s. jaen black first published at six years of age when she and her daddy co-authored a jingle for a local milk company in south Alabama. It was a contest and the prize was a Shetland Pony. She lived to tell the tale and learned to always be wary of free horses.
As a trap set drummer, she was a member of Atlanta’s theatrical performance band, Moral Hazard, and an actor in the historical Red Dyke Theater.
She performs with world-class musician Bruce Harvie in the duo Dick & Jaen, and along with Harvie and rockin’ soul man bass player Jimmy Mudd, plays drums in the band, The Buzzbombs.
A current master’s world record holder in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, she became a member of the legendary Coffee’s Gym’s women’s weightlifting team in 1983. As lifter and a USA Weightlifting’s Regionally ranked coach, she continues to promote strength pursuits. In honor of her fortieth birthday, she performed a forty kilo squat snatch on roller skates. Click to see Jaen's World Record lifts.
jaen lives on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest with her horse, two cats, and the Colonel.
