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Jason Cimon (new tour blog and photos)

About Me


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Jason Cimon is creating a sound exemplary of Southern youth and yearning, pulling emotion from the Tupelo soil and implanting it in his sound. The classically trained 22-year-old is on the front lines of a slow revolution in Southern music—one of a new generation poised to arrest the attention of not only the nation, but perhaps the entire world.
The son of a military man, Cimon never developed any real concept of “hometown” or had the luxury of a best friend to confide in. Instead, he poured his stories into his songs. From the earliest age, Cimon found stability and solace in his music and the deeply personal quality is still a trademark of his writing, lending the impression that you are listening in on a private confession every time you hear one of his songs.
Nearly nine years ago, Cimon’s family moved to Itawamba County in northeastern Mississippi, a location whose influence is obviously ever present in his work. After a stint in the crust punk scene of Tupelo, Cimon graduated high school and went on to attend a small area college as a music major where he has specialized in orchestral percussion, studied string bass and piano, and harbored a secret wish of becoming an opera tenor.
Taking into consideration the sometimes desperate climate of destitution found in much of Mississippi, it’s no wonder Cimon has decided to take advantage of the narrow window of opportunity afforded him to support himself doing what he loves. His acoustic guitar accompanied by the hollow thud of a tapping foot showcase both the wicked urgency and seeping reflective qualities of his upbringing and the place he has come to call home. Many are already comparing him to the likes of Jeff Buckley, Damien Rice, or, as one fan noted “Rufus Wainright if he were from New Orleans.”
These days, he’s going for broke—opting to tour continually as opposed to settling into the vicious rhythm of Southern domesticity which has consumed so many of his peers. Throwing a suitcase and guitar into the back of his ’89 Toyota and taking off alone is an easier reality for the nouveau Mariachi.—Rachel Drinkard You want to know what Mississippi does to musicians? This is what: It lends a frantic, classic urgency teetering on the edge of despair. A sense of place and strong character that you don't come across every day. A tragic beauty that happens of its own accord when your guitar and your voice are all you have in the whole big world and serve as a constant reminder that if you don't make your music work for you this time, if you don't take advantage of this narrow window of opportunity, you're done. Because it's this or stapling cotton batting to couch frames in a factory.

Jason Cimon is an on-again off-again music major at a college outside of Tupelo, MS. He's never listened to a Jeff Buckley song all the way through, but it's obvious that the same things that once drove and inspired Buckley now do the same for Cimon.

His recordings are rough, one take numbers done in friends' bedrooms and bathrooms. After a few listens, you realize this is the only way they could be, though. A polished, clean studio rendition would only serve to obliterate the spirit behind the music.
Cimon sets out on the first leg of a summer tour later this week, heading in a general northeasterly direction in his Toyota with enough money in his pocket to make it to his first stop and a guitar in the back seat.

Buy some merch and help put gas in his car so he can make his next date. Bring him some vegan-friendly food and a Dr. Pepper and make a new best friend.
Listen to more Jason Cimon here .
courtesy of scenestars.net

opening hearts and clearing minds.


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/02/2005
Influences:
Pete Seeger
Chet Baker
Social Distortion
Hayden
Dillard Chandler
Moses Hogan
Mxpx

Sounds Like: Secondary Dominants, Charlie Parker Melodies, Eating Patterns, Blue IV's, Itawamba County, German 6s, Bb Blues, G Minor Blues, Mississippi, Eb Pedal Point, The Working Poor.

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

May Tour '09 Wrap Up!

Well I went out for a week and a half with Auld Lang Syne and it was a new experience for me for different reasons than for them. Between all of us there was 4 marriage partners, 5 kids, and 1 on the ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 12:41:00 GMT

Mxpx's new album and I finally shaved normal

Well I purchased the new Mxpx album. I know most sane human beings would had stopped buying Mxpx records after they graduated high school but it's one of those bands I will never be ashamed in admitti...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:01:00 GMT

Got a new song up and the album cover is done

So it's been a while. I'm getting the itch to be back out on the road and I soon will be. I've been selling clothes to people in Manhattan lately and am hangin tuff in Bedstuy right now.The song I pos...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:46:00 GMT

Just So Ya Know - 2009

I am not dead. I have made my way back to New York City and there are big plans in the works.Now I've recorded a record out in Tucson with Eric Parisi, it'll be out on 1912 records. My 1990 toyota cam...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:10:00 GMT

new song

my ankles are swolen and I pick at the pus scabs from the spiders that bite that invade my sleeping bag at night I normally can touch my middle finger and thumb together around my ankleI rub my skin w...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:28:00 GMT

Tucson, Arizona - Life After Tour

This is tough. I've been recording a lot of demo versions of Who's That Man and Over By The Overpass. I think the latter is actually not working out very well. After hearing the song myself without pl...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:56:00 GMT

Tucson, AZ - The Party’s Over

Well I just survived a tour from May 25th to July 5th. I am at my final destination for the Eatin' Raw Sewage solo tour in the Toyta Camry totally alone. It didn't go out with a bang. My final 3 shows...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:04:00 GMT

Austin Texas - American Psycho

Alright. I saw the movie American Psycho (after I saw I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry) and it was pretty interesting. Most people I've told that I saw it said "you just now saw it?" so ya know. I ...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:46:00 GMT

Sherman Texas - Continued

So. Henryetta Oklahoma show and Denison Texas show were very good. I swear that venue in Henryetta, something about it, but something happens to me when I play there. Everything seems to click. It hap...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:48:00 GMT

Sherman, TX - Sweat Soaked Shoes

So. I don't know why I did this but my drive today was from the thriving metropolis of Henryetta Oklahoma to Denison Texas and I thought that since the windows being down creates enough wind resistanc...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:36:00 GMT