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Jason Harwell

Independent folk for independent folk

About Me


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Singer/songwriters are everywhere these days, but how many of them have competed nationally at Meat Judging and Evaluation? Though one may be tempted to guess none of them, Jason Harwell would be quick to correct you. He says, “I had reached the peak of my athletic abilities – sitting the bench and chasing foul balls in the parking lot – and thought that maybe it was time to seek greener pastures, so to speak.” Growing up on a cattle farm in rural Georgia, he need look no further than his local Future Farmers of America. Soon after, Jason found himself in a giant meat locker in Kansas City placing carcasses in order from best to worst. “It was a wonderful experience. Meat judging isn’t something you letter in, I suppose, but I got to wear a hard hat and miss a week of school. It’s not what most people do in high school, but it seemed to fit me,” Jason says.
Doing things differently has been a hallmark of Jason’s life. Now 28, Jason has long since given up the glitz and glamour of meat judging for a career in music, and he continues to take the road less traveled. He says, “but I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I wasn’t truly living the kind of life I was intended to live. The more I thought about it, the more I had to find out what that meant”This search for true life eventually bore fruit with the Alive in the Fall album, a wide-reaching collection of alterna-folk songs incorporating shimmer-pop piano flourishes and alt-country washes of steel strings that, according to Flagpole Magazine, “brims with sincerity and soul”. “With Alive in the Fall”, Jason says, ”my goal is to share these experiences in the hope that they will find someone in a similar place and, ultimately, offer them something real. Something that didn’t come out of a computer. I feel that’s my responsibility as a songwriter.”

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Member Since: 3/15/2005
Band Website: jasonharwell.com
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Influences: Glen Phillips, Toad the Wet Sprocket, the Police, Paul Westerberg, 80's pop, Derek Webb, Over the Rhine, old Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder
Sounds Like: The lovechild of Glen Phillips and Pete Yorn, cross-pollenated with some Matthew Sweet and Jakob Dylan, and then injected with some Whiskeytown.
Record Label: Rebuilt Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Culturally, politically, and financially exhausted? Look at this...

Come on now - this picture has to make you feel at least a little bit better.Molly Harwell, everybody. Thank God she's around....
Posted by Jason Harwell on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:48:00 PST

Albums You Need to Know

It's shameless promotion day here at my blog, and I feel no shame because these three recordings are three recordings that I think are among the best albums of 2008. Yeah, I'm biased because I've been...
Posted by Jason Harwell on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:39:00 PST

Vote for Micah Dalton on the Cayamo Cruise!

We're pleased to announce that Micah is a semi-finalist for the Cayamo Cruise featuring John Hiatt, Lyle Lovett, Buddy Miller, Patty Griffin, and others! It's like a cruise, but with awesome music. An...
Posted by Jason Harwell on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:07:00 PST

You cant make this stuff up

Don't know if you saw this, from the Myspace home page:"Avril Lavigne rocks harder than any band out there, even when she's toning it down with her power ballad 'When You're Gone.'"I especially like t...
Posted by Jason Harwell on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:50:00 PST

xxxchurch.tv

The good folks from xxxchurch.com have moved to Las Vegas and have canceled their old podcast, Dirty Little Secrets, and have begun a series of webisodes at the new site, xxxchurch.tv.Now, at first I ...
Posted by Jason Harwell on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:31:00 PST

Fundraising, News, Etc...

Dearest folks who take the time to read this blog,There's been a lot of wonderful things going on around here with Rebuilt Records, to the point where I've been struggling to find the time to get out ...
Posted by Jason Harwell on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:09:00 PST

I just flew back from Idaho...

... and boy, are my arms tired! But seriously, folks...Just a quick thank you to Grace & Calvary for having the entire Harwell family out to camp at Farragut State Park in lovely Athol, Idaho. It was ...
Posted by Jason Harwell on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:04:00 PST

Am I building something better?

While I've been writing for new record that has no title, studio schedule, or release date, I do have a new release on iTunes. Well, kind of. It's actually one of my oldest releases, my first full-len...
Posted by Jason Harwell on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:48:00 PST

I know my birthday’s not for many months...

... but if you're in a gifting mood, I would be your best friend if somehow you got me one of these:http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/30/bil l_cosby_to_sell_off_his_sweaters_...
Posted by Jason Harwell on Sat, 31 May 2008 07:08:00 PST

Some Thoughts of My Second Trans-Pacific Flight

There is a good possibility this blog won't make any sense; it's kind of an exercise in sleep-deprivation and stream-of-consciousness writing. But hey, let's have fun!For some reason, I still feel lik...
Posted by Jason Harwell on Tue, 27 May 2008 09:38:00 PST