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saddle productions (jason osburn)

little bit country, little bit rock and roll

About Me


_My name is Jason Osburn. If you are reading this you probably already know me. If you already know me then you either like me or hate me or you're just indifferent to me and that's all good. To each his own... I have done a lot of shit in my life, been a lot of places, played a lot of music, made a lot of art, emptied a few bottles, built a campfire or two, seen a couple dozen shooting stars, slept in a couple of rowboats, drove some trucks, rode some motorcycles, ran from some cops, swam naked in a couple of oceans, passed out in a few different countries, kissed a couple of girls, watched a couple of things rust. All and all it's been an interesting, and confusing run... Not sure where it's all going now but I've never been one to say wake me up when we get there or even slow down for that matter so I'm in for the long haul. "It's a sad and beautiful world." - Roberto Begnini (in Down By Law) } I have a lot of history/experience in and around the music business, everything from tour management to national booking to engineering. I am currently working on building custom tube guitar amplifiers. These beauties are tone monsters. I promise you will want one if you play one. I'm getting back into booking, so if you are a band and want to come to the D and play, I'll tell you were and who to contact depending on what kinda sound and audience you are looking for. If you are a venue and need someone to put bands or Djs on your stage and bodies in your house, I can help. If you are a booking agent and want some demographics about Detroit, or just about any other market, I can probably help you. Thank you to everyone who is trying to follow their dreams, some of us have gotten way off track and we need a good kick in the ass. Well, 'til the wheels fall off... oh yea, Oscar is the bestest friend a broken man could ask for... CHEERS! }
Sister Rosetta Thorpe

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/13/2005
Band Members: Jason Osburn, along with his assorted demons, and personalities...
Influences: John from Cincinnati, Tom Waits, Townes VanZandt, Will Oldham, Neil, Dylan, CASH, Gram Parsons, Connor Oberst, Jason Molina, Slint, Hayden, Luke the Drifter, Loftus, Syd Berrett, Smog, T Rex, Royal Fingerbowl, Tortoise, carnivale, Pixies, T Bone Burnett, Shellac, Shipping News, Al Swearengen, the EELS, Kimya Dawson, Deadwood, Cat Power, Elvis Costello, Iggy, WEEN, Joe Purdy, Tortoise, Band of Horses, the Shins, Entourage, more Tom Waits, William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Robert Redford, The Outlaw Josie Wales, Wes Anderson, Bill Murray, Judd Apatow, Bill Pullman in Big Love, anyone anywhere doing what they want to do, Kelly Reichardt, Raymond Carver, Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Ellen Page, D.A. Pennebaker, Harmony Korine, Robert Motherwell, Franz Klein, Duchamp, Michael Cerra, Robert Altman, Neil Gamman, David Milch, and of course, Scarlett Johansson and her breasts. (god was in a good mood that day)
Sounds Like: Windshield wipers, washing machines, one thousand purring cats. Garden gates, tidal waves, and candles right after they're blown out. Flowers opening as heard from the bottom of an empty bottle.
Record Label: Really? I mean Really?
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Goin’ home.... well, sort of.

They are discharging me today.  I am going to my parents house to stay for a while.  I have a shitload of meds.  My pharmacy bill today is 2200$.  I still have the belly injections...
Posted by saddle productions (jason osburn) on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:37:00 PST

some positive news for a change

Well, the latest Echo Cardio Graph showed an ejection fraction of 18%.  A huge jump from the 4% the previous week.  I am not hooked up to any I.V.s, I am walking around my floor constantly, ...
Posted by saddle productions (jason osburn) on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:19:00 PST

29 days in the hospital. I may not be pretty but I’m still swingin’.

So yea, 29 fuckin' days!  They did move me out of ICU and in to a regular room tonight.  That is supposed to be a good sign, means they are moving me towards getting out of the hospital all ...
Posted by saddle productions (jason osburn) on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:33:00 PST

STILL IN HOSPITAL, BUT NOT YET DEAD !!!

..> still in hospital, not dead yet. Still in the hospital. Day 19. 2 days ago they wanted to operate and give me a heart pump and put me on the heart transplant list.. I had something called a SW...
Posted by saddle productions (jason osburn) on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 10:22:00 PST

There'll be a golden ladder hangin' down, when the man comes around.

Trying to reconnect with folks who's trails I've lost. So far I'm amazed at the number of you who are on here.  Funny, I used to use this years ago for booking and such and then when I ...
Posted by saddle productions (jason osburn) on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 05:15:00 PST