Nowadays when you hear the words country music, your mind probably conjures up images of pickup trucks, backwards baseball hats, and bros down by the lake beneath a pyramid of empty beer cans in the moonlight.
There was a time when country music meant something else entirely - especially in California where Buck Owens, Gram Parsons, Merle Haggard, and countless others were hard at work crafting a…

Jack Brizek, one of Sacramento Valley's most talented and entertaining guitarists, wanted to create a band that was "unfettered" to a certain genre or time period...and Jax Hammer was born! Seasoned musicians all, Jax Hammer is a four-man band covering popular mainstream rock and blues rock songs. Jack and keyboardist Kevin Whalen are both outstanding instrumentalists and lead vocalists. Bassist…