Live music, food, and fun!

6pm potluck

7pm show

$15-25 suggested donation

All ages, family-friendly

Rain location: Bishop Hill Creative Commons

http://jasonwellsmusic.com/

Jason Wells was born in a small town in Indiana. His early musical influences came to him through his father’s extensive record collection. As he listened every morning before school to tunes like Do You Feel Like We Do from Peter Frampton, he dreamed of one day becoming a guitarist and performing. He started to seriously learn guitar at age 12 and has primarily taught himself. He managed to graduate from a county school in Indiana, and played in a few garage bands along the way. Eventually he bought into the idea that playing music for a living was not realistic, so he settled down to a daily grind and started raising a family.

In 2008, when the economy went bad and everyone was loosing their jobs, Jason didn’t escape the trouble. He was laid off work for a year and a half and turned that opportunity into his chance to start a music career. When Jason’s father passed away from cancer in 2011, Jason truly began to evaluate his own life. His dad’s passing was fuel for the fire to start living.

Starting from basically nothing with old worn out sound equipment, Jason played with fervor. He had never stopped playing guitar and dreaming about being a full time musician through the years. Now he had his chance, and it was not to be wasted.