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November 9-16, 2002
The Spanish tour is a big success with full houses everywhere and Jason featured on the cover of Ruta 66 magazine as well as stories in Popular One, Rock Delux, and both Spanish national daily newspapers.

November 7, 2002
Actor Colm Meaney (The Committments, Star Trek: The Next Generation) attends the Dublin show, remarking how much he likes the new song Jason penned in Kilkenny, Ireland "She Hung the Moon". The Dublin audience shouted so many requests Jason ended the night with an 8 song encore medley, closing with a crowd singalong of "I Saw The Light".

November 4, 2002
Gravity/BMG Records will release an Americana compilation cd in Europe called Both Sides Now. Bible and A Gun from All Over Creation is on this sampler.

November 2, 2002
The Courageous Chicken/Ringenberg family officially enters the ranching business with the purchase of one roan pony that Addie named Tinkerbelle.

November 1, 2002
Jason will be playing The Late Late Show on Ireland National TV.

October 20-30, 2002
Capacity or near capacity crowds attend the Haarlem (Holland), Hamburg, Dortmund (Germany) and Vienna shows.

October 4, 2002
Near capacity crowds brave a hurricane and tornado warnings to attend Jason's show at The Ellis Reference Center in Monroe Michigan hosted by "The Pope of Monroe" Bill Rieser.

September 30, 2002
NPRs CAR TALK radio show played James Dean's Car [from ALL OVER CREATION] as a lead in.

September 13, 2002
Jason will be the host for the Americana Music Awards Sept 13 at the Hilton in Nashville.

September 17, 2002
Jason and the Scorchers 1986 Still Standing LP will be rereleased on cd with 3 extra bonus tracks The Last Ride, Route 66, and Greetings From Nashville.

August 1, 2002
Jason is the cover/lead story of the August issue of Country Music People [Great Britain's most important country music magazine].

June 4, 2002
Englands UNCUT magazine will be featuring Bible and a Gun from All Over Creation in their August issue on the cover mount cd.

May 31, 2002
The Brighton England show sells out.

May 29, 2002
Jason does an on air live performance on BBC 1 singing Honky Tonk Maniac from Mars and Shop It Around. Ginger from The Wildhearts makes a guest appearance at the London Borderline show playing guitar on One Less Heartache and Jimmie Rodgers Last Blue Yodel.

May 28, 2002
Jason discovers a prehistoric stone burial circle in a Scottish field. (Well maybe others have discovered it too.)

May 6, 2002
Perry Baggs officially leaves Jason and the Scorchers due to career and health reasons.

May 1, 2002
Swedens biggest daily THE EXPRESSEN gave All Over Creation a four star review.