Jake’s sketch comedy/music albums are available for digital download on (among other places) Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, Tidal and Bandcamp!
***NEW ALBUM!***
TAKE ME SERIOUSLY – EP ($5)
Written, produced, recorded mixed and mastered by Jake Dewar in 2024-2025. Featuring Katie Pecho (vocals) on “I Have Some Concerns.”
*NEW SINGLE!*
MIDWEST GOODBYE – SINGLE ($1)
Written, performed, produced and mixed/mastered by Jake Dewar in 2025.
Background vocals: Jake Beauvais, “Insane” Ian Bonds, Ross Childs, Gail Gallagher, Bryce Halliday, Hannah Magy, Tess Nugent, Kelly Opalko, Aaron Pepple, Meghan Powell, Becca Schwartz, Jennifer Stuart, Natalie Younger.
UNPOPULAR PLAYLIST ($10)
Written, performed, produced, arranged, mixed and mastered by Jake Dewar in 2023-2024. “I’m Not a Robot” was recorded in 2022 and remastered in 2024.
Featuring:
Meghan Powell (“Nonsense in Unison” vocals)
Heather Meza, Jamie Shriner, Katy Campbell & Becca Nix Tham (“Girl Group” vocals)
Warren Phynix Johnson (“Girl Group” rap vocals & lyrics)
Airan Wright (alto saxophone on “Girl Group” & “Don’t Date a Songwriter”)
Mabel Fleming & Donovan Mullings (“Whole Lotta Nothin” vocals)
Zoe Pike (“Ambience” vocals)
Brandon Fox (banjo on “Terrible Americans” & “Yelling and Whistling”
Gail Gallagher (piano/keyboards on “Cute” and “Terrible Americans”)
Hannah Watson (fiddle on “Terrible Americans”)
Angel Haven Rey (“Cute” vocals)
Liz Falstreau (“Dumbstep” vocals)
Kat Evans (“Why Am I Angry” vocals)
Noelle Hoffman (“T-Shirt” vocals)
Sarah Kopp (“People Suck” vocals)
Robbie Ellis (mandolin/daddy on “Yelling and Whistling”)
Jennifer Stuart (Kyle on “Yelling and Whistling”)
Kelly Opalko (Maggie’s owner/crowd vocals on “Yelling and Whistling”)
MY HOME TOWN – SINGLE ($1)
Music and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer. Performed, produced, mixed and mastered by Jake Dewar in 2023. Pedal steel guitar by Erik Roos.
F–K THE RICH! – SINGLE ($1)
Written, performed, produced and mixed by Jake Dewar in 2021.
WE ALL MISS HUGS ($7)
In the summer of 2020, Jake worked remotely with a group of comedians to write and record a collaborative musical comedy album, “We All Miss Hugs.”
50% of the proceeds for this album will be donated to the Explorer’s Program run by My Block, My Hood, My City in Chicago, an organization that provides youth from under-resourced neighborhoods with an awareness of the world and opportunities beyond their neighborhood.
“Good Ass Group” is comprised of: Ahyoka Haas, Becca Nix, Robbie Ellis, Debonair Status, Heather Meza, Jake Dewar, Jamie Shriner, Noelle Hoffman, Ross Childs, and Tague Zachary.
THE SATIRICAL STUFF: VOLUME 1 ($10)
Written, performed, produced, mixed and mastered by Jake Dewar in 2017-2022. Live performances recorded and mixed by Mike Crowley and Jake Dewar.
Featuring:
Lizzy Rudakas, Dave Bisson and Cari Maher (voices) on “Debate”
Rachel Williams (vocals) on “Commercial Worship”
Charley Arksey (voices) on “Pop Star” and “Are You Racist?”
Ron Dewar (clarinet) and Doug Scharf (trumpet) on “Mansplainer”
Kristin Phillips and Megan Powell (voices) on “Are You Racist?”
Kelly Opalko and Rudy Schultz (voiceovers) on “Loud Ad”
Commercial Worship Choir:
Dave Bisson, Maeve Devitt, Kat Evans, Joshua Fardon, Gail Gallagher, Ashley Geron, Atlie Gilbert, Jonathan Lange, Karen Lyu, Donovan Mullings, Jessica Rivera, David Rokos, Jamie Shriner, Paul W. Thompson, & Tague Zachary
U.S.A. for Itself (Vocals/instruments on “Be the Change”):
Robbie Ellis (piano), Paul Czajkowski (flute), Jamie Shriner, Hannah Starr, Abandom (Mishell Livio and Brett Knickerbocker), Joshua Draper (bongos), JC Brooks, Zack Shornick, Joseph Rezwin, Jake Dewar, Tague Zachary, Rachel Williams, Alex Garday, Brendan Buckley, Kristin Phillips, Roy Zimmerman, Sheri Flanders, Becca Tham, Gail Gallagher (synth strings), Arne Parrott (electric piano), Jonathan Lange, Helen Clair Duffour, Paul W. Thompson, Noelle Hoffman, Erin Sullivan, Moog Hescock, Peter Kremidas, Jennifer Stuart, Stuart Allard, Warren Phynix Johnson, Brian ‘B-Sticky’ Meslar, Ross Childs (electric guitar), and Kelly Opalko.
THE SATIRICAL STUFF: VOLUME 2 ($10)
Written, performed, produced, mixed and mastered by Jake Dewar in 2017-2022. Live tracks recorded and mixed by Mike Crowley and Jake Dewar.
Featuring:
Ross Childs and Dave Bisson (voices) on “Lib vs. Con”
Doug Scharf (trumpet) and Natalie Scharf (tenor sax) on “Fuck the Police”
Hannah K. Watson (fiddle) on “Life”
Sheri Flanders (voice) on “Youtuber”
Robbie Ellis (melodica) on “I Shouldn’t Complain (But I Will)”
THE SILLY STUFF ($10)
Written, performed, produced, mixed and mastered by Jake Dewar in 2014-2022. Album cover photo by Layne Dixon.
“Ready to Rock” recorded live at the Crowd Theater in Chicago, IL in 2018. Verse on “Mumbling” written and performed by Chucho Pérez. “Kugel” arranged and played by Jake Dewar and Doug Scharf (trumpet). “Indefatigable” arranged by Jake Dewar and Robbie Ellis (vocals, trumpet, trombone).
Featuring:
Noelle Hoffman (vocals) on “Your House”
Heather Meza (vocals) on “Party by Myself”
THE EARLY STUFF ($10)
Written and performed by Jake Dewar. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Doug Scharf in 2004-2009. “BYOBunny” was recorded, mixed and mastered by Mike Musselman in 2011.
Featuring:
Nathan Schulz (violin) on “Spokesman”
Doug Scharf (keyboards) on “Tell My Parents”
The Hyrax: Mik Dempsey (vocals), Mike Musselman (bass/vocals), Alex & Max Damske (guitars) and Tommy Murray (drums) on “BYOBunny.”