Jason Webley

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 has recently released a series of "collaborative singles" -- including ones with Seattle poet Jay Thompson, Michigan songwriter Andru Bemis, and Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band. His fifth album, "The Cost of Living", was released on October 11, 2007.

Jason is sharing the bill with Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band. On each night of the tour, Webley and the Big Damn Band will play sets of their own music, followed by a set of joint material, including their collaborative hit "Two Bottles of Wine."