The YouTube page for the original music and cover songs of J.J. Staley. J.J. started playing music at the age of thirteen, enjoying punk, rock, folk and country music. He took a hiatus after joining the Canadian Armed Forces in 2002, and didnāt start writing again until 2012. It was then he met Mike Graham fellow band mate Murder by the Lake band. Since joining the music scene in the Ottawa valley, He has released Tales from the Lake (Murder by the Lake Band) 2015, Wildflower (solo) in 2018, The Lost Tapes (solo) in 2019 and several solo singles. He is in the midst of recording his next album āTales from the Roadā. J.J. is a singing storyteller, who uses his own and others stories put to music, to draw in the crowd with tales of love, loss, murder, drugs, drinking and general debauchery. His ability to make up songs on the spot about everyday surroundings is something the crowd and band mates enjoy. Ensure upon visiting, you leave a comment or critique.