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Since then it has been used on popular American TV shows, in a commercial for the critically acclaimed video game Gears of War, an episode of CSI: Las Vegas, and a Season 5 episode of the medical drama House.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of Jules' early projects/bands were The Ivory Knights, Our Town Pansies, Woodenfish, Kofi, The Origin, Invisible, No poetry, and Heroes and Heroin.[citation needed] His 2003 residency at the Los Angeles Hotel Café helped develop the venue as a successful singer/songwriter venue.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Gary+Jules","playStationPath":"/stations/113278160/play","stationId":113278160,"bioPath":"/music/Gary+Jules/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Bon+Iver","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/00b/00b6f45b71c313cc2ac3d1e58439e542_md.jpg","artistName":"Bon Iver","artistId":10717,"station_id":113272493},{"musicPath":"/music/Gregory+Alan+Isakov","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0cd/0cd22bdd08c7c189530bf6e49513f716_md.jpg","artistName":"Gregory Alan Isakov","artistId":90486,"station_id":272447294},{"musicPath":"/music/KT+Tunstall","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/178/178b5aad844ecae14756e50392e2f3d1_md.jpg","artistName":"KT Tunstall","artistId":828,"station_id":113268694},{"musicPath":"/music/Rachael+Yamagata","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b29/b292005a0fe1e25338c43a5a6f308874_md.jpg","artistName":"Rachael Yamagata","artistId":2243,"station_id":113272286},{"musicPath":"/music/Gavin+James","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/69f/69fa78fc3ca706e0a27a1e528c3ccbc6_md.jpg","artistName":"Gavin James","artistId":262659,"station_id":365559753},{"musicPath":"/music/Fink","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b36/b365a3af4cc7157046325843e54d47dd_md.jpg","artistName":"Fink","artistId":10716,"station_id":113356309},{"musicPath":"/music/Michael+Penn","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3a1/3a1064b77bbedef97bc301a873c759ed_md.jpg","artistName":"Michael Penn","artistId":1285,"station_id":113471367},{"musicPath":"/music/Sea+Wolf","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a02/a023c7e48a581576f57d7f067fbc8d04_md.jpg","artistName":"Sea Wolf","artistId":10579,"station_id":113458074},{"musicPath":"/music/Ryan+Adams","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1ca/1cac66f49ac372ae8970885f8ce570b8_md.jpg","artistName":"Ryan Adams","artistId":2251,"station_id":113269235},{"musicPath":"/music/Aimee+Mann","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0da/0dac156c474373962852c026c937a313_md.jpg","artistName":"Aimee Mann","artistId":42,"station_id":113284543},{"musicPath":"/music/Paula+Cole","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dd6/dd64d348ce57c984614815f39c91153e_md.jpg","artistName":"Paula Cole","artistId":2436,"station_id":113296467},{"musicPath":"/music/Lisa+Loeb","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a04/a045eb2ace23ed5b7b3af442e45d2ddd_md.jpg","artistName":"Lisa Loeb","artistId":2601,"station_id":113313016},{"musicPath":"/music/Edwin+McCain","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/396/3968e662c53ca71e6caa1321f128dcc3_md.jpg","artistName":"Edwin McCain","artistId":10108,"station_id":113263144},{"musicPath":"/music/Aron+Wright","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fe1/fe11664d540a63dceba79fc9d33c7966_md.jpg","artistName":"Aron Wright","artistId":397778,"station_id":398199489},{"musicPath":"/music/Benjamin+Francis+Leftwich","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fc2/fc2edd32677caa78007d391bd6f88d07_md.jpg","artistName":"Benjamin Francis Leftwich","artistId":87187,"station_id":302562206},{"musicPath":"/music/Milow","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0dd/0dd7e1f78e4aa17cb2ab0b26f559699a_md.jpg","artistName":"Milow","artistId":52639,"station_id":244080919},{"musicPath":"/music/Glen+Hansard+Marketa+Irglova","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b51/b510e6e437a22888e48705b0469204f7_md.jpg","artistName":"Glen Hansard \u0026 Markéta Irglová","artistId":10704,"station_id":113303226},{"musicPath":"/music/Anya+Marina","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2bf/2bfd4be665459bef0a967e3e4e9c0ac3_md.jpg","artistName":"Anya Marina","artistId":46655,"station_id":335283549}]}