia, recorded 13 tracks, released 2 EPs, completed 3 tours and played close to 100 gigs with some of the best local bands across Australia.
I am very much going to miss playing with the talented, hardworking and practically perfect human beings that make up JBJ. There is no part of me that doubts JBJ are going to have a huge and inspirational future.
Thank you to all of you that attended shows over the years and made me love playing live music. I am still going to be around at gigs, only now as an active member of the audience.
I look forward to having a supreme boog with each and every one of you.
Thank you so much to Michael, Rhyan, Maddy and Gideon, for everything. - Ben 🎸

Wow @sofarsydney was so much fun last night! Thank you so much to everyone that came and listened to all the amazing acts that played. It was a really special way to end our 2018 shows 😍

GET FRIED, cause we playing a really chill set for @sofarsounds tonight. Still very secret, still very cool. ❤️❤️ it’s our last show for 2018 and boy has it been a big one.

Our last gig for 2018 is a secret @sofarsounds show! We can’t tell you where it is but we can tell you we’re playing on Monday 17th December.
Apply for tickets here: sofarsounds.com/cities/Sydney/events/21988

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