Showing posts with label jason sturgeon. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
VIDEO PREMIERE: "TIME BOMB" - JASON STURGEON
Check out the latest single from Jason Sturgeon, "Time Bomb". The high octane video features Sprint Series World of Outlaws, and Tony Stewart Team driver, Steve "The King" Kinser. This hard charging tune is the theme song for the 2012 Monster Truck Nationals Tour.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
VIDEO: JASON STURGEON SETS OFF “TIME BOMB” WITH NEW VIDEO STARRING SPRINT CAR DRIVER STEVE KINSER
Exclusive Debut on CMT on Friday March 30th
NASHVILLE, TN (March 26, 2012)--Toolpusher Records’ artist Jason Sturgeon is kicking off the release of his racing new single, “Time Bomb,” with a fast-paced new video featuring Sprint Series World of Outlaws “King,” and Tony Stewart Team driver, Steve Kinser. The video, directed by award-winning director Flick Wiltshire, debuted exclusively on CMT on Friday March 30th on CMT Pure, CMT.com, CMT Mobile and on the CMT Insider app for iPhone and iPad. The video airs wide on Saturday March 31st.
“Time Bomb,“ a no-holds-barred, wide- open-throttle of a tune, about living life in the fast lane, was written by Jason himself and is definitely autobiographical for the Indiana native, whose love affair with cars and motor sports has pretty much been a lifelong passion. The song is also the theme for the 2012 Monster Truck Nationals Tour where Sturgeon is a special guest, bringing his version of country rock to each arena. The new tune and its accompanying video were created at pretty much the exact same time, according to Jason, who immediately pictured visuals that tout the unbridled energy of a live fast- die hard
lifestyle.
“I was writing the song,” recalls Sturgeon, “and in the margin I was writing the template for the video at the same time and what I wanted to see at each certain point. So, the treatment was being written at the same time the song was. When I write I usually see visuals and somewhat of the story I’m telling… but this was different…it was like I could feel it. I’ve never lived a song to such a degree that with every line something visual was popping into my head. I had no real expectations, I just sat down started writing and this is what came out,” he admits, laughing.
Hailing from Indiana, Sturgeon immediately knew he wanted “King of the Outlaws” driver Steve Kinser to star in the song’s video and had some mutual friends introduce him to Steve so he could recruit him for the incendiary clip. Once Kinser signed on, the creative sparks flew and extremely close to the band in fact, since they were set up in a corner of the Tri-State Speedway track as Kinser zoomed past them over and over at breakneck speeds coming treacherously close.
“Basically I just wanted to capture the intensity that was going on but also, this guy has won 20 championships -- he’s raced Sprint cars, he’s raced Indy cars, he’s a badass racer… and I wanted to pay homage and showcase him in this video. He drives a 900 horsepower motor in a 1500 pound car, reaching 100 plus on the straightaways. To have him blasting around us that fast was just unreal!” quips Sturgeon.
As a memento of the amazing day and a way to say “thank you” for his participation in the video, Jason presented Kinser with the Stratocaster guitar that he played during the shoot, which he had custom painted himself to match Kinser’s car. Kinser was thrilled to receive the special axe and promptly asked Jason to sign for him. “This is such an amazing opportunity…you don’t get to do this with a guy who’s “King of the Outlaws” so I thought it would be cool if I had a guitar painted up like his car…plus, I wanted him to go away with something special. This guy has trophies upon trophies and I wanted him to have something that was different. So I figured that maybe he wouldn’t have a guitar that’s hand painted especially for him. I sat down the night before the video and pulled this Strat apart and taped it up and painted it. I was putting it all back together at 4am on the morning of the shoot. It’s still got the dirt on it from the track! I handed it to him right after the shoot and he really seemed to like it. It was just an amazing day all around and we’ve actually become pretty good friends over the last few weeks,” says Sturgeon.
Fans eager to hear the new song will also be able to rock out to it as it plays during the show opening of every date on the 2012 Monster Truck Nationals Tour. Jason will also perform it during pit parties at each tour stop, where he’ll play a mini-concert before each show.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Jason Sturgeon 2011 Tour Dates
Fans of Jason Sturgeon, here's where you can find him over the next few months! Go check him out and support his music!
Saturday, July 9, 2011 10:00 PM
Dough Boyz Pub with Chris Young
Ashville, OH
Friday, July 15, 2011 10:00 PM
Wild Hog Roadhouse
Miamisburg, OH
Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:00 PM
Cattle Annie's Phase 2
Lynchburg, VA
Saturday, July 23, 2011 10:00 PM
Six Strings Saloon
Bloomington, Il
Sunday, July 24, 2011 7:00 PM
Pike County 4-H Amphitheater
Pike County Farigrounds
Friday, July 29, 2011 9:00 AM
Cowbell's
Starkville, MS.
www.cowbellssportsgrill.com
Saturday, July 30, 2011 12:00 AM
HWY 99 Golf Cart Rally
Eagleville, TN
www.hwy99golfcartrally.com
Saturday, September 3, 2011 9:00 AM
Old 36
Riverton, IL.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 9:00 PM
Cowboy's of Dothon
Dothan, AL
http://cowboysofdothan.com
Friday, September 9, 2011 9:00 PM
Cowboys of Dothan
Dothan, AL
http://cowboysofdothan.com
Saturday, September 10, 2011 9:00 PM
Cowboys of Dothan
Dothan, AL
http://cowboysofdothan.com
Friday, September 16, 2011 9:00 PM
Coyotes
Augusta, GA
Saturday, September 17, 2011 9:00 AM
Coyotes
Augusta, GA
Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:00 PM
World Chicken Festival
London, KY
Friday, September 23, 2011 9:00 PM
Lower Level
Chattanooga, TN
Saturday, September 24, 2011 10:00 PM
Capones
Johnson City, TN
Notes: 227 East Main street Johnson City, TN
Saturday, October 1, 2011 10:00 PM
Cancun Cantina West
Hagerstown, MD
www.cancuncantinawest.com
Friday, January 21, 2011
Feature Artist: Jason Sturgeon
Introducing Jason Sturgeon When Jason Sturgeon sings about the simple life, he’s not just painting a picture of small town America. He’s describing who he is. Born and raised in Petersburg, IN, (pop. 3500) Sturgeon grew up in a family of coal miners, oilmen and farmers who literally made their living off the land, and still do to this day. Running wild and free as the quarter horses he learned to ride and compete on from the time he was 14, he grew up listening to country music artists such as Kenny Rogers, Alabama, George Strait and the outlaws but indulged his rowdier side through acts like Pantera, Rage Against The Machine, and Godsmack, and all of those influences collide on his latest CD, the aptly titled, “That’s Me.”
An enterprising young artist from the start, Jason found a way to make money off of his talent early on. As a kid of 5 or 6, he’d sing for the family at holidays and they’d give him quarters. “At the time Kenny Rogers was popular,” Jason recalls, “and that’s who I wanted to be when I grew up, so I’d sing all the words to Kenny tunes for my family and they’d give me quarters at family gatherings. And a couple of years ago I had a CD release party with my band, and after the show was over we had a meet and greet, and every one of my family came up and each gave me a quarter. It was so funny…my dad was the first one to get to me, and he shook my hand and stuck it in the grip, and I said, ‘What’s this for,’ and he said, “Well, you sang for us,” and then it was my aunt, and uncle, and they all came up and gave me quarters! It was really touching, and I bawled like a baby of course!”
Watching his uncle, who was a great guitar player, inspired Jason even further, and he continued to sing in elementary programs, at church and school choirs. Jason also remembers taking long rides in the country with his grandfather when he was 13 or 14 years old. “He’d pop in a Michael Martin Murphy tape of cowboy songs while driving the back roads and I would sing to him,” says Sturgeon. “He would tell me that one of these days I was going to be a country singer. He died in 2001 but I still have that tape and I keep it around just because of that….I’m still trying to do what he said I was going to do.”
Jason begged his mom to let him take guitar lessons, but knowing where it would lead she refused at the time. “I played piano when I was younger…my mom wouldn’t let me take guitar, because she knew if learned I’d be up in a bar singing. She’s a hell of a lady, but that’s just the way she thinks…’I’m not even gonna let you know how to play guitar because you’ll end up in a bar every night.’ And it’s funny it turned out the way it did, because that’s exactly what I did when it finally came around! I finally started playing guitar about nine years ago.”
Along with music, Jason was into horses big-time from the time he was old enough to ride. His grandparents on his mothers’ side had thoroughbreds he jockeyed from an early age, and he eventually started racing in AQHA open horse shows and placed 8th in the World Championship Show in Oklahoma City and 4th in the Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus. From 15 until 19 during the summers, he also worked in the oilfields for his family and learned to build, renovate, and basically do anything that needed done around the farm.
“Being a farm kid we’ve all added renovations to our houses…you’re always building something. I‘ve always loved construction and architecture, and I can do just about whatever I want to do, growing up like I did. My dad was a farmer, a diesel mechanic, a welder, an auctioneer, owned a body shop and was a car salesman…he does everything.”
After high school Jason planned to head to Nashville but his father convinced him to attend college at Vincennes University first and learn a trade, just in case. He earned his degree s and became a medical device engineer for Cook Medical in Bloomington, IN where he quickly rose up the ranks to lead the product development of their drug eluting stent program. But music was always lurking somewhere close by in his heart and soul, and Jason soon found he couldn’t ignore its call. “Music had always been a part of my life and something I had never gotten rid of…I always had that want to do music and get things out there, and I was still scheming and trying things while I was doing business stuff,” admits Jason. “And I had an opportunity to try music and thought, why not, you know? So I started a band called Red Eye Max and we played cover tunes and did shows around the area.”
The band became so popular that they opened for artists like Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Atkins, Luke Bryan and others who were coming through the area, and they even released their own CD in 2008. Tapped to be part of Kenny Chesney’s “Next Big Star” competition, the band nearly won and made some invaluable contacts, but they soon went their separate ways with Jason determined to continue on as a solo act. He traveled to Nashville and met with a producer or two but didn’t feel the right chemistry, so he returned to Indiana to focus on his music from his home state. When a phone call from Dane Clark, a member of John Mellencamp’s band came in, he knew he had found a musical family.
“Somehow Dane found out I wanted to do something and he contacted me and said why don’t you and I get together and do this. I guess through a mutual friend the word had spread and it kind of knocked me flat. It was a great opportunity…I live 5 miles from Mellencamp and they’re a rock and roll hall of fame band! It was an honor to learn from their input, insight, experience and be buddies with them . They’ve all turned into great friends too. It’s been one hell of an experience I’ll never forget!”
The resulting album, “That’s Me,” is a vivid collection of audio snapshots of Jason’s life. From the hard-driving, unapologetic opening strains of the sexy, growling title track to the scorching heat of “Endless Summer,” you know exactly who he is, where he comes from, and what kind of ride you’re in for…which is not for the faint of heart. A hell-raising country rocker who can tear it up all night long, he also shows he can break it down in the quieter moments on tracks like the seductive “Blankets,” or spend moments in contemplation on what we’re all doing here on tunes like the homespun song “The Cover.” And he sums up his journey so far on the heartland ode “Simple Life,” a three-minute declaration of all that he is and holds dear. To understand Jason, pop in the CD and listen…he lays it out bare for you in three-minute vignettes packed with truth and honesty served straight up, just the way he likes it.
“I named the album ‘That’s Me’ and I think you can really hear who I am in the songs. If you know anything about my background you know I’ve been to Ozzfests and metal shows and I love bands like Pantera and Godsmack, but I also love George Strait and the bedrock band and singers of country music. I’m a Sinatra fan, and love Beethoven and Bach and Handel’s “Messiah.” I’m just a fan of music, and I dig a lot of it. And all I can really say is that’s me, that’s my background, and what comes out of me and what I’m into, and it better come across in my music or I’ve done my job wrong! I just really want people to hear this and feel it and have a better understanding of who I am just from what I’ve written. And I think they will.”
You can find Jason online:
An enterprising young artist from the start, Jason found a way to make money off of his talent early on. As a kid of 5 or 6, he’d sing for the family at holidays and they’d give him quarters. “At the time Kenny Rogers was popular,” Jason recalls, “and that’s who I wanted to be when I grew up, so I’d sing all the words to Kenny tunes for my family and they’d give me quarters at family gatherings. And a couple of years ago I had a CD release party with my band, and after the show was over we had a meet and greet, and every one of my family came up and each gave me a quarter. It was so funny…my dad was the first one to get to me, and he shook my hand and stuck it in the grip, and I said, ‘What’s this for,’ and he said, “Well, you sang for us,” and then it was my aunt, and uncle, and they all came up and gave me quarters! It was really touching, and I bawled like a baby of course!”
Watching his uncle, who was a great guitar player, inspired Jason even further, and he continued to sing in elementary programs, at church and school choirs. Jason also remembers taking long rides in the country with his grandfather when he was 13 or 14 years old. “He’d pop in a Michael Martin Murphy tape of cowboy songs while driving the back roads and I would sing to him,” says Sturgeon. “He would tell me that one of these days I was going to be a country singer. He died in 2001 but I still have that tape and I keep it around just because of that….I’m still trying to do what he said I was going to do.”
Jason begged his mom to let him take guitar lessons, but knowing where it would lead she refused at the time. “I played piano when I was younger…my mom wouldn’t let me take guitar, because she knew if learned I’d be up in a bar singing. She’s a hell of a lady, but that’s just the way she thinks…’I’m not even gonna let you know how to play guitar because you’ll end up in a bar every night.’ And it’s funny it turned out the way it did, because that’s exactly what I did when it finally came around! I finally started playing guitar about nine years ago.”
Along with music, Jason was into horses big-time from the time he was old enough to ride. His grandparents on his mothers’ side had thoroughbreds he jockeyed from an early age, and he eventually started racing in AQHA open horse shows and placed 8th in the World Championship Show in Oklahoma City and 4th in the Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus. From 15 until 19 during the summers, he also worked in the oilfields for his family and learned to build, renovate, and basically do anything that needed done around the farm.
“Being a farm kid we’ve all added renovations to our houses…you’re always building something. I‘ve always loved construction and architecture, and I can do just about whatever I want to do, growing up like I did. My dad was a farmer, a diesel mechanic, a welder, an auctioneer, owned a body shop and was a car salesman…he does everything.”
After high school Jason planned to head to Nashville but his father convinced him to attend college at Vincennes University first and learn a trade, just in case. He earned his degree s and became a medical device engineer for Cook Medical in Bloomington, IN where he quickly rose up the ranks to lead the product development of their drug eluting stent program. But music was always lurking somewhere close by in his heart and soul, and Jason soon found he couldn’t ignore its call. “Music had always been a part of my life and something I had never gotten rid of…I always had that want to do music and get things out there, and I was still scheming and trying things while I was doing business stuff,” admits Jason. “And I had an opportunity to try music and thought, why not, you know? So I started a band called Red Eye Max and we played cover tunes and did shows around the area.”
The band became so popular that they opened for artists like Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Atkins, Luke Bryan and others who were coming through the area, and they even released their own CD in 2008. Tapped to be part of Kenny Chesney’s “Next Big Star” competition, the band nearly won and made some invaluable contacts, but they soon went their separate ways with Jason determined to continue on as a solo act. He traveled to Nashville and met with a producer or two but didn’t feel the right chemistry, so he returned to Indiana to focus on his music from his home state. When a phone call from Dane Clark, a member of John Mellencamp’s band came in, he knew he had found a musical family.
“Somehow Dane found out I wanted to do something and he contacted me and said why don’t you and I get together and do this. I guess through a mutual friend the word had spread and it kind of knocked me flat. It was a great opportunity…I live 5 miles from Mellencamp and they’re a rock and roll hall of fame band! It was an honor to learn from their input, insight, experience and be buddies with them . They’ve all turned into great friends too. It’s been one hell of an experience I’ll never forget!”
The resulting album, “That’s Me,” is a vivid collection of audio snapshots of Jason’s life. From the hard-driving, unapologetic opening strains of the sexy, growling title track to the scorching heat of “Endless Summer,” you know exactly who he is, where he comes from, and what kind of ride you’re in for…which is not for the faint of heart. A hell-raising country rocker who can tear it up all night long, he also shows he can break it down in the quieter moments on tracks like the seductive “Blankets,” or spend moments in contemplation on what we’re all doing here on tunes like the homespun song “The Cover.” And he sums up his journey so far on the heartland ode “Simple Life,” a three-minute declaration of all that he is and holds dear. To understand Jason, pop in the CD and listen…he lays it out bare for you in three-minute vignettes packed with truth and honesty served straight up, just the way he likes it.
“I named the album ‘That’s Me’ and I think you can really hear who I am in the songs. If you know anything about my background you know I’ve been to Ozzfests and metal shows and I love bands like Pantera and Godsmack, but I also love George Strait and the bedrock band and singers of country music. I’m a Sinatra fan, and love Beethoven and Bach and Handel’s “Messiah.” I’m just a fan of music, and I dig a lot of it. And all I can really say is that’s me, that’s my background, and what comes out of me and what I’m into, and it better come across in my music or I’ve done my job wrong! I just really want people to hear this and feel it and have a better understanding of who I am just from what I’ve written. And I think they will.”
You can find Jason online:
To Purchase Jason's cd, "Rollin' On" - Click Here
Bio and Photo Courtesy of Jason Sturgeon Official Website
Bio and Photo Courtesy of Jason Sturgeon Official Website
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Jason Sturgeon Launches his "Rollin' On" 2011 Tour
Jason Sturgeon is launching the first leg of his 2011 Rollin' On Tour. He's going to be out on the road a lot this year, charting new territory for the band and needs your help! Please check out the current schedule and please, if Jason is in your area, come out and see the show, bring friends, and let people know what's going on by reposting and spreading the word by smoke signal, big mouth, morse code, telegraph, on Facebook, Twitter, and any other site you can possibly think of.
Touring in new markets is always a bit tough since artists are still creating their fan base so any help that you could give would be greatly appreciated!! Come out and support new music!
Tour Dates
Lexington, KY - Cosmic Charlie's
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Start Time: 10:00 PM
Johnson City, TN - Capones
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Start Time: 9:30 PM
Asheville, NC - Wild Wing Cafe
KISS Presents Country Fried Friday
Friday, January 21, 2011
Start Time: 10:00 PM
Atlanta, GA - Peachtree Tavern
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Start Time: 10:00 PM
Augusta, GA - The Country Club Saloon
Friday, January 28, 2011
Start Time: 10:00 PM
Winston-Salem, NC - Johnny and Junes Ultra Saloon
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Start Time: TBA (Probably around 10:00 PM)
Nashville, TN - 12th and Porter
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Start Time: 7:00 PM
Starkville, MS - Cowbells
Friday, February 4, 2011
Start Time: 11:00 PM
Sanford, FL - The Barn
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Start Time: 10:00 PM
Indianapolis, IN - 8 Seconds Saloon w/ Josh Thompson
Friday, February 11, 2011
Start Time: 10:00 PM
Ft. Wayne, IN - The Rusty Spur
Friday, February 25, 2011
Start Time: 10:00 PM
Evansville, IN - Fast Eddy's
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Start Time: 10:00 PM
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