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Bent

"If you hit the wrong note....hit it twice." Miles

About Me

JC's journey has spanned seventeen years, many bands, many friends and two continents. He's played packed houses from the world famous Vipor Room in Hollywood to the Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco.As with many of todays talented troubadours JC has carved his own brand of acoustic rock with sincere, well-crafted songs akin to the likes of Ben Harper, Damien Rice or Amos Lee. His soaring vocals are ghostly reminiscent of the late great Jeff Buckley with the command and range of a Bono or Tom Yorke.JC & the Promise is Jason's newest band, featuring Mandi Swenson on Cello, Lance Swenson on keys and Lou Canakis on drums. This new project has enormous potential and is already garnering praise around the country.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/14/2004
Band Website: n/a
Band Members: Samwise is playing the mandolin Mike Taylor is on percs Jason Cockburn is playing twelve and singing
Influences: Jeff Buckley,Ben Harper Reggie Rueffer, U2, Jeremy Schwartz, Randy Morris, Willie, Mesh, Shawn B., Jeff Cockburn, Meredith Cockburn, TGW, Cherry, Big Sis', T Mac Daddy, radiohead, buzzcocks, bomb child, Pop, Lady Vaden, DiMarco and Busk, Rhett Miller, Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, the Violent Femmes, Daniel Lanois, REM, Vic Chessnut (I don't think I spelled that right)
Sounds Like: Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper, Damien Rice
Record Label: deviantsounds
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SXSW (post)

Hello beautiful people,SXSW was a huge success for Jenni Tooley's great short film "The Safety of Others".The Dobie Theater was packed and everyone had wonderful things to say. Especially about the so...
Posted by Bent on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:04:00 PST

South Park Music Tour

Well so far it's been a great year and if anyone will be near Breckenridge Colorado this June 21st-24th you should come check me out at the South Park Music Tour in South Park Colorado. I will be perf...
Posted by Bent on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:24:00 PST

New Band

Hey there I just wanted to let all you beautiful people know that I have begun rehearsals with my new band The Promise. We have the beautiful and talented Mandi Swensen on cello and the great Lou Dean...
Posted by Bent on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:30:00 PST

SXSW

Hello all,Well, my grteat friend Jenni Tooley has directed a great short film called the "Safety of Others" which was just accepted into SXSW. We are all very excited for her! Furthermore, I have thre...
Posted by Bent on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:26:00 PST

Check out this event: Open Mic

Hosted By: Bend StudioWhen: Thursday Jul 27, 2006 at 8:00 PMWhere: Bend Studio5014 mckinney avenue (upstairs)DALLAS, TX 75201USDescription: Bend Studio Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Bent on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:39:00 PST

studio

I will be in LA on April 9th through the 12th and will be posting a show there soon. See everyone soon. JC
Posted by Bent on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:17:00 PST

Finally figure this out

Okay so here I am finally and it is such a relief. More songs coming soon just waiting for the processing. Love ya'll JC
Posted by Bent on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:15:00 PST