All About Jack, well... some of it anyway.
Musician/ Songwriter and Author Jack Batcher, lives and creates on Long Island, New York. As a Musician Jack has played from The Hamptons to Manhattan, both solo acoustic and with a band. He has performed from local bars and coffee houses to town festival stages. He even performed a Christmas show at Pilgrim State Mental Hospital (Not as a Patient). Jack has also performed on The Long Island Music Coalition TV, The Soluri Glory Hour, Martini Garden Show, and The Gail King Show to name a few. His songs have been heard on WXBA (Brentwood Radio) WBAB Homegrown Show, and WUSB Stony Brook. Jack has over twenty years of musical experience as a Bassist, Guitarist, and Vocalist. He uses all of this experience to teach Guitar, which he has been doing now for fourteen years. Jack writes his own songs, and on February 3, 2016, Jack released his first single Wild about You! Jack released his second single, Hello Virginia on July 25, 2016, and his album Steppin' Stone on June 11, 2017, all of which are available on CD Baby, iTunes, and Amazon. New recordings will be available soon!
As an Author Jack began with songwriting and poetry. His poems have been published in Casandra a collection of Poems, and his book Scattered Pieces. He then had received ideas for Children’s books and later Novels. The idea for creating joke books was inspired by a short stint as a Stand-up Comedian, after taking a comedy class at Governors Comedy Club. The Children’s books Are there Monsters in My Closet? & Burnt Eggs and Scrambled Toast, were inspired by his own childhood shenanigans, and based the idea of his nieces in nephew taking part in those same sort of hijinks. The other books of fiction were things Jack had wanted to try and experiment with. Every different form is an experiment in creativity. There are new books in the works, so keep checking back on this website to see what’s new!
Jack has been interviewed on these shows…
The Funky Writer
The Soluri Glory Hour
The Gail King Show
Martini Garden Show
Dangerous Lee Show
Jack has read his books at…
The Islip Stationary Store.
The Riverhead Edgar Allan Poe Festival (2014, 2015)
Hot Cocoa and Marshmallow Book Readings at the Stony Brook Educational Center.
Jacks books have been reviewed by…
Other websites to find Jack…
Death of a Pop-Star 08/15/2008
Silly Cow! 12/10/2009
Silly Halloween! 09/22/2010
Uunder a Thunder Moon 04/07/2011
How I Killed My mother-in-law 09/16/2011
Silly Kitty! 10/27/2011
I’ve got a Song! 05/25/2012
Are there Monsters in My Closet? 05/25/2013
Scattered Pieces 06/28/2014
Burnt Eggs and Scrambled Toast 07/27/2014
Silly Puppy! 04/01/2015
Texas Funeral 05/03/2016
Hello Virginia 08/03/2016
Hank's Whiskey 10/25/ 2018
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