Biography

Jason Moon is a Milwaukee-based folk/rock singer and songwriter, a veteran of the Iraq
War, and a tireless advocate for veteran’s issues and for peace, and was named a
“Peacemaker of the Year” in 2009 by the Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice. He
recently released his latest album Trying to Find My Way Home, “an accidental concept
album” based on his own war experiences and on his attempts after his homecoming to
regain the man he was before he was deployed. His other original solo recordings
include Naked Under All These Clothes and Poverty.

Jason began his musical career playing around campfires in his home town of Eagle
River, Wisconsin, and later relocated to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he attended UW Oshkosh
and was a focal point of the burgeoning Fox Valley music scene. He hosted
several weekly open mics, wrote dozens of songs, and played hundreds of shows from
1995 until he was deployed in 2003. In Iraq he performed frequently for his fellow
troops, but for over five years after his return in 2004 he was unable to finish more than
a single song despite songwriting once being his greatest joy in life.

During this time, Jason struggled with his war experiences as best he could, suffering
through many bouts of PTSD, depression, and self-medication. Breaking the cycle, he
began to volunteer for Never Homeless, Milwaukee’s Homeless Veterans Initiative
(www.neverhomeless.org). In 2009 he was interviewed for the forthcoming documentary
feature film On The Bridge and was asked to record one of his original songs for the
credits roll, an experience that energized him to finally begin to write songs again in
earnest, and which ultimately led to Trying to Find My Way Home. In addition, he is a
2010 graduate of Cardinal Stitch University, with a Masters degree in Religious
Studies.

Jason Moon has performed as a member of the following acts: The North Country
Ramblers, Moon & Thacia, Drivinʼ Wheel, Moon & Lipsky, Little Mischief, The Deep
Bellum Revival Band, The Great Garbonzos, Every Day Toast, The Paste Eating
Elmers, and Moon ʼn Schultzy. He has been honored to share stages with dozens of
extremely talented musicians over his many years of performing.

Trying to Find My Way Home is available through this web site and major Internet music
retailers.