Project Spotlight #9: Who are Harry and Jason?

Harry and Jason are cousins. Their long music careers began with piano lessons when they were young. But when they were in their early teens they began a new kind of music. They would turn the radio on to an easy-listening station and record themselves making up their own lyrics on-the-fly as the songs played.

Well over a hundred songs on well over a dozen tapes were recorded over the next few years. There were two compilations of songs created, The Best of Harry and Jason and The Best of Harry and Jason II. This all took place long before the Studio came into existence.

More than ten years had passed before the project of transferring all of those songs into the computer began. Some of the tapes were over fifteen years old and they were deteriorating. It was during this process that it was decided to start releasing those old songs on CD. So on May 23, 2001, the first collection was released as The Vintage Years Volume 1 on May 23, 2001. It consisted of the first two tapes that Harry and Jason had made. Future volumes were planned but have not been completed yet.

But this is not the only musical project Harry and Jason have worked on together. They have also been in bands such as Pheonix, The Two-Tones, Young Herbage, The Traveling Deengelburys, The Spartans, The Duke Boys, Isthmus, Muffin Loaf, and others. It is safe to say that the two of them will continue making music for years to come.


Next week: What is Muffin Loaf?