You can't keep a good man down and Jason Ringenberg is one of the best of them. Boosted by the reception and satisfaction of his 2018 album STAND TALL, everybody's favourite cowpunk, witty, incisive, intelligent lyricist is back with another…
Read more“The Godfather of Americana”
— Mojo
Jason Ringenberg was born and raised on an Illinois hog farm that bordered the Rock Island Line Railroad. He left for Nashville on July 4, 1981, to pursue his dream of “making a band that could kick American roots music into the modern age!” Little did he know just how far the kick would travel. He immediately formed Jason and the Scorchers and never looked back. Throughout the 1980s and 90s they tore up venues across the planet and became known as one of the most exciting live bands in music. On classic LPs like Fervor and Lost and Found they “single-handedly rewrote the history of rock ‘n roll in the South” (Rolling Stone). Their instinctive ability to combine traditional country music with high-energy punk rock has not been surpassed to this day. In 2008 they were awarded the Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance. The band has an exhibit in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
But Ringenberg’s story does not stop there. In 1992 the “Godfather of Americana” (Mojo) decided to go solo. He has released seven records, with everyone from the BBC to USA TODAY lauding his songwriting. Touring the world relentlessly as a solo barnstormer, The Times (UK) called him “one of the most exciting performers of his generation.” In 2002 he created a children’s music character called Farmer Jason, winning an Emmy Award for his PBS program.
In 2017 the U.S. National Park Service invited him to be their Artist-in-Residence at Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park. He spent a month hiking the mountains and writing songs. That explosion of creativity yielded two career-defining records: Stand Tall in 2018 and now his newest release, Rhinestoned.
So don’t go to his concerts expecting to see a sensitive singer-songwriter sitting on a stool. With his acoustic guitar and high-energy charisma, he WILL rock the house!

“He’s an expert at going straight to our hearts with a lyric wrapped in a tune so danceable that the words linger long after the song’s finished.”
— No Depression
“Rhinestoned is a worthy testament to both his creativity and conviction.”
— Goldmine

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Latest Press

Apr 12 2021
Review: Three Chords and the Truth

Apr 12 2021
Review: World Magazine

Apr 9 2021
Interview: Pennyblackmusic

Apr 9 2021
Review: Americana UK

Apr 9 2021
Review: Daily Express (Scotland)

Apr 9 2021
Review: Classic Rock

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Review: BluesBlues

Apr 9 2021
Review: Folking

Apr 9 2021
Review: The Irish Times

Apr 7 2021
Review: Country Music People

Apr 3 2021
Review: Americana Round-Up (CMP)

Apr 2 2021
Review: Insite Magagine

Mar 29 2021
Interview: American Blues Scene

Mar 29 2021
Review: Roots Time (Belgium)

Mar 29 2021
Review: Orange Flag Music (Netherlands)

Mar 29 2021
Review - Mpodia (Netherlands)

Mar 29 2021
Review: New Noise Magazine

Mar 29 2021
Review: Über Röck

Mar 29 2021
Review: That Devil Music

Mar 14 2021
Interview: Tahoe On Stage

Mar 14 2021
Review: Americana Highways

Mar 14 2021
Review: The Southern

Mar 14 2021
Review: The Alternate Root

Mar 11 2021
Review: Pennyblack Music
Jason & The Scorchers at the Country Music Hall of Fame
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has just opened a brand new exhibit of Jason and the Scorchers. It is in the timeline section called Cadillacs, Guitars - Country Music’s New Wave. Jason and the Scorchers share the section with Randy Travis, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, and Roseanne Cash. The exhibit includes the outfit Jason wore in the 1985 video for White Lies which you can also watch, a rare 1982 poster from one of their very first shows, a pair of Warner’s spurs, info about the band’s influence on country music fans and musicians.