Come To JD Legends and Unwind with Uncle Kracker

Mathew Shafer better known to you and I as Uncle Kracker will be playing at JD Legends on August 23rd. Uncle Kracker will be releasing his new album, tentatively titled “Happy Hour” sometime in September of 2008. This will be his fourth album.

Here are a few fun tidbits about Uncle Kracker.

He has been friends with Kid Rock since the 6th grade and has been a DJ for him since he was 17.
Kid Rock actually helped Uncle Kracker get his name because he use to call him Kracker. The uncle part was added later.
He has 3 kids.
Uncle Kracker has toured with Kenny Chesney
His first album Double Wide was #7 on the Billboard 200 album chart and was written mostly on the back of a tour bus
He wears a money clip on the rim of his baseball hat
He wrote the song Follow Me in 10 minutes
Has a tattoo of the cartoon character Snuffy smith
Uncle Kracker co-owns a bar and a tire shop
He lives in the same suburb he grew up in


Come hang out at JD Legends and listen to Uncle Kracker and his band perform. He might even sing one of your favorite songs! Follow Me and Drift Away are two of his more popular songs. Come check him out on August 23rd! JD Legends is the place to kick back, relax and enjoy some great music with friends and family.