THE LONDON SOULS - ＂Steady Are You Ready＂ (Live in New Orleans) #JAMINTHEVAN

What this video is

Recorded in New Orleans in 2014, this session sits at the intersection of two significant cultural currents: the resurgence of raw, blues-influenced rock driven by New York bands, and the democratization of music discovery through YouTube-native live session formats. Jam in the Van — a solar-powered mobile recording studio founded in 2011 by Jake Cotler, Dave Bell, and Louis Peek — pioneered the intimate mobile…

Why it matters

This video is a primary document of the mid-2010s blues-rock revival as expressed through the Jam in the Van platform — one of the most influential YouTube-native live session series of the decade. It captures a New York rock duo playing with raw energy in the stripped-down format that…

The director

Jack Higgins is the creative director and executive content producer of Jam in the Van, the mobile solar-powered recording studio and YouTube channel. He joined JITV as a college intern in 2014 and became the primary director, shooter, and editor of all…