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Jerry Joseph is a musician who lives in Portland Oregon, but he?s often gone. He?s been inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame but is still rather obscure to a lot of people. He plays well over 150 shows a year in the usual places. Across America. Sometimes in Europe, Mexico, and Central America. Then there?s these other places he plays?Lebanon, Israel, Kurdish Iraq, India, and Afghanistan. All over the Middle East, often in war zones and refugee camps.

In addition to his touring, Jerry has set up a non-profit called Nomad Music Foundation that acts as a sort of School of Rock for displaced teenagers in areas of conflict. So far, he has taken guitars and taught lessons in camps in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Sulaymaniyah and Dahuk, both in Kurdish Iraq. These life-changing missions have been written up in Rolling Stone, Relix, and PBS News Hour.

Oh yeah, and he?s really fucking great.

A triple threat?someone who works at the highest levels as a songwriter, singer, and player. Jason Isbell, who kinda personifies such, recently tweeted about triple threats and listed Jerry Joseph (along with Richard Thompson and St. Vincent) among the greatest examples of that phenomenon.

Most likely, if you know who Jerry is, you agree, but there?s also a big chance that you don?t. His talent, drive, work ethic, amazing body of work, and flat out badass-ness make him one of the most underrated and tragically overlooked artists alive today. He deserves better, and I?m hoping to help shine a light on who and what Jerry Joseph is and why you should listen to what he?s doing and saying.
PATTERSON HOOD

?Brimming with soul? MOJO
?Powerful and versatile? AMERICAN HIGHWAYS
"Walks the line between darkness and light, good and evil, and does so masterfully as he somehow speaks into the current realities of life" NO DEPRESSION

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Harvey Road,

Leytonstone,

London,

Greater London,

England,

E11 3DB.