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J Kardong

About Me

I moved from Moscow Idaho (lived next door to Josh Ritter ) to Seattle in 1997 to pursue music. I played with Six String Eric and his Lazy Ranch Hands until 2001, then started The Wakefields with my good friends.

For the last three years I've been playing pedal steel with Sera Cahoone and live in Seattle proper.

I play a 2006 Carter D-10, or a 2008 S-10 Rittenberry through either a Fender Twin Reverb, Fender Steel King or Peavey Nashville 1-12.

Drop me a line, would love to hear from you.

Jason "Jay" Kardong

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/06/2005
Band Website: www.jkardong.com
Influences: The Jayhawks, Monte Warden, George Ducas, Raul Malo, Wilco, Judas Priest, The Byrds, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Uncle Tupelo, Buck Owens, Pete Anderson, Son Volt, Doug Sahm, Chris Isaak, The Derailers, The Decemberists, The Mavericks, Tennesse Ernie Ford, The Shins, Johnny Burnette, Presidents of the United States, Dwight Yoakam, Bob Wills, Johnny Horton, Warren Smith, Merle Haggard, LLoyd Green, Buddy Emmons, Don Pawlak, Brian Davies, Gary Morse, Ralph Mooney, Noel Boggs, Cindy Cashdollar, Jerry Byrd, Bruce Bouton, Ricky Davis, Dan Tyack, Jody Cameron, Joshua Grange, Melvin Duffy
Record Label: none

My Blog

[8/21/2008] - Thanks Grand Archives

Being the slacker I am, I haven't posted anything yet, but I wanted to thank the Grand Archives for taking us out with them June and July this year.  The people we met, and the fun times we share...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:50:00 GMT

[4/29/2008] - Quit Me Job

After 11 years working at a large computer company in the greater Seattle area, I officially gave notice today!  My last day is right before our Sera Cahoone tour. More time to focus on my goals ...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:22:00 GMT

[3/6/2008] - Seattle Sound Magazine

Go check out the new issue of Seattle Sound magazine!  Great article about Sera in there. http://www.seattlesoundmag.com/march-2008/ J
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:48:00 GMT

[01/30/2008] KEXP Interview w/Sera

The title track is posted.  Check it out http://depts.washington.edu/kexp/blog/?p=4678 JK
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:40:00 GMT

[01/31/2007] - Video Shoot Photos

Sera just filmed her first video for the song "Couch Song".  It was shot over the course of four days in Soap Lake Washington with friends and professionals.  We all had a blast, even thoug...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:12:00 GMT

[12/13/2006] - Sera signs to Sub Pop

Hey All! Sera just signed to Sub Pop records, which is freaking awesome!  I can't tell ya how excited I be about this.  The future looks great! JK
Posted by on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:29:00 GMT

[7/6/2006] - Thanks Band Of Horses

I wanted to thank all the guys from Band of Horses for having us along on thier tour, you were all great to hang with, and such nice fellas, we all had a great time with ya all. Thanks also to Mt. Egy...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:41:00 GMT

[7/5/2006] - Thanks Tucson, Phoenix, LA, San Fran and Portland!!!

Thanks everyone for coming out to see Sera Cahoone and the band.  We really appreciate you all being there early enough to see us, and support our music. We met so many great new friends, and you...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:14:00 GMT