Album Notes

Now 26 years old, Colin has been playing what he calls "freestyle lap-slide guitar" for about three years. After dabbling with conventional and bottleneck blues guitar, he landed on lap-slide upon hearing it's unique sound and surprisingly deep tone. Throughout the past few years, Lake has also developed a vocal style that both mimicks and complements the sound of the slide. Across old blues romps like Bukka White's "Fixin' to Die", as well as originals like "Burn You Down" and "Ady's Song", Lake's vocals and guitar playing allow each song to exist on a new and even plane where they are always familiar, but never the same.
"Wax Wane", Lake's debut album, showcases these talents as well as a knack for writing sturdy songs that are fresh, yet timeless, and stand well alongside modern classics like Chris Whitley's "Big Sky Country".
Three of the tracks on "Wax Wane" also feature contributions from fellow Portlander Deejay Redi Jedi, who adds tastefully timed vocal samples from a 1950s Smithsonian Folkways recording.

Colin is the 2007 winner of the Telluride Acoustic Blues Competition.