JASON WILBER - New Show - JULY 26 2009

Jason Wilber is like a co-conspirator with Pakre, Donna, Deirdre and I on the Sunday House Concert Series because he was our first performer. The fact that he was so good at that first show propelled us into many other great shows.

Jason is and I think will always be our emotional favorite. He's just a prince; it's an honor to know him. And I tell what we'll do for you, we'll help you meet him and enjoy a very up close and personal show that you'll never forget. How's that for a great use of a Sunday afternoon?

Make your plans right now to be with us and many of your new and old friends on July 26 for JASON WILBER. I promise, this'll be one of the best house concert experiences in San Antonio this year.

Here's the info:

EVENT: JASON WILBER's 2009 appearance in the Sunday House Concert Series

DATE/TIME: Sunday July 26th 2 to 6 pm

LOCATION: 107 Cliffside San Antonio, TX 78231

DONATION: $15

DIRECTIONS: It's in Shavano Park near the corner of N.W. Military and Cliffside. Off of N.W. Military Dr. inside Loop 1604, turn east on Cliffside. The house is on the left and there will be a sign at the driveway. Please park along the street.

If you have any questions please email John Whipple at johnwhipple@gmail.com or Donna Hedges at dhedges517@gmail.com

PLEASE recommend this show to your friends and bring them with you - it's going to be wonderful!

In the meantime, look at the posts below to see the details and photos on our first show with him.....

It was great!

Take a listen!

I bet not everyone has heard these so here's a couple of obscure Jason Wilber cuts to get you psyched up. There's about ten of his songs that are tied for my favorite but I'm hoping he'll play at least one of these tomorrow. He didn't write "Killing The Blues" but I've included it because I've heard several people record it but no-one does it even close to as good has him. Obviously his songwriting is great and he's a great singer and musician but his unique production style is another dimension to appreciate. Nothing else I've heard quite sounds like it. I've held it up over the last couple of years to audio engineers working for me and to many other people in the industry as an example of a cool anti-Nashville, all Americana sound. Listen once and then go back and listen to each of the components, like just to the drums. It's all very natural and sparse and very cool. How he came to make records that sound like this was my first question to him in our first phone call. Let's ask him a lot more about that tomorrow.

1. I Can't See You Anymore
2. The Ballad Of Amazing Grace And Sideshow Dan
3. Killing The Blues

Comments seem to get buried...

thought I'd unearth Jason's comment and bring it back up to the top:

Come join us June 11th for a relaxing evening of acoustic music in lovely San Antonio. I think we're going to have a lot of fun at this show.

I'll be in the area playing lead guitar with John Prine, Friday in San Antonio and Saturday in Houston. Then I'll be coming back to San Antonio on Sunday for this solo concert, where I'll be singing songs from all of my CDs, including some from my 2 newest CDs that are coming out this year: Live and Otherwise Volume 1, and Lazy Afternoon.

If you'd like to hear some of my music and get a free CD, visit: www.jasonwilber.com or www.myspace.com/jasonwilber. You are also welcome to email me with any of your comments or questions. You'll find a contact link at the bottom of each page of my website at www.jasonwilber.com

I hope we'll see you then!

Thank you,
Jason Wilber

Who's coming?

I know that most of our unusual suspects have hit this site and emailed a confirmation and probably aren't needing to check back to this page BUT if you are one of the people who got handed a poster at the John Prine concert on Friday night, you can surely make a comment here and RSVP. We're really excited about seeing new faces tomorrow - expanding the circle is part of the benefit. I don't expect to still be getting much traffic to this blog this late in the game but if you happen by today and have a list of who you're bringing, put it in a comment here just for fun.

You TOO can put your arm around Jason Wilber

We're counting down 26 hours to the VERY COOL house concert tomorrow. We have room for you and we really, really want you to come but please email a confirmation to johnwhipple@gmail.com so we don't overbook ourselves. This photo is my sister Deirdre backstage at the John Prine concert in San Antonio last night. Jason was very gracious to her and I can tell from talking to him that he's really looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow afternoon. He's not only a real talent but a real cool person. This is going to be a lot of fun!

Important update to Jason Wilber House Concert Plans

If you received one of these flyers, do NOT bring a desert. Please. We don't want to criticize anyone's cooking but they tend to be very dry. And unwieldy. Sahara or Death Valley, leave them at home. Desserts and snacks of less than two square feet are what we want to share....... and the more the better! Sitting around the living room listening to music makes a person hungry for a veggie tray or apple crisps.

A couple of photos

Listen to this

it's a good one: I Fell In Line

And here is where you can listen to all of Jason's PodCasts.

And here's a pretty stout review from a major source:

"Wilber's songs are infectious, combining country, rock, and folk elements to create some truly unique Americana music... This guy is good..."

- The Gavin Report

Click this link

to view an interactive Google MAP

Jason Wilber House Concert In San Antonio

We're so fortunate to have Jason scheduled, he is far and away one of the most unique and interesting singer/songwriters out there. We've had a lot of cool events over the years but this one is going to be something very, very special. Please plan on being there with us.

EVENT:
Sunday House Concert Series featuring JASON WILBER

DATE/TIME:
Sunday June 11th
from 2 to 5 pm

LOCATION:
107 Cliffside San Antonio, TX 78231

DONATION: $15

DIRECTIONS:
Off of N.W. Military Dr. inside Loop 1604, turn east on Cliffside. The
house is on the left and there will be a sign at the driveway. Please
park along the street.


Parke and Donna Hedges are hosting again. If you were at the last one, you know what great hosts they are. Because it's summer, we'll have the performance inside but everyone can mill around on the large covered back patio, yard and.... treehouse.

In the classic house concert fashion, it's going to be potluck of snacks and deserts -
don't worry about it if you can't, but if you can, bring a snack/desert to share .

We're going to have a memorable, laid back afternoon of listening to music together. Your support and friendship will be greatly appreciated.

John Whipple