Jake Landers

b. Jacob Landers, 14 August 1938, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA. Landers is well respected in bluegrass music not only as a performer but also as a songwriter. He learned guitar and during the 60s, along with Herschel Sizemore and Rual Yarbrough, he played for several years as a member of the Dixie Gentlemen. During this time they recorded five albums which contained almost 20 songs either wrote or co-wrote by Landers including ‘Soldier's Return' and ‘Your Heart Tells The Truth'. When Sizemore and Yarborough moved to other groups, Landers played with other combinations but con...