User:SandyCheekers/Jay Link

Jay Link, Born: Julius John Link III on April 8th 1955 is an American Rock Singer currently know as the lead vocalist for Los Angeles based rock band Death and Taxes.

Jay started his music career in 1977 in Chicago,Illinois with his first band "Tuff Luck" The band, which played mostly cover tunes, was a well know local club band that had built a fairly sizable following by 1979.The bands Lineup Jay Link, Lead Vocals, Sara Gallagher, Lead Guitar, Joe Pavlik , Guitar, Aron Linas , Bass & Craig Meseko , Drums was under consideration by Warner Brothers. Warner Brothers saw potential with the band, but asked for at least 3 albums worth of original material, and they would take another look at the band in a year. The bands final Show was in front of 20,000 people at an outdoor festival in Chicago for The International Year of the Child Music Festival in 1979. Creative differences and the inability to come up with enough original material summoned the bands demise.

Jay Link, relocated to California in 1980, reformed "Tuff Luck" with members Michael Cutting on guitars, David Starkey, Bass & David Bentz on drums. The 4 piece ensemble this time out was an all original band with songwriting duties being shared by Link & Cutting. The band Located in Fresno, California quickly became a local favorite & opened for many national acts such as Uriah Heep and many others. This band was very similar in stature to Van Halen and the band ran out of steam & disbanded in 1983 when Jay Link, now married with a young son, relocated back to Chicago.