craftsman who knows how to deliver the news.

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“...a songwriter who sings of small discoveries and caustic
contradictions with Midwestern understatement and blunt truth...a folk
craftsman who knows how to deliver the news.” Mark Guarino, Chicago Daily Herald
Jason Wilber
Artist Biography:
A journeyman guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Jason Wilber has traveled
the world as lead guitar player for artists like John Prine, Greg Brown,
Iris DeMent, Todd Snider, and Hal Ketchum. In the insightful and
sometimes humorous songs featured on his seven solo CDs he manages
to meld his rock, folk, jazz, and country influences into a unique sound
that’s been described as “Van Morrison meets Wilco”. From Carnegie Hall
to Red Rocks to Massey Hall and the London Palladium, he’s performed
in all 50 States, and all over Canada, Europe, and the UK.
Jason Wilber’s work with John Prine includes the Grammy Awardwinning CD Fair & Square, and the Grammy nominated CDs Live On Tour
and In Spite of Ourselves (which spent 32 weeks on the Billboard Country
Charts). In the recording studio Jason’s backed a diverse roster of artists
including John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Todd Snider, Lucinda Williams,
Over the Rhine, Patty Loveless, Hal Ketchum, Iris Dement, Trisha
Yearwood, Tim Grimm, Krista Detor, Carrie Newcomer, and others.
In 2009, Jason co-produced the compilation CD Coal Country Music
featuring Willie Nelson, Gillian Welch, Ralph Stanley, Jason and the
Scorchers, Kathy Mattea, Justin Townes Earle, Natalie Merchant, Diana
Jones, Tom T. Hall, Bonnie Raitt, John Prine, Jean Ritchie, and other
artists, who all contributed their talents to benefit the Alliance for
Appalachia’s work to stop Mountain Top Removal in rural Appalachia.
Jason Wilber’s TV and radio appearances include Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Sessions At West 54th Street, The Grand Ole Opry,
Live with Regis and Kathy Lee, CNN’s Entertainment Week, The Road, Mountain Stage, E-Town, and Austin City Limits.
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Reviews:
“Jason Wilber has impressed blues
curmudgeon Roy Book Binder and songwriting kingdaddy John Prine, musicians
whose opinions rightly carry more weight
that a few paragraphs from any music
critic…Wilber’s Behind the Midway meets
the expectations brought about by such
heavyweight associations...with lyrics
evocative enough to bring Prine’s Far
From Me or Angel From Montgomery to mind.”
★ ★ ★ ★ —Peter Cooper, The Tennessean
“His solo debut leaves one wondering why he
waited so long to venture out on his own, as
it reveals his true talent…insightful songwriting and soothing vocals.”—No Depression
“King for a Day is a thoroughly enjoyable
record from a fine songwriter. If you
haven’t already listened to this recording,
I suggest you do so immediately.”—John Prine
“Wilber’s songs are infectious, combining
country, rock, and folk elements to create
some truly unique Americana music…
This guy is good...”—The Gavin Report
“His heartland background gives him
authenticity and his heartbreaker’s voice
make it all work…”—Option’s Inside Report
“…should be filed somewhere between
Prine’s Missing Years and Freedy Johnson’s
This Perfect World—part sophisticated folk-pop
and part twangy fun.”—Chris Baty, Eastbay Express
“…superb and lean”—James Reed, Boston Globe
“…adept at everything from sighing
slide-guitar descants to twang”—JonParales,
The New York Times
“Blessed with a clear tenor voice, close in
timbre to Lyle Lovett and Jackson Browne,
his bittersweet tales of carnival romances
and bygone mining towns won the sideman a bounty of new fans, and perhaps
an indication of a sterling solo career to
come.”—Mike Curtain, The Post-Star
Radio:
“What a terrific record!…What a grand
flight of emotional imagination. Thanks
for sending in the CD. It will be on the air
starting Monday.”—Marilyn Beyer, WUMB Radio Boston
“...thank you for sending along your live
CD. My wife and I enjoyed it a whole lot!
We listened to it on a long drive, and
I remarked I was beginning to feel
confident we’d have somebody like
Prine around for the next 30 plus
years.”—Dave Engen, KSMU Minnesota Radio
“...the highlight of this too-brief album
is the ballad ‘In Her Veins’...well written,
well sung, and atmospheric. It sounds
better every time I hear it (as does the
whole album).”—Arthur Elliott, “Sidestream”
Radio 99.7FM Brisbane, Australia
Jason Wilber CDs
To hear or buy any of these CDs, visit
www.jasonwilber.net
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New Release!
Ghost of Summers Past
King For A Day
WilberTone Records WTR-008
WilberTone Records WTR-001
Ghost of Summers Past ★ Bottles
★ The Great Cow of Romance ★
Never Never Land ★ Chase Her
★ Rock-A-Bye Rosie ★ My Great
Uncle Jim ★ Rain Everyday ★ Madeline
★ Far Across The River ★ A Little
Older Now
King for a Day ★ Don’t Be Cruel
★ Pay Bo Diddley ★ Tin Angels ★
Satellite ★ Talk About 69 ★ Killing
the Blues ★ In Her Veins ★ Silver
Linings ★ Sabu Visits the Twin
Cities Alone
“This is a thoroughly enjoyable record from a fine songwriter.
If you haven’t already listened to this recording, I suggest you do
so immediately.”—John Prine
Live and Otherwise Volume 2
Behind the Midway
WilberTone Records WTR-007
New Release!
Flat Earth Records FLT-122
You Don’t Know What You’re Getting
Into ★ Down In Russell Square ★
Watching Picasso ★ Indian Summer
★ Lazy Afternoon ★ If I Owned A
Liquor Store ★ Until The Morning
Breaks ★ Indigo ★ The Ballad of
Amazing Grace and Sideshow Dan
★ Come Summertime ★ The Cottonwood Tree
Lay Down When You’re Done ★ Indian
Summer ★ Goin’ Fishin’ ★ It’s Not
Saturday ★ The Great 28 ★ Dirty Old
Town ★ Over the Road ★ The Galway
Waltz (duet with John Prine) ★ Your
Only One ★ I Can’t See You Anymore
★ The Ballad of Amazing Grace &
Sideshow Dan
“...lyrics evocative enough to bring Prine’s Far from Me or Angel from
Montgomery to mind.”—Peter Cooper, The Tennessean
Lazy Afternoon
WilberTone Records WTR-005
Lost in Your Hometown
Sinking Down ★ You Don’t Know
What You’re Getting Into ★ Indigo
Northern Lights Seen Over Lewisburg
Tennessee ★ Down In Russell Square
★ The Last Meeting of the Quakertown Optimist Club ★ Your Destiny ★
Watching Picasso ★ Who Carried You
Live and Otherwise Volume 1
WilberTone Records WTR-004
Flat Earth Records FECD-111
I Fell in Line ★ Walking in the Church
★ Pick Up Your Heart ★ Lost in Your
Hometown ★ Evelyn ★ Stars ★ If I
Owned a Liquor Store ★ Apologies
★ As Far As 25th Street (The 25th
Street Blues) ★ More Alone Than Before
“His solo debut leaves one wondering why he waited so long to
venture out on his own, as it reveals his true talent…insightful
songwriting and soothing vocals.”—No Depression
In Her Veins ★ The Wooden Statuette ★ Talk about 69 ★ Lost In Your
Hometown ★ Pick Up Your Heart
★ My Angel’s Grown Wings ★ Silver
Linings ★ Black Eye ★ Goin’ Fishin’
★ A Lot On My Mind ★ Tulsa
Telephone Book
Amber Waves
Vault Records VR-004
Sunrise ★ Amber Waves ★ Blowin’ Down
This Old Dusty Road ★ Rain ★ Kjersti
★ Jag Tanker Stanna ★ At the Carnival
★ Broken ★ 80 Acres ★ Indian Summer ★ One-eyed Johnny ★ The Ring
Around the Moon ★ Heart of the Winter
★ Minor Variation ★ Old Jack Frost ★
Nothing Will Do but You ★ Spring has
Begun ★ Heaven ★ Reprise
“Like most excellent writers, Wilber has the ability to bring
together humor and pathos. Live and Otherwise features serious
selections such as My Great Uncle Jim, the hilarious Talk About 69,
which is a highway, and the bittersweet The Wooden Statuette.
–Jim Beal Jr., San Antonio Express-News
Songs and instrumental pieces that follow a rural farm family
facing the joys and sorrows of life on the land over the course
of four seasons.
Photography by Greg Whitaker
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Lazy Afternoon collage by Jeremy Bazur
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Graphic Design by Lisa Wilber