Jakob Abraham Dylan was born December 9, 1969, on 92-94 MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village, NYC. He is the youngest of 5 children-Jesse, Samuel, Anna, and Maria (step-sister). He grew up in L.A. where he attended the private Windward School. In high school he maintained a D-average because he was too shy to give reports in front of the class. After that, intending to become a painter, he tried his hand at art school at Parsons School of Design in NYC. This college experience lasted for three weeks before he went home, at which time he penned "6th Avenue Heartache." In 1990, he assembled a band and they played on regularly on Tuesday nights in the Kibbitz Room of Canter's Deli. In 1992 they signed on with Virgin Records and on August 25, "The Wallflowers" was released. This "was no ordinary debut" and was hailed by critics, but was largely ignored by the buying public. At that time, which Jakob describes as "teen spirit everywhere," the market was not friendly for a folk-roots-rock album. After a mutual agreement, the band was released from the label who only offered publicity through the exploitation of Jake's name. An amiable parting, for Virgin did not hold the band responsible to pay back a debt of any kind. This ushered in a period of 3 years which Jake filled by writing new songs and regrouping his band. Finally on May 21 1996, "Bringing Down The Horse" was released on Interscope Records. Since then the album has gone quintuple platinum and "OH" has pocketed a Grammy each for Jake and the band.