Jason Wilber
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| label = Oh Boy Records, Flat Earth Records, WilberTone Records
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Jason Wilber is an American folk/acoustic singer, guitarist, songwriter, and recording artist. He grew up in Bloomington, Indiana.
Musical career
Jason Wilber has released eleven CDs of mostly solo work to date. His ninth album, Echoes, consisted of covers of other artists' songs. His latest is Time Traveler, released in 2020.
His TV appearances and radio broadcasts include The Colbert Report, 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, Austin City Limits, and The Late Show with David Letterman.
=Collaborations=
Wilber played guitar on John Prine's Grammy Award-winning album Fair & Square{{Cite AV media notes |title=Fair & Square - John Prine |year=2005 |url=http://www.jpshrine.org/lyrics/liner/notes_fas_rt.htm |access-date=2017-04-08 |first=Prine |last=John |author-link=John Prine |type=Liner notes |publisher=Oh Boy Records}} and on Prine's two Grammy Award-nominated albums Live on Tour{{Cite AV media notes |title=Live On Tour - John Prine |year=1995 |url=http://www.jpshrine.org/lyrics/liner/notes_lot_rt.htm |access-date=2017-04-08 |first=Prine |last=John |author-link=John Prine |type=Liner notes |publisher=Oh Boy Records}} and In Spite of Ourselves (which spent 32 weeks on the Billboard Country Charts){{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}.
Jason has accompanied John Prine on duet recordings with Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Josh Ritter, Patty Loveless, Iris Dement, Trisha Yearwood, and Sara Watkins.
He has played with other artists, including
John Prine, Hal Ketchum, Greg Brown, Iris DeMent, Todd Snider, Greg Trooper, Carrie Newcomer, Tom Russell{{Cite web|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/2016/08/06/edmonton-folk-fest-a-mix-of-acoustic-and-electric-sounds|title=Edmonton Folk Fest a mix of acoustic and electric sounds|website=Edmonton Sun|access-date=2017-04-08}} and Tim Grimm, Krista Detor, Kim Fox, Bill Wilson, and Over the Rhine.
Jason Wilber served as Co-Executive Producer on 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.
Discography
- 1998: Lost in Your Hometown{{Cite news|url=http://nodepression.com/album-review/jason-wilber-lost-your-hometown|title=Jason Wilber - Lost In Your Hometown|date=1998-08-31|work=No Depression|access-date=2017-04-08}}
- 2000: Amber Waves{{Cite web|url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2011/07/03/something-different-july-3-2011/|title=Something Different: July 3, 2011|last=Edge|first=Josh|website=Alaska Public Media|date=3 July 2011 |access-date=2017-04-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.timgrimm.com/bio/|title=Tim Grimm Bio|website=www.timgrimm.com|language=en|access-date=2017-04-08}}
- 2000: Behind the Midway{{Cite news|url=http://nodepression.com/article/jason-wilber-truth-fiction|title=Jason Wilber - Truth in fiction|date=2001-02-28|work=No Depression|access-date=2017-04-08}}
- 2004: King For A Day{{Cite news|url=http://nodepression.com/album-review/jason-wilber-king-day|title=Jason Wilber - King For A Day|date=2004-10-31|work=No Depression|access-date=2017-04-08}}
- 2006: Lazy Afternoon{{Cite news|url=http://www.magbloom.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BloomFebMar_SingersFeature.pdf|title=Words & Music By...|last=Shere|first=Jeremy|date=February 2007|work=Bloom Magazine|access-date=2017-04-08}}
- 2006: Live and Otherwise Volume 1{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcparts.org/Artists/Pam_Rose.htm|title=The Greater Cincinnati Performing Arts Society: Pam Rose|website=www.gcparts.org|access-date=2017-04-08}}
- 2008: Ghost of Summers Past
- 2009: Live and Otherwise Volume 2{{Cite news|url=http://jacksonville.com/community/shorelines/2009-07-15/story/guitarist_jason_wilber_takes_stage_at_mezza_luna_in_neptune_be|title=Guitarist Jason Wilber takes stage at Mezza Luna in Neptune Beach|last=McClaran|first=Tamara|date=2009-07-15|work=jacksonville.com|access-date=2017-04-08|language=en}}
- 2016: Echoes{{Cite news|url=http://nodepression.com/album-review/album-inspired-covers-former-john-prine-lead-guitarist|title=An Album of Inspired Covers From Former John Prine Lead Guitarist|date=2016-10-02|work=No Depression|access-date=2017-04-08}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.elmoremagazine.com/2016/04/music-news/jason-wilber-shares-his-unique-folksy-spin-on-echo-the-bunnymen|title=Jason Wilber Shares His Unique, Folksy Spin On Echo & The Bunnymen|date=2016-04-20|work=Elmore Magazine|access-date=2017-04-08|language=en-US}}
- 2017: Reaction Time{{Cite news|url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/jason-wilber-reaction-time-album-stream-premiere/|title=Jason Wilber - 'Reaction Time' (album stream) (premiere)|last=Frahm|first=Jonathan|date=2017-08-09|work=popmatters.com|access-date=2017-08-11|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.motherchurchpew.com/2017/08/10/album-review-jason-wilber-reaction-time/|title=Album Review: Jason Wilber – Reaction Time|last=Maifair|first=George|date=2017-08-10|work=motherchurchpew.com|access-date=2017-08-11|language=en}}
- 2020: Time Traveler{{Cite web|url=https://jasonwilber.com/jason_wilber_bio/|title=Jason Wilber biography|website=www.jasonwilber.com|access-date=2024-11-04}}
References
External links
- [http://www.jasonwilber.net/ Jason Wilber's website]
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Category:American acoustic guitarists
Category:American male guitarists
Category:American folk guitarists