Jason Webley

When:

Mon, April 2, 2007 at 8:00 PM

Where:

The Red Barn (Hampshire College)
893 West St
Amherst, MA
Lat/Lon: 42.3329, -72.5237

What:

Jason Webley is foot-stomping, tomato-loving accordionist from Seattle. His combination of folk, gypsy, and punk is most often compared to Tom Waits or Vladimir Vysotsky but also draws from Leonard Cohen, Shel Silverstein, Bob Dylan, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nick Cave and the Dead Kennedys.

Some of Webley's most famous songs are the apocalyptic "Dance While the Sky Crashes Down" (which appears on his album Against the Night), and his most common show finale, "The Drinking Song" (which appears on Counterpoint). He recently released a pair of "collaborative singles" -- one with Seattle poet Jay Thompson and another with Michigan songwriter Andru Bemis.