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Jason Craig is an independent artist writing and performing country, comedy, and Americana in the Kansas City area.

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Hometown	Parkville, MO
Genres	Americana / Alt Country, Traditional Country
Band Members	Jason Craig
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Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Artist / Band Member Jason Craig jason@jasoncraigcountry.com 816-569-5624
# Years Experience Performing Live:	5
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	27
Market Draw:	Kansas City: 76-100
Venue History:	North Cross UMC - Kansas City, MO Platte City UMC - Platte City, MO The Office - Grant City, MO Dogman's Dogpound - Grant City, MO American Legion Post 318 - Parkville, MO BeefFest - Emporia, KS Lenexa BBQ Battle - Lenexa, KS Great American BBQ Cookoff - Kansas City, KS
Opener Experience:	Brian Ruskin Quartet
Similar Artists:	Todd Snider; Robert Earl Keen; Allen Ross
Performing Rights Society:	ASCAP
Discography:	Half A Lifetime LP—2011

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Jason Craig’s music covers the full spectrum of entertainment and emotion. It fulfills his desire to put words and music to paper and tape and move someone to feel something. These are songs that bring laughter and tears…and both are offered...

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January 2011 Judging Excellence

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Music from a Life Lived "On the Back 40" by Jason Craig Country (ASCAP)
Jason Craig grew up in a tiny north Missouri town of 50. That’s 50 people—not 50,000, not 500…just 50. He spent much of his young life shooting baskets on a rusty hoop nailed to an old telephone pole. After school, he stocked shelves, swept floors, pumped gas, delivered groceries, and hauled feed for his family’s general store. His teenage summers consisted of building fence, baling hay, and clearing brush. Free time was spent in the pastures and woods, riding motorcycles, camping with the neighbor boys, drinking water from the creek, catching and eating fish from the pond. Looking back, it was a good life. Like many small-town boys, though, he dreamed of getting out…of “making it”…of succeeding. Moving from gravel roads to paved streets…from a single flashing yellow light to real stoplights at each block's end...from a single movie screen 30 miles away to movies viewed on a big screen in the comfort of his own home. Now, by most accounts, Craig has done just that—he’s succeeded. He holds down a steady job, pays the bills and has a car in the garage. He even got that big TV he’s always wanted. But something's missing. He needs to create something from nothing; needs to entertain; needs to feel like he's taking a risk now and then...so he moves forward with a new creative outlet. He starts jotting down things he finds funny, and before long he finds himself turning those funny phrases into funny songs. After a while, he starts playing them for his friends. They laugh...then they spur him on to write more. It’s not all laughs, though. From time to time he’s compelled to capture something serious and heartfelt. The woman he’s loved since before he knew her. The light and life in his daughter’s eyes. The honor and dignity of a life well spent. The grace and mercy of a loving God. So he writes songs. At home at night when the family is asleep. On a plane 36,000 feet in the air. In a hotel room on yet another business trip. In the invisible hours between today’s accomplishments and tomorrow’s challenges—these are the opportunities he gets to write, and he takes them. His creative process is simple: He lets his mind wander and it leads him to something interesting. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes not. He takes it all in, gives it all its due, and lets the words come out without prejudice or pretentiousness. This is why Jason’s music covers the full spectrum of entertainment and emotion. It fulfills his desire to put words and music to paper and tape and move someone to feel something. These are songs that bring laughter and tears…and both are offered intentionally. In the end, the type of emotion isn’t as important as freeing people to feel these things in the first place. He wants to help you find a different place in your head and heart…not better, not worse…just different—because that’s what keeps our time on this earth interesting.

Jason Craig Summarized by www.jasoncraigcountry.com
Jason Craig shows start in the roadhouse, but usually end up in the outhouse. He begins the night with positive, energetic country music...the music of family values and good memories...with songs like "On the Back 40" and "Worth Countin' On." As the night goes on, however, things get a little (then a lot) racy, with numbers like "Does the Carpet Match the Drapes?" (a crowd favorite, only mildly onerous), "Second Hand Smell", (getting nastier now) and then the patently offensive "As a Whole." Throughout the entire trip from moderate respectability to booze-fueled raunch, however, Craig maintains the witty banter and easy stage presence of an entertainer genuinely interested in giving his audience what they want. You can see it in his eyes and his ever-present half-smile...he's there for you to have a good time.

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Solo gigs: PA and acoustic amp

Band gigs: 4-person setup with drums, bass, acoustic and electric guitars

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