December 17, 2004
Hello friends! I have had a wonderful 2004 seeing many of you out there on the road and hearing from you via email and letters. May God bless you and your families this Holiday Season and into the New Year. May we all have peace with justice, and good health with good cheer. Happy Holidays - Jason

December 17, 2004
Howdy Farmhands! I hope your corn grows tall in 2005 and all your cows have twins!! May your tractor never get stuck in the mud and all your chickens be good layers. Merry Christmas! - Farmer Jason

November 30, 2004
A big thank you to everyone who turned out to support Jason’s recent UK and Irish dates. As previously mentioned elsewhere on this page, the tour kicked off on 3 Nov with a Farmer Jason show at Parks Primary School in Leicester and ended on the 20 Nov with an afternoon Farmer Jason show and evening Jason Ringenberg performance, both at Brighton’s Hanbury Ballroom. Attendences were very encouraging throughout the tour and Jason was heartened by the how ethusiastic and attentive people were towards the new Empire Builders songs. The two Farmer Jason shows were especially memorable and gave rise to two brand new songs, ‘The Leicester Cowboy’ and ‘I Have A Friend Who Is Nice And Kind’, both of which were written with help from the kids in the audience. Jason is now back home on his farm for the holiday season before heading back to Europe early in the New Year.

November 30, 2004
Jason will be on tour in Belgium and Holland during April. See the dates page for full details, more dates to follow.

November 24, 2004
After his recent UK and Irish tour Jason has announced further European dates for early 2005. His Spanish tour commences on 20 Jan, to be followed by German dates, which kick off on 2 Feb. See the dates page for full details.

November 12, 2004
The Irish Times published an excellent interview with Jason, which you can read here.

November 12, 2004
A minor crisis was narrowly avoided at last nights Borderline show in London when Wildhearts frontman Ginger stepped up to man Jasons merchandise stall.

November 8, 2004
More UK tour photos added, this time from Jason's Nov 6 show at the Venue in Edinburgh with Sunshine Delay. Thanks to Karen from the Sunshine Delay site for providing the link.

November 7, 2004
We've just added a live photo gallery to the site, which features brand new pictures from the opening dates of the UK tour (see item below). As well as the new UK pics, we have links to some great galleries we've uncovered on the web, including a page of shots of Jason performing with Spurs For Jesus from last years Australian tour.

If anyone has digital photos from a Jason Ringeberg or Farmer Jason show please send them in and space permitting we'll post the best ones on the site.

Other new content includes a link to a terrific article on the Wildhearts website called 'Pray for Mama I'm A Geordie Now', which chronicles the recording of the All Over Creation Song 'One Less Heartache'.

We also have links to a couple of interviews that Jason did earlier this year for the Crossroads Music Program which airs on Michigan radio station WSDS 1480AM. The interviews are in MP3 format, but please note that they are large downloads (40 and 13mb respectively).

November 5, 2004
Jason kicked off his UK tour on Wednesday with his first ever U.K. Farmer Jason show. The kids of Parks Primary School in Leicester were treated to a 45 minute set, which featured FJ favorites 'The Tractor Goes Chug Chug Chug', 'The Doggie Dance' and 'A Guitar Pickin' Chicken', plus a brand new song 'The Leicester Cowboy' that Jason and the children wrote together. After the show Jason visited the children of 'America' class for a question and answer session. 'The Leicester Cowboy' got a resounding thumbs up from a grown-up audience later that evening when Jason played it to a capacity crowd at Leicester's Musician Pub. Click here to read the Americana UK review of the Musician show.

October 21, 2004
Maine based producer and songwriter Bruce Hilton has penned a brand new track immortalising Jason in song for the very first time. Follow this link to hear Bruce's demo of Honky Tonk Hero and read the lyrics.

October 21, 2004
Jason & The Scorchers are mentioned in a new book that you might want to check out, esecially. if you are from the South and love that Southern rock thang: "Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race, and New Beginnings in a New South" by Mark Kemp. Use this link to read a review

October 17, 2004
Jason guest dj'd on Steve Earle's radio show THE REVOLUTION STARTS NOW on the nationally syndicated network AIR AMERICA. He played his own REBEL FLAG IN GERMANY, Phil Ochs WHITE BOOTS MARCHING IN A YELLOW LAND, Cash's THE MAN COMES AROUND, Steve Earle's WARRIOR, Donovan's UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, and Jim Rolls version of EDDIE RODE THE ORPHAN TRAIN.

September 18, 2004
Farmer Jason show at the Red Light Cafe in Atlanta is sold out!!!

September 8, 2004
Ann Arbor, Michigan The Old Town Tavern - EMPIRE BUILDERS CD RELEASE SHOW
The cd release is to be celebrated in Ann Arbor and Lawton because Jason wrote the song TUSKEGEE PRIDE from the cd in Lawton, recorded AMERICAN QUESTION at Jim Rolls Studio in Ann Arbor [Ypsilanti], and cut the song EDDIE RODE THE ORPHAN TRAIN, written by Ypsilanti resident Jim Roll.

September 7, 2004
EMPIRE BUILDERS will be released in the USA but it will be available September 1 at www.jasonringenberg.com Our price will be 13.75 for USA customers and 15.75 for international orders.

August 18, 2004
The September/October issue of NO DEPRESSION features a full length story on JR and EMPIRE BUILDERS.

August 14, 2004
The Longbranch show in Carbondale is sold out.
The city council proclaims August 14 JASON RINGENBERG/FARMER JASON DAY! City councilman Chris Wisseman presents him the proclamation at the show, signed by mayor Brad Cole. The proclamation states that Jason started his musical career with the bands Shakespeare's Riot and The Catalinas while a student at SIU in Carbondale, lists some of his career accomplishments, and states that JR has become auruably one of the most important living country musicians.

July 22, 2004
Jason sings YOU GO YOUR WAY AND I"LL GO MINE from Bob Dylan's BLONDE ON BLONDE at the Long Players show at 12th and Porter in Nashville. The Long Players is a loose collection of Nashville musicians who periodically get together and play an entire classic rock album with special guest singers on each track. For this show, the legendary Al Cooper, who produced the original record, and Charlie McCoy were in the Long Players band. Jason: "To be on the same stage with those cats singing "YOU GO YOUR WAY..." was a dream come true for me. For the last encore of LIKE A ROLLING STONE I just laid back by ALs keyboard and listened/watched him play those beautiful classic melody lines. It was an unforgettable evening for me."
Other news: Jason's corn patch is possibly his finest one yet due to the cooler than normal summer and bountiful rain from God.

June 9, 2004
Random House releases the book THE APPALACHIANS-AMERICA'S FIRST AND LAST FRONTIER, a series of essays about the Appalachian's history music, and culture. Some of the contributing writers are Johnny Cash, Senator Robert Byrd, Congressman Alan Mollohan, Dr Judy Prozzillo Byers, and Jason Ringenberg. In fact, Jason authors the closing chapter entitled THE TRAIN PASSED THROUGH BUT DOESN'T STOP.

June 9, 2004
Opening for THE DARKNESS at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, the great English rock band THE WILDHEARTS announce to the crowd: "Nashville is home to one of our favorite bands, the legendary JASON AND THE SCORCHERS. Let's bring up their guitarist Warner Hodges to rock with us. [Warner bounds on stage.] And we hear that Jason is here! Come on up Jason!" Jason is mellowing out watching the show in the back of the auditorium and is completely taken by surprise. Somehow people see him and start cheering and leading him through the crowd. After much cheering and cajoling he gets to the stage. Warner, Jason, and The Wildhearts then deliver an inspired drop dead version of LOST HIGHWAY. At one point the mike stand flys out of Jasons hands and narrowly misses a security guard's head! The whole stage is smiling.

April 2, 2004
In a freak carpentry accident Jason falls through a floor and dislocates his shoulder. Jason: " I hated the morphine but loved getting to zoom around the rush hour traffic in the ambulance." No shows will be cancelled.

Febuary 28, 2004
Both Chapel Hill, NC shows are sold out!!!

January 10, 2004
January 10 Farmer Jason Ypsilanti Library Show is sold out!!!