Jason Moon is a storyteller. His songs and performances make you feel like you are with a trusted friend reminiscing about the good old days. He invites you in, sits you down and makes you want to listen. Jason Moon is funny and wise, thoughtful and poetic, urgent and often heartbreaking. His gravelly voice and flat picking guitar style evoke blues, folk and Americana genres. To know Jason Moon is to know his music. Enter the performance as strangers, but leave as friends. Jason Moon can make any room feel lived in. A winner of several awards and honors, Jason has been recognized for musical accolades as well as his work through the non-profit Warrior Songs. (link hidden)
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Price Range: $250 and up
Gig Length: 30 - 240 minutes
Languages: English
Jason Moon, is nationally-known for being a versatile and dynamic performer who is both a seasoned troubadour and a dedicated advocate for our veterans. In his quarter-century touring the country, Jason Moon has entertained and inspired music lovers of all ages, in thousands of shows on hundreds of stages — from Summerfest's Harley-Davidson Main Stage to major national conferences to intimate house concerts. And Jason Moon is both well-respected and well-loved for the ongoing work he does with Warrior Songs, the non-profit he founded that helps military veterans find healing through music and art. Whether for ten or a thousand, at coffee houses and independent music festivals, Jason Moon weaves stories as well as humor into his music. Tailoring his performance to meet the unique requirements of each venue as he entertains and inspires both young and old, Jason Moon always makes it a unique, night-to-remember experience.
Jason Moon Bio
Jason Moon is a storyteller. His songs and performances make you feel like you are with a trusted friend reminiscing about the good old days. He invites you in, sits you down and makes you want to listen. Jason Moon is funny and wise, thoughtful and poetic, urgent and often heartbreaking. His gravelly voice is balanced by a unique flat picking guitar style evoking blues, folk and Americana genres. A winner of several awards and honors, Jason has been recognized for both his songwriting skills as well as his engaging performances. An evening with Jason Moon is always engaging and entertaining.
Jason Moon is also a veteran of the Iraq War, and the founder of the non-profit Warrior Songs, which brings healing to military veterans with PTSD through music and the creative arts. Based in Chandler, AZ, his folk/Americana musical style has been compared to the likes of: John Prine, Jim Croce and Greg Brown.
Jason began his musical career as a teenager playing around campfires in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. He later attended UW-Oshkosh and was a driving force behind the burgeoning Fox Valley music scene of the late ‘90s. During this time, Jason released his first album, Naked under All These Clothes, in 1998. He also hosted several open mics, wrote dozens of songs, and played hundreds of shows until he deployed to Iraq in 2003.
In Iraq, he performed frequently for his fellow troops, but for over five years after his return in 2004 he was unable to finish more than a single song despite songwriting being his greatest joy in life, the war had taken this simple pleasure away from him as emotions cut too deep to take pen to paper. During this dark time, Jason released an album of pre-war recordings called Poverty recorded in his home studio in 2006.
In 2010, Jason was interviewed for the documentary feature film On the Bridge (2011) and was asked to record one of his original songs for the film’s credit roll, an experience that energized him to finally begin to write songs again in earnest, and which ultimately led to the release of Trying to Find My Way Home (2011). Trying is an “accidental concept album” based on Jason’s own war experiences and on his attempts after his homecoming to regain the man he was before he was deployed.
Based on the success of Trying in the veteran’s community, Jason founded the nonprofit, Warrior Songs, which seeks to heal veterans through music. Warrior Songs helps veterans heal from the wounds of war by turning their stories into songs. The first compilation If You Have to Ask… Warrior Songs Vol. 1 released in 2016. Women at War: Warrior Songs Vol. 2 is currently in production and is scheduled to be released November 2018. Jason also tours around the United States performing a musical/education performance titled, The 7 Things You Never Say to a Veteran.
Jason’s most recent CD Love and Light (2014) is a departure from the weighty themes of Trying. Songs about love, family and reveling in life’s journey triumph throughout. Love and Light was funded entirely by a Kickstarter campaign, which further enhances its good vibe quality. Jason is back in the studio this year working on his next CD.
Jason has been featured by multiple media outlets, most notably Associated Press, National Public Radio, Public Radio International. He was also the subject of a news segment for the music channel Fuse in May 2013. He was awarded the Special Recognition Gold Medal in songwriting for the 2012 VA Creative Arts Competition in Boston, MA. He was recently awarded a WAMI for Best Singer/Songwriter in 2016. His song “Trying to Find My Way Home” won the 2016 Global Peace Song Award.
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Jason has his own sound system for places large and small.
In addition to the 4 all original CD's Jason Moon has in print, here is a set list he often pulls covers from.
Song Name Author
16 Tons Traditional
1920 Blues Charlie Par
1952 Vincent Black Lightning Richard Thompson
32/20 Robert Johnson
All Along the Watch Tower Bob Dylan
All My Life Todd Snider
All Your Favorite Bands Dawes
Already Gone Eagles
Angels from Montgomery John Prime
Apartment Song Tom Petty
Apple Suckle Tree Traditional
Atlantic City Bruce Springsteen
Authority Song John Mel encamp
Automobile John Prime
Bad Bad Leroy Brown Joe Croce
Before I Go John Hiatt
Big Jim Joe Croce
Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchel
Broke Down Engine Blind Willie McTell
Buckets of Rain Bob Dylan
Bug Phish
Burn One Down Ben Harper
Canidio Traditional
Can't Always Get What You Rolling Stones
Can't You See Marshall Tucker
Catcher In The Rye Sammy Walker
Chicago Blues Jason Euclid
Corpus Christi Bay Robert Earl Keen
Country Roads John Denver
Crazy Love Van Morrison
Cripple Creek The Band
D.B. Cooper Todd Snider
Dead Flowers The Rolling Stones
Deal Jerry Garcia
Death Don't Have No Mercy Rev. Gary Davis
Deep Ellum Blues Traditional
Diamond Joe Traditional
Don't Worry Be Happy Bobby McFerrin
Dublin Blues Guy Clark
Easy Wind Grateful Dead
Everybody Needs Somebody to Talk To John Prine
Fat on the Farm Lil Rev
Feeling All Right Dave Mason
Fell Like Missing You Todd Snider
Fire & Rain James Taylor
Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
For What Its Worth Buffalo Springfield
Frankie and Albert Traditional
Franklins Tower Grateful Dead
Free Falling Tom Petty
Friend of the Devil Grateful Dead
Frog Went a Courting Traditional
Frying Pan John Prine
Funk Set Funk you
Gallows Pole Traditional
Galway Girl Steve Earl
Garden Party Ricky Nelson
Gin & Juice Snoop Dog
God Is My Friend Bob Schneider
Going Down That Road Traditional
Good Morning Little School Girl Fred McDowell
Goodnight Irene Led Belly
Gotta Get Drunk Willie Nelson
Gotta Jibboo Phish
Had Me A Girl Tom Waits
Heavy Things Phish
Helpless Neil Young
Hey Good Looking Hank Williams
Highway Patrol Man Bruce Springsteen
Hot Tamales Robert Johnson
House of The Rising Sun Traditional
How Long Traditional
I am The Light of This World Rev. Gary Davis
I am the Road Jason Eklund
I Belong To The Band Rev. Gary Davis
I Can't Complain Todd Snider
I Don't Wanna Grow Up Tom Waits
I Second That Emotion Smokey Robinson
I Shall Be Released Bob Dylan
If I Had A Boat Lyle Lovett
If You Gotta Go Bob Dylan
If You See Her Bob Dylan
Iko Iko Traditional
In The Pine Led Belly
Jack and Diane John Mellencamp
Jesus Was a Capricorn Kris Kristofferson
Jim Jones Traditional
John Brown Bob Dylan
John Henry Traditional
Jump Around House of Pain
Just Allow Me One More Bob Dylan
Just In Case Todd Snider
Just like a Woman Bob Dylan
Keep Me In Your Heart Warren Zevon
Knocking on Heavens Door Bob Dylan
Know You Rider Traditional
LA Freeway Guy Clark
Last Dance with Mary Jane Tom Petty
Let Me Follow You Down Stephen Foster
Let the Train Blow Its Whistle Johnny Cash
Life's to Long To Worry Todd Snider
Lodi CCR
Long Year Todd Snider
Louisiana Saturday Night Bob McDill
Love & Light Jason Moon
Margaretville Jimmy Buffet
Me and Julio Paul Simon
Midnight Special Led Belly
Million Dollar Bash Bob Dylan
Mister Like You Ben Harper
Mobile Line Traditional
Monkey and The Engineer Traditional
Moon Shadow Cat Stevens
Moon Shiner Traditional
Mr. Bogangles Jerry Jeff Walker
Never Been To Spain Three Dog Night
New Speed Way Boogie Grateful Dead
No Body Knows You Jimmy Cox
No Woman No Cry Bob Marley
Nobody's Fault But Mine Willie Johnson
Oh Yoko John Lennon
Old Laughing Lady Neil Young
Old Time Religion Traditional
On Monday Led Belly
On My Long Journey Home Traditional
On My Own Jason Euclid
Ooh La La Faces
Paradise John Prine
Party Till The Money Runs Out The Radiators
Pay the Man David Lindley
Pick A Bail of Cotton Led Belly
Pink Houses John Mellencamp
Poncho & Lefty Towns Vansant
Pony Tom Waits
Porch Song Wide Spread Panic
Quinn The Eskimo Bob Dylan
Quit Hollering At Me John Prine
Reason to Believe Bruce Springsteen
Redemption Song Bob Marley
Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
Rock Island Line Led Belly
Rocking in the Free World Neil Young
Roll Me Easy Little Feet
Romeo & Juliet Mark Knoflin
Rustbelt Refugee Jason Eklund
Rusty Waters Jason Eklund
Samson & Delilah Rev. Gary Davis
Shake It and Break It Charlie Patton
Shake Senoia Harry Bellefonte
Shake Them On Down Bukka White
Shelter from the Storm Bob Dylan
Sign on the Window Bob Dylan
Silver Lining Steve Pultz
Silvio Bob Dylan
Simple Twist Of Fate Bob Dylan
Sitting on Top of The World Mississippi Sheiks
Some Flowers Need To Grow Lil Rev
Star Out of The Window John Prine
Steal My Kisses Ben Harper
Step It Up and Go Traditional
Stuck in the Middle With You Steel Wheels
Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan
Sweet Home Alabama Lenard Skinard
Sweet Jane Lou Reed
Swing Low Traditional
Take A Drink On Me Traditional
Talking Grunge Band Blues Todd Snider
Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan
The Cape Guy Clark
The Gambler Traditional
The Joker Steve Miller
The Piano Man Billy Joel
The Road Goes On Forever Robert Earl Keen
The Way That World Goes Round John Prine
The Weight The Band
These Days Tom Rush
This Little Light of Mine Traditional
Tillamook County Jail Todd Snider
Time Ain't Time Greg Brown
Times They Are a Changing Bob Dylan
Tip Toe Joy Dragland
Tom Dooley Traditional
Touch of Grey Grateful Dead
Trouble Jesse Fuller
Truckers & Cowboys Jake Froelke
Turn On Your Love Light Grateful Dead
Two Little Boys Traditional
Used Car Bruce Springsteen
Wagon Wheel Old Crow Medicine Show
Walking Down the Line Bob Dylan
Walls Tom Petty
Wasted Rock Ranger Great White
We're Having a Baby Jason Moon
West LA Fade Away Grateful Dead
What I Got Sublime
What's Going On 4 Non Blonds
When I'm Gone The Carter Family
Will The Circle Traditional
Working Class Hero John Lennon
World Gone Wrong Mississippi Sheiks
Yes I Guess John Prine
You Ain't Going Nowhere Bob Dylan
You Are My Sunshine Traditional
You Can Call Me Al Paul Simon
You Can Fly Jason Moon
You Don't Know How It Feels Tom Petty
You Gonna Make Me Lonesome Bob Dylan
Your Gonna Quit Me Traditional
You're A Big Girl Now Bob Dylan
Jason Moon’s influences main are: Bob Dylan, John Prine, and Traditional Blues. Jason loves Americana and singer/songwriter music.
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