The Nashville Tribute Band

CHOCOLATE ON MY CRANIUM :)

2011-07-25T10:25:00.001-07:00

http://chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.com/2011/07/nashville-tribute-band-work-giveaway.html

TWO PROMISED ANNOUNCEMENTS

2011-01-05T05:49:00.000-08:00

My dearest friends and family of the Nashville Tribute Band,

We all hope that your holiday season was blessed in every way and that each of you is recharged with a spiritual energy to triumph in your potential in 2011. We wish this for you! 2010 was an incredible year for all of us. We had the treasured opportunity to tour to many wonderful places and share the gospel NTB style in many different situations. We love our friends out on the road!

In 2010 I personally had the opportunity to finish the writing of the album THE WORK: A NASHVILLE TRIBUTE TO THE MISSIONARIES, which I am thrilled to say that we are recording as we speak. My heart is filled beyond the rim as I am steeped in this project and it’s subject! We love the missionaries, both past, present and future and we love what it means to our culture to send missionaries throughout the world.

This spring I will also be producing another project that will be coming out later this year under the Nashville Tribute umbrella. I will have to fill you in on details shortly, but I couldn’t be more excited about this project. It will be very different and wonderful. I’m smiling now as I write this! Stay tuned J

OK, I promised two announcements, so here we go:

First, I can’t imagine anything I would rather do more in July of 2011 then to hang with my NTB friends on a bus tour of church history sites. IT’S HAPPENING! My friends at Murdock Travel have added an NTB / Church History sites tour to their Escorted Tours for this summer. There are two tours available. The first will be the Palmyra/Kirtland tour: “Join us on this unforgettable tour to the Palmyra and Kirtland Church History sites. The highlight on the trip will be attending the Hill Cumorah Pageant and traveling with the Nashville Tribute Band. Other highlights include the Peter Whitmer Farm, Sacred Grove, Palmyra Temple, Susquehanna River, Niagara Falls, Kirtland Temple, Morley Farm, Whitney Store, and the John Johnson Farm to name a few.” NTB will do concerts along the way. Here is the link: http://www.morrismurdockescortedtours.com/STW/STWProduct.aspx?Theme=MURDOCK&ProductCode=NA-NTBPAGNT11. The second is the Nauvoo / Missouri / Winter Quarters tour. The two tours will be back to back so if you wanted to join us for the entire journey that would be incredible. “This tour is the 2nd leg of our CHURCH HISTORY TOUR with The Nashville Tribute Band. We start in St Louis and travel to Nauvoo, Carthage, Adam-ohdi-Ahman, Far West, Independence, Liberty and Winter Quarters. In these special, sacred places we will get to hear our featured historians tell the stories and then listen as the members of the Nashville Tribute Band share their testimonies of these sites through their songs. In addition to the Nauvoo Pageant and the other fun musical performances that are planned for the summer in Nauvoo that we will get to see, while in Nauvoo and Winter Quarters we will be treated with specially planned concerts from the Nashville Tribute Band for the local wards and investigators.” Here is a link: http://www.morrismurdockescortedtours.com/STW/STWProduct.aspx?Theme=MURDOCK&ProductCode=NA-NTBNAUVOO. So excited! These bus seats will fill up fast so get yours booked today and we’ll see you this summer for an experience of a lifetime, back where it all began J

The second announcement, and one that I am humbled and thrilled to tell you, is that NTB is booked in late April to perform for the Saints in Hong Kong and in Beijing. We will be performing at the annual youth conference for all of the youth living inside the Republic of China. Wow! Are you kidding me! We will then travel into Beijing for a performance for the foreign members of the church living there. The tour will be sponsored by the Apple Corporation and we will be doing a few in-store live performances at Apple Stores in the region while there. We have traveled to several countries to share the message of the gospel, but to do so in this region of the world was something that we never dreamed of. Smiling ear to ear J

Well, there you go. Hope to see you all along the trail from Palmyra to Winter Quarters with us this summer, and we would love your prayers for China and for our trip over there, that the Lord’s will be done.

2011 will be exciting, in so many ways, so I will definitely have more to come. Until then, “KEEP ON TREKKIN’!” J

Jason Deere & The Nashville Tribute Band

Due West's single "I GET THAT ALL THE TIME"

2010-08-16T10:25:00.001-07:00

Please read this wonderful conversion story from my new friends the Williams. Hats off to Due West for just being who they are. D&C 18:15. Love you boys! :

"Hi Jason,

So glad to hear from you, hope things are going well with the boys (Due West) & the Tribute Band. I REALLY enjoy the Trek cd and Joseph as well and am looking forward to the new album. Anyway you wanted to hear our story for "I Get That All The Time" so here goes!

Last year I was working at a country station in Potsdam, NY and had a segment where I looked for up & coming country artists that had a song out to radio. I'd play the song along with telling a little about the singer/band and if possible set up an interview to go along with what I could come up with. One evening my wife told me about this new group she'd found out about called Due West. She'd found them through my stepson's twitter account and was directed to their myspace page. So I decided to check them out for myself, I was impressed with what I'd heard on their site. Out of all the songs "I Get That All The Time" really grabbed me, it was the story in the song that really resonated with me and what I believed a marriage should be and they just killed it too!! So I decided to highlight that on my show and sent a message through the myspace page to try and set up an interview. Little did I know that it'd be their first radio interview, they sounded like seasoned pros when we spoke and really got across in the interview what they were about and what they wanted to get across with the song. After that my wife Heather & I started following them on twitter as a band and then individually when they got their own accounts. Well Heather got talking with Tim's sister Cary and started talking religion and their beliefs. We at the time were looking for a church that would feed our children and us and Cary asked if she could send some missionaries to our house and Heather said go ahead. So 2 weeks later Sister Hansen & Sister Hacking showed up at our door and started meeting with Heather and when I was home, me too. Well this was October and at the end of September I'd left the radio station as numerous cuts were being made. So I was working a job for a month to make ends meet before it just wasn't working out. Before this I'd never been out of work more than a week, well this time it was from November to the end of February!! But it was because Heavenly Father wanted me to learn more about his true church with my wife. I admit at first I was a little reluctant, but as I sat in on the lessons they'd give I'd hear about the things I'd learned as a child growing up in the Wesleyan Church. The difference was when Heather or I had questions about things we'd wondered for years...there were answers to them! Some many holes were filled in, and as we prayed about the church and the Book of Mormon we knew it was definitely true. So we started attending the LDS Branch in Ogdensburg, NY and immediately felt welcomed and at home. The kids told us they loved it and it felt right too! We have been blessed so much by Heavenly Father since we stared attending and getting baptized on Feb. 14th 2010! In fact 2 weeks after I was offered a full-time radio job again out of the blue after applying for a part-time position and some many other things to mention. Heather is the Primary President for our branch which she and the kids are enjoying. We made it to the Palmyra temple to do baptisms for our family & others and got to see Joseph Smith's home, the Hill Cummorah and where the Book of Mormon was first printed...but walking in the Sacred Grove was indescribable! We plan on being sealed September 7th, 2011 on our 4th wedding anniversary in the St. George Temple. I look forward to becoming an Elder and doing my part for Heavenly Father whatever that may be...and it all started with Due West's "I Get That All The Time". We have a special place in our hearts for the boys and that song and pray for them and the message the song has for everyone that listens to it and really gets it!!

Well hope I didn't bend your ear too much! I really enjoy the work you do and SO hope to be able to see the Nashville Tribute Band in person someday soon. Hope you enjoyed my backyard...the writers retreat was less than an hour from where we were living before we just moved. Well continued success to you and the boys and I hope to one day get to meet them and you as well. Until then, God bless!!!

Dave Williams"

:)

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

Father's Day Quotes

2010-06-20T08:08:00.001-07:00

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: "The Lord's plan of salvation requires that you pass through trials in this mortal life. Those trials seem to be greatest when you reach fatherhood, but be assured—fatherhood, in a sense, is an apprenticeship to godhood" ("Father, Consider Your Ways," Ensign, Jun 2002, 12.)

President Ezra Taft Benson: "The sacred title of 'father' is shared with the Almighty. In the Church men are called and released. Did you ever hear of a mortal father being released?

"...Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth; it is a matter of desire, diligence, and determination to see one’s family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters" ("Great Things Required of Their Fathers," Ensign, May 1981, 36)

Kim Crenshaw Sorensen: "We live in a day when many fathers are working at a fevered pace to build material legacies of homes, boats, and bank accounts for their children. Exemplary Book of Mormon fathers, on the other hand, show us the importance of leaving legacies that cannot be cankered by rust.

"What more could we hope for than to leave our children the spiritual tools, the self-control, and the faith to become witnesses and disciples of Jesus Christ? Lehi and his sons Nephi and Jacob, Jacob and his son Enos, King Benjamin and his three sons, Mosiah and his four sons, Alma and his sons, Helaman and his sons Lehi and Nephi, and Mormon and his son Moroni all came to know the joys of discipleship and discipline.

"The sons of righteous Book of Mormon fathers were grateful they had been taught in the "nurture and admonition of the Lord" (Enos 1:1), which led them to Jesus Christ" ("A Latter-day Father’s Guidebook," Ensign, Feb 1995, 15.)

President James E. Faust: "It is useless to debate which parent is most important. No one would doubt that a mother's influence is paramount with newborns and in the first years of a child's life. The father's influence increases as the child grows older. However, each parent is necessary at various times in a child's development. Both fathers and mothers do many intrinsically different things for their children. Both are equipped to nurture children, but their approaches are different. Mothers seem to take a dominant role in preparing children to live within their families, present and future. Fathers seem best equipped to prepare children to function in the environment outside the family" ("Fathers, Mothers, Marriage," Ensign, Aug 2004, 2–7.)

President Ezra Taft Benson: "Fathers, yours is an eternal calling from which you are never released. Callings in the Church, as important as they are, by their very nature are only for a period of time, and then an appropriate release takes place. But a father’s calling is eternal, and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity" ("To the Fathers in Israel," Ensign, Nov 1987, 48.)

President Howard W. Hunter: "We encourage you, brethren, to remember that priesthood is a righteous authority only. Earn the respect and confidence of your children through your loving relationship with them. A righteous father protects his children with his time and presence in their social, educational, and spiritual activities and responsibilities. Tender expressions of love and affection toward children are as much the responsibility of the father as the mother. Tell your children you love them" ("Being a Righteous Husband and Father," Ensign, Nov 1994, 49.)

Elder L. Tom Perry: "Fathers, by divine decree, you are to preside over your family units. This is a sobering responsibility and the most important one you will ever assume, for it is an eternal responsibility. You place the family in its proper priority. It's the part of your life that will endure beyond the grave" ("Fatherhood, an Eternal Calling," Ensign, May 2004, 69.)

President Gordon B. Hinckley: "God bless you, dear fathers. May He bless you with wisdom and judgment, with understanding, with self-discipline and self-control, with faith and kindness and love. And may He bless the sons and daughters who have come into your homes, that yours may be a fortifying, strengthening, guiding hand as they walk the treacherous path of life. As the years pass—and they will pass ever so quickly—may you know that "peace... which passeth all understanding" (Philip. 4:7) as you look upon your sons and daughters, who likewise have known that sacred and wonderful peace. Such is my humble prayer, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen" ("'Great Shall Be the Peace of Thy Children'," Ensign, Nov 2000, 50.)

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

O Canada

2010-05-14T06:33:00.001-07:00

Kichener, Ontario, Canada here we come! :)

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

Tennessee Flooding

2010-05-04T15:15:00.000-07:00

The following photos and text are taken from an email from Jason Deere

Hey guys,

Below is an e-mail that Sonja sent out to her family last night that may have some interesting stories in it. I thought I'd sent some picks too. Last night J Davis came sprinting into our bedroom and jumped in bed with us. Sonja whispered, "Are you ok? Bad dream?" He said, "Yes. There was this water wescue boat, and I was the one being wescued, and the fireman fell in the water and I got stinged by an electric eel." Poor kid. We volunteered all day yesterday. So much more to do. The Cumberland River finally crested at over 51 feet. If you know Nashville, downtown is flooded up to 4th ave. Titan's Stadium is flooded. Opryland Hotel, Opry Mills Mall, the Grand Ole Opry...completely flooded. Downtown Franklin...flooded anywhere near the river. Neighborhood after neighborhood...under water. The Sonic on Hillsboro Road...water up to the middle of the order signs. Nuts. It's nuts all over town...everywhere.

Jason

Dear family,
We have had the most unbelievable weekend. It has been scary, devestating and historical. It is mostly unbelievable because we always get a little flooding with heavy rains but NEVER this. It also only rained about 12 hours before serious things started happening. It rained about 36 hours, and half of those hours were seriuos storms with tornadoes.

So our near death experience happened Saturday night. We were trying to get home from Monte and Gales. Right behind us were a long string of tornadic storms. Usually with severe storms the radar on the news show yellow or red.... these counties were BLACK!... Black = GET IN YOUR SAFE AREA. Unfortunately we were on the road in the middle of the night can't see the skies to see exactly where the storm is ..... but we felt good, we felt like we were just outrunning it (yes like Twister) until we get into frankin and hit all of the road blocks. While we were in Columbia, at Monte and Gales home, Franklin flooded over the top! All roads, interstates, and side roads were closed and blocked by police. We start freaking out, because you guessed it, the storms have now caught us. Tornado sirens go off, we are in the car at night and can't move. We end up going a back-back way - very scared because the roads are farmland and we think they for sure will be closed but what else to do? We round a corner and run face to face with a real life, heaven to ground TORNADO!!!! We don't have a picture because you've never seen a car turn around quicker or heard more screams in your life! It is WAYYYYYY worse in real life than on TV. It is awesomely heart stopping. We book it to the closest friend and sit there for about an hour. When the storm seemed to have passed or at least the sirens went off, we venture out again. Mind you the entire 5 surrounding counties are still under black but we've got to get home cause the flooding is only going to get worse. We find many road blocks on our wayyyy out of the way routes we were thinking up, but finally find one, getting home about 4 hours after we left Columbia. We cheered and gave much thanks.

Sunday morning (church cancelled) only a few hours after we got home, we spent about 2 hours in our safe spot - tornados one after the other, so exhausted, but lucky! So many people's homes are floooded, 12 dead. It rained all day making the flooding beyond anything ever seen here. Electricty out , threat of water being turned off, we had to fill up bathtubs just to make sure we can flush toilets etc. They thought maybe 4-5 days without water. Sewage was flooding over obviously.

Monday beautiful skies. Schools out, major roads still closed. We helped many people clean out garages, so gross! We have electricty and water but it needs to be boiled. Sunday for FHE we put together real life 72 hr kits. Like documentation and toilet paper and everyhting. This was really a great experience. Are we ready for even a few days without water? how can we cook for a few days without gas/electricty? If we can't drive anywhere how will our meals be? Well, we would have done pretty good for a few days, plus helping neighbors but nnot much more than that. We have plenty of food and water, but no way to cook it. No firewood, no big iron pans, not even an ax ..... something to think about.

Anyway I just thought I'd write to tell you that we're okay. I know you all were SO WORRIED about us. I couldn't even field all of the calls from my family. I think I'm the only one whose family isn't freaking out... :)
Love you all,
Sonja

Check out these links. Mom remember the hotel? So sad, they aren't taking reservatins for at least 6 months. It is a huge economic loss to the city, as the titans stadium, as downtown etc....

This is Interstate 24 (a school bldg floating down the highway!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XyRNt2Uur8

Opryland Hotel
http://www.wsmv.com/video/23435320/index.html

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=DN&Dato=20100503&Kategori=WILLIAMSON&Lopenr=5030802&Ref=PH

Our work crew yesterday

OPRYLAND HOTEL

THE GRAND OLE OPRY

Downtown

Our 'ARK'

The next 7 pictures are from just outside our neighborhood

Our backyard

OPRY MILLS MALL

OPRY AND OPRY MILLS MALL

Grass Rootsin' It

2010-03-22T19:04:00.001-07:00

Back in the early 1950s, a record producer
named Sam Phillips opened a little recording studio/label called Sun Studios/Sun Records in Memphis. He signed four artists, all the children of poor cotten farmers from the Mississippi delta. He signed the youthful unknowns Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Prestley. He made 45s on them and sent them out in various configurations to play in highschool auditoriums across the states. This was the beginning of the concept of "touring". My dad saw them at his highschool (Palodura High School) in Amarillo, TX in '57. He still talks about that show.
Tomorrow night I am on the road with Due West & NTB and we are playing the Weber High School auditorium in Ogden, Utah. I think I may wear black and play the piano with my feet.

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

Veasants

2010-02-10T07:39:00.001-08:00

Each week, my little pre-schooler's class has "Letter Wednesdays". On Tuesdays they each have to find something around the house that begins with the letter of the week and bring it on Wednesdays. Each week he walks around saying something like "T T Toothbrush" or "G G glove". Today's letter was V. So he walked in this morning and said, "Dad, what are those birds called that you hunt in South Dakota?". I said, "Pheasants?". He said, "Yeah! Va Va Veasants!" :)

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

This morning

2010-02-08T01:57:00.001-08:00

I woke up at 2:00 AM this morning. I lay in bed for 30 minutes or so until my spirit and body finally couldn't stand it anymore and I slipped out of bed quietly, got dressed and tiptoed down the stairs into my little studio. I am in a little bit of a panic that I never expected. For those of you who are LDS and have seen our show, you know that my testimony of Jesus and the church I love, The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints, is the most important thing that I possess. The ways that my heart and soul have been enlightened in the past five years as my dearest friends and I have toured the earth playing and testifying has forever changed me. I have seen the power of people coming to see their religion in a new way, to experience the stories and the feelings they know so well in a way that turns the tender earth of their fertile hearts. I can't explain this. I can’t even begin to explain this. I just know that I have seen it and experienced it. I have heard Matt Lopez sing HE WALKED A MILE IN MY SHOES a thousand times and I have cried a million tears. I have looked to my right and seen Dan Truman play FAREWELL NAUVOO as an audience of thousands vividly crosses the frozen Mississippi with the early Saints. I have heard Tim sing GOD IS GOOD as the Spirit fills my bosom with gratitude for my many blessings. I have been edified by Ron Saltmarsh’s string arrangements to SLEEP as Mindy Gledhill or Katherine Nelson have let us hear the very last, precious breath of life escape the lips of brave souls. I have swelled with joy as children sweetly sang SOMEWHERE THERE’S A MOUNTAIN. I have looked to my left and seen Brad Hull faithfully testifying each song with his tender harmonies, as if he were making an offering, at literally EVERY SHOW we have ever done. I have looked to my right and left and seen some of my favorite people on earth play boxes and symbols, pianos and violins, guitars and banjos, as if they were playing to kings and presidents night after night. I have felt the power of their music. I have felt the power of the message. I am forever changed for the better. I am terrified as I write this. Terrified that the new show will not be what the others have been. I feel more confident in the subject matter than in anything I have ever known. Yet I am panicked because I am afraid that I will not be able to touch the hearts of you who have seen our shows before. I am humbled by my inabilities, by my imperfections, which are many. I want nothing more than for people to love this show. My desire has me humbled to dust on this floor. I need your prayers. The Nashville Tribute Band needs your prayers. Forgive me laying out my tender feelings to you but I feel like I need to. I need strength. I know the rest of the band would welcome it. Opposition is all around us. It always seems to be when we work on these projects. It’s what reminds me daily that what do means something. So I don’t curse the opposition. I have come to appreciate it. We all have it. You, me…all of us. May God grant us all the fortitude to face it and triumph through each wave through Christ who strengthens us! I see your faces now…the many who have sang along at the shows and shared your beautiful stories of your wonderful lives after the shows. I smile as I think of every precious moment! I love you all. I talk to each member of NTB often and we talk of you all so often. Matt Lopez just said to me on the phone the other day, “I can’t wait to get out on the road with NTB again… I need it.” Matt, YES! Me too! We will be rolling out on this tour in March, and as humbled, scared and inadequate as I feel now, know that we are coming regardless, to do our thing and I pray with all the energy that I possess that God will prepare your hearts, and ours, to have our eyes opened to the rich blessings of our culture as we honor and pay tribute to our soldiers on the front lines of bringing souls unto Christ in THE WORK: A NASHVILLE TRIBUTE TO THE MISSIONARIES. Have a great Monday! With love, Jason

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

New music is coming!

2009-12-05T16:58:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody,
We are so excited about the coming weeks! We are filming an HD quality live performance of the JOSEPH show, with several really cool bonus features you will love. If you are in Nashville on Sunday, December 13th at 12th & Porter (7:00 PM) come and be in the audience. It will be a special night with Katherine Nelson (who plays Emma in the motion picture EMMA: MY STORY) performing EMMA. Ron Saltmarsh, Kayli Lowe and Tony McClellan will be flying in as well for the performance. In early January we will have the live DVD available as well as a LIVE audio CD available. Our new CD, a tribute to the missionaries will be out in March. We are very excited!
Happy Holidays to you all!

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

Three days in Heber

2009-11-13T07:37:00.001-08:00

Flew into SLC on Tuesday. I had meetings with Bob Ahlander and Jeff Simpson regarding a marketing plan for the new album. I have great confidence that this album will be very special.
I then went to Heber City where I stayed at the home of Michael and Lynn McLean. Michael and I wrote for 14 hours a day for two days and wrote four songs that I LOVE! Can't wait to get the album out!!!

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

Joy In The Journey

2009-11-03T05:21:00.000-08:00

Do you ever feel like you are working twice as hard for half of the money? I definitely know that feeling all too often in my business. Sometimes it feels like I work and work and work the ground but so little harvest is yielded for all of the sweat. When the Lord said that man would earn his bread by the sweat of his brow all of his days, I don't think He was joking, kidding or probably even smiling :) At these times I must remind myself that the joy is in the journey. I then remember that no one I love is starving to death. Things could always be worse. While the WOLF may snarl with a foaming mouth at the door, he cannot destroy the faith of the ages that lives within the walls of my home. Then I must turn to my blessings. I love my little family. Family is where we invest our money. On paper it doesn't look like the best way to invest. With a fourteen year old daughter it sometimes leaves us feeling like we are getting little or no return :) But really, if we don't spend our money on our family, what are we gonna spend it on that matters? Junk that goes the way of all the earth "where moth and dust doth corrupt". I am thankful for the blessings of health that we have enjoyed. I pray often that such blessings continue. I am grateful that we as a family believe passionately in something. The gospel is a potent and focused outlet for my family's spiritual and emotional energy and we are blessed to have such a blessed vehicle to maximize our ability to worship, serve and love. Such a thing has not always been on the earth you know. I am thankful we have each other. I am thankful that I can get up this morning and put in a long day's work that may or may not pay off. Then, once I've counted up the blessings a bit, taking my stripes today in this big world doesn't sting quite so bad. :). Let's go get 'em people!

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

TUACAHN

2009-11-01T10:42:00.001-08:00

Hey everybody, don't forget to get your tickets for our season opener at Tuacahn in St. George, UT. This is one of our FAVORITE venues to do a Nashville Tribute show. Lots of new guests and this will likely be the first show presenting the NEW album! See you there! :)
Jason

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

Mourning

2009-10-30T23:23:00.001-07:00

No NTB shows since Oct 8th. Missing it!

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

San Bernadino

2009-10-13T13:07:00.000-07:00

President and Sister Sanchez, mission president of the California San Bernadino mission, are amazing people. Operating under on faith, and with the fervent encouragement of an Elder Mitch Sherwood, they were instrumental in arranging our NTB shows in their mission over the past two days. Matt, Brad, Ron and I were all priviledged to stay in the mission home under the care and hospitality of the Sanchez's. They are definitely "GOOD PEOPLE" (referring to an earlier blog). They are from Provo and this area is lucky to have them serving here.
We did one show to a very packed stake center in Apple Valley (Victorville) on Sunday night. We loved the people there! Great smiles, great stories after the show! Yesterday we did a show near the mission home (at a stake center on a street call Edinwalda or something like that). Not quite as many people in attendance but lots of missionaries!!! We love missionaries. So many Poly missionaries (Tongan or Samoan). I love my Poly brothers and sisters! After playing rugby at BYU, and serving in a Tongan ward for a great part of my mission, I love my Poly peeps. So great to see so many serving in the field. There is nothing like being around a large group of Elders and Sisters. Good stuff.
After the show last night we ate dinner at Claim Jumpers. DANG! I had salmon that will pop your head clean off....so good. Ron had tri tips, which looked heavenly. Matt has a rib eye that cut like butter and Brad went all out and had sliders (tiny burgers). We then headed back to the mission home where a jam session broke out in the living room and we all played and sang some mission appropriate tunes with the Sanchez's, I think the wildest moment was Country Roads by John Denver. Sister Sanchez grabbed my guitar and amazed us all with three or four songs that she had written for girls camp years ago. Brilliant! She should make an album! Carly Simon watch out! :)
Thank you to the people, the missionaries and the Sanchez's of the California San Bernadino Mission. We love you and so enjoyed our short time there! We are planning a run of shows through Oregon and California in the first quarter of 2010. Hope we see some of you again!
All the excitement of the past two days has Matt & Brad passed out on this flight home. Brad is snoring! :)

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

Performing in the Tabernacle!

2009-10-12T19:07:00.000-07:00

Words cannot express our experience on the evening of October 7th. Unbelievable facility, wonderful staff and crew, soul shaking spiritual and historic splendor in every square inch of that place. And you the people. Not one empty seat!!! We will NEVER forget that night! - Jason Deere

See more pictures from the tabernacle at http://www.nashvilletributeband.com/tabernacle.html

Lunch!

2009-10-11T14:15:00.001-07:00

Sister Sanchez feeding us! Thank you!

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

Mission Home

2009-10-11T13:50:00.001-07:00

Just arrived at the mission home. Sister Sanchez has it feeling warm and cozy. Here are some secrets on the transfer board. I heard Elder Sherwood is bring transferred for sure!

Elder Sherwood's picture is placed at a tilt, which means ADIOS next tranfer. One mama in Franklin, TN will be crying tears of joy in two weeks!

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

Ontario, CA airport

2009-10-11T12:59:00.001-07:00

My welcoming committee! Elder Sherwood looks great!

-- Jason Deere - Post From My iPhone

Lucky Man

2009-10-11T12:21:00.000-07:00

I consider myself a lucky man. There are many reasons, but sitting on this plane to California right now I have a couple of reasons on my mind. In the summer of 2003 I was called to meet with my Bishop, Mark Welsh. He asked me to teach early morning seminary. That pit in my stomach came immediately. I was a busy man (we all are right....unless you are a busy woman). I accepted the assignment having no idea what I was in for.
What an idiot I would have been to say no to Bishop Welsh. I am forever changed for the better because of those years. I wrote and recorded the JOSEPH: A NASHVILLE TRIBUTE TO THE PROPHET album that first fall, which has definitely changed me forever as I have traveled the world testifying of the Restoration with my closest friends. But, as I think back on those 24 students who came faithfully to our classroom in the stake center each morning, I am lucky to have shared some of their lives with them. I don't see them all often but I do love it when I do. Beth and Ann Peach lost their mother to cancer while they were my students. We all mourned that deeply, but we have seen them grow into beautiful women as Beth has returned from a mission and Ann is at BYU Hawaii. I love to see them come home. Ann is always so tan! Stevie Ross found herself the love of her life and is married. This past pioneer day, NTB did a show in the American Fork Amphitheater. In attendance was Rachel Stolworthy (she brought with her a pack of friends from BYU). She and her sister Danielle were my students. I could see Rachel's smile from a mile away in that crowd. I attended Steven Hotard's mission homecoming from the Phillipeans. Another one of my students, Kelsi Koford, drove to Nashville to attend that homecoming as well (she and Steven were high school sweethearts-wonder what is up with them now?). Lucky me, I got to see them both. At a recent show at BYU Idaho, there was Shalice Oman at the show, looking happy as ever. And most every Sunday I get to see RV who still lives in our ward. His real name is Bud, but I have always called him RV, for radio voice because his is as deep as a canyon. I recently attended the mission homecoming of one Allan boy only to see the other have his farewell soon after. Both my students.
A few weeks ago I got a call from Elder Mitch Sherwood, who is in his final month of his mission in the California San Bernadino Mission. He and his mission President, Elder Sanchez, booked us (NTB) to do two shows in the boundary of that mission tonight and tomorrow night. Again, I get the joy of seeing another one of my students, in full stride, in the last week of his mission.
To all my former students, wherever you are. I love you. I am lucky to know you!

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"Late night parties after the lights go down.."

2009-10-11T08:41:00.001-07:00

Bishop Dan Clark and his wife Kelly were kind enough to be heavily involved in getting the NTB show set up at the tabernacle. It took an immense amount of time and energy to make that happen and we are grateful. But in addition, they also set up a private NTB/Due West show at the home of David and Susan Spafford in Holladay, UT. How kind of the Spafford's to open their beautiful home and allow a fairly large group of people, many whom they didn't even know, hang out for a night of music and testimony. Man was it fun and what great friends we made last night! Clyde Bawden, a friend from Gilbert, AZ, flew up with about five of his friends just to share the night with us. So much fun! All of the company was top notch! Hats off the Susan Spafford. To design and build a home like the one you have was surely an all consuming task, but you did it as well as any I have ever seen. And that you share it so willingly, well we appreciate it so much! Jason

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Tremonton (Bear River High School)

2009-10-09T08:51:00.001-07:00

We were blessed a couple of weeks ago to do a concert at Bear River High School in Tremonton, UT. The show was a fund raiser for juvenile diabetes. What a pleasure for us! The organization raised a significant amount of money and we were thrilled that we could be a part if it. As we were driving in from Logan we saw a bald eagle sitting beautifully in a tree in the middle of a field. I had a feeling that day was going to be special.
You know, of course we love to play our instruments. Of course we love to sing and perform together. And of course we love to testify of the restored gospel and all of the people who brought it to us. But we love nothing more than meeting all of the people. We love to hear your wonderful stories that make us laugh or cry (and sometimes both!), to hear your testimonies, to see your beautiful families and their wonderful smiles. We are the lucky ones. Billy Currington says, "People are crazy", and I can't say I disagree with him too much, but I will add, "People are beautiful!".
Here is a sweet card from the great folks who put on the event...Jason Deere

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General Conference

2009-10-04T00:53:00.001-07:00

This morning's session (Saturday morning) was spectacular! So powerful. This evening I had the opportunity to attend Priesthood session in the Conference Center with my brother Monte and his son. We had great seats on the floor very close. Elder Packer and Elder Bednar were not present. The talks were wonderful. However, the greatest impression upon me was the literal sea of men, young and old, in white shirts, ties and suits, filling the tremendous building we call the Conference Center. They say there is power in numbers. I know this to be true. It was a beautiful sight. I felt much like Lehi standing at the tree. I longed for my friends and family who were not there to join me and partake of the goodness. It was beautiful. At least for this Oklahoma boy who knows experiences like this come all too rarely in his life.

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South Africa

2009-10-03T00:02:00.000-07:00

Had the best time tonight! I flew into Salt Lake today for a solo show tonight, something I'd never done...play for a mission reunion. South Africa 1975-1981. Awesome group of people. What a treat for me to be a fly on the wall and watch them reconnect after so many years. Nothing like it. After a funky dinner I played for about 40 minutes. Played EMMA, played CRACK OF A WHIP and played three songs off of the new MISSIONARY album out soon! So fun. I felt the Spirit again, so strongly, as I did my best to pay tribute to wonderful people, past & present. To Wes Stephenson and all the missionaries who served in South Africa during President La Baren's and President Wood's service, thank you for having me. I salute you and the fulfillment of your missions!

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Great run so far!

2009-09-21T00:23:00.001-07:00

BYU-IDAHO Hart Auditorium was a great show for us. Wonderful people with great enthusiasm for the gospel. Loved every second of it!
Last night was incredible in Idaho Falls. We played the Idaho Falls Civic Center and the people rocked! The venue was built in 1951 and it was old school, but it was a great experience for us! Thank you Idaho Falls!
Today the Cottam's from Bella's Mexican Restaurant in Farr West, UT drove all the way to Logan and brought INCREDIBLE food! A Spanish seafood soup. Unreal! Great food but even better company.
Tomorrow we are playing to a sold out crowd in Tremonton, UT to benefit juvenile diabetes. Love that. Can't wait!
Miss my wife. Miss my kids. But love doing what we do and I will walk into my house on Wednesday, "kneeling down and feeling all those little arms around me" and I will be grateful that I made this run. God IS good!
Pics:
As we walked on stage at BYU-ID.

Idaho Falls

Dressing room in ID Falls

Due West at soundcheck

The crew getting free chocolates from Kendra Lowe's Grandma Florence in Rexburg. Waaaaaay good!

My fav...

The way on to the stage from the green room in Idaho Falls :)

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Shows

2009-09-19T13:47:00.000-07:00

LOVED our show at BYU-ID in Rexburg last night! What awesome people and what awesome stories and experiences from so many last night. We love you guys!
Just pulled into Idaho Falls. This auditorium is seriously old school. I love it!

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Blessings from your missionary

2009-09-15T16:34:00.001-07:00

Has your family been blessed by having a missionary out in the field? How? Please share! As we are making the new album we would love to be inspired by your wonderful experiences! Thank you!

Jason

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This weekend!

2009-09-15T06:52:00.001-07:00

We are SO excited to come to BYU IDAHO, The IDAHO FALL CIVIC CENTER and to Tremonton this weekend. We are seriously pumped!!!

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Bedtime Question

2009-08-20T19:55:00.001-07:00

Jason ... My 9 year old is a deep thinker. She just asked me one question as I kissed her goodnight that the only way to answer it led to an hour conversation about life, death and God's eternal plan. Either she is REALLY smart and wants to stay up past her bedtime on a school night, or she is one spiritually sensative and contemplative little soul. I love her.

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Sunday School

2009-08-16T17:46:00.001-07:00

Do you love your Sunday School class? I LOVE my Gospel Principles class!

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Shows in Sept!

2009-08-11T17:15:00.001-07:00

NTB rockin' BYU IDAHO, IDAHO FALLS and Tremonton, UT in September! Look at the website for details!

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Website

2009-08-10T21:34:00.001-07:00

Been working like crazy with my buddy Jeremy Moon to get the new website functional and as full service as possible. Very soon people will have access to a plethora of new music on www.nashvilletributeband.com. I'll blog as soon as it's up! Jason

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Fruit's of Dad's labors

2009-08-09T19:33:00.001-07:00

At my Mom and Dad's tonight in Columbia, TN. Their garden's plenty makes for amazing cuisine. Mom & Dad are doing their nightly August routine, baking okra that's been rolled in corn meal. Baking is a little more healthy than frying but just as tasty. Yum. See Dad's yellow watermelon in the foreground? Seriously yum!

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Sunday meetings

2009-08-09T17:06:00.001-07:00

Had an awesome sacrament meeting today! Talk subjects were Avoiding Contention. Wow, I needed that today. I love my kids but sometimes I'd like to wack them in the head with a shovel. :)
Here are a few notes from Per Anderson's and Kari Stolworthy's talks, notes that I plan on contemplating in my quiet time this week:

Three rules:
-Do not be the cause of contention
-Do not REACT to contention
-Kill contention with love

Think twice before you speak and three times before you act.

-Contention is the tool of the adversary
-Peace is the tool of the Savior

How do we avoid contention in our lives? We show love for God by obeying His commandments and we show love for others by charitable acts of kindness.

Closing hymn: LET US OFT SPEAK KIND WORDS TO EACH OTHER (HYMN #232)

Also, today our ward mission leader (Mark Donohoo) in gospel essentials class shared a few pages from a Gordon B. Hinkley book of daily messages called "Stand A Little Taller". I think I'll get that book.

Charity begins at home. We 've all heard that phrase but today I wondered what it really means. I think it means that if we don't love with a charitable heart, those that we live with first, then how can we truly love others. If peace and contentment is not first in our homes, then how can we bring it to others. That's a lot for me to chew on, and definitely an area I want to improve in our home.

* a quick note about iPhone Scripture APPs. I had one for a while that was free. It had the standard works and a recent upgrade gave the app the topical guide. It is pretty great for FREE. However, I recently pays $14.99 for an APP called SCRIPTURES (it has the Christus statue on the APP label. This thing rocks! Standard works in it entirety, plus ALL church manuals, hymn book, conference talks, etc. etc. Well worth the money. Of course, everyone in church probably thinks I'm texting through the entire meeting. Whatcha gonna do? :)

I'd love to hear what moved you in your Sunday meetings today.

Have a great Sunday! Jason

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One of my prize possessions

2009-08-08T22:53:00.000-07:00

Who doesn't LOVE a Sunday morning??? This one is glorious in the state of Tennessee!
One of my prize possessions is this bronze of Joseph and Hyrum. My wife bought it from the artist, the same artist that did the huge bronze in front of the Nauvoo temple. She gave it to me for my birthday.

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Missionary pictures

2009-08-08T22:42:00.000-07:00

I wonder who has the oldest photo of a relative on a mission? I will put together an awesome NTB prize pack for whoever does. Upload your best missionary photos at www.nashvilletributeband.com. We are doing something AWESOME with them for the new album release!

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Hopkinsville, KY

2009-08-08T21:40:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody! I FINALLY have an APP on my iphone so I can blog on the road. I'm gonna write on here lots now. :)
Wow! What an incredible week! I have so loved the opportunity over the past year of working with President Hutchings, the Tennessee Nashville Mission President. He is an awesome man with a vision for missionary work. He asked me to come and speak and sing some songs to his missionaries in zone conferences in Tennessee and Kentucky on Wednesday & Friday. What an incredible experience. I just got back into Nashville on Monday after being gone for 30 days and I had a million reasons to say "no" to attending those zone conferences, but man am I glad I listened to my instincts and said yes! It is one thing to see beauty in others, you know the skin deep kind, but to look out at those Elders and Sisters and see them as messengers of the gospel, as worthy warriors in the great battle for truth! Man, THAT is beautiful!!! I shared with them five or six of the new songs I've written for the new Nashville Tribute album and the Spirit was so present I thought we might burn up in that relief society room. It was awesome! The night before the Friday conf in Hopkinsville, KY, President Hutchings called and said he felt the Lord wanted the sisters of the mission at the conf the next day, so he asked them to clear their schedules and attend. On the 1.5 hour drive from my home to Hopkinsville, I wrote a song that I LOVE specifically for sister missionaries. I almost wrecked several times trying to write lyrics, drive and cry at the same time. Men don't multi-task, or cry. I'm such a whimp. Then, after the conference, I was saying goodbye to everybody and a senior sister came up to me and said, "Please don't forget us senior missionaries". I said, "Sure, ok, not thinking much of it". Then I got in my truck and had an unusual experience. I couldn't get that sweet senior sister out of my mind and I began to feel that our Heavenly Father has an immense love for seniors, especially those who faithfully serve Him. I was overwhelmed, really. I wrote a song especially for senior missionaries on the way home, again, crying, writing on a legal pad and trying to drive. I LOVE THE SONG! What a day! What a week. The songs are coming. The record is coming. My heart is racing. I love it! Can't wait to bring the music to your town with my buddies!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, go to www.nashvilletributeband.com and upload pictures of your missionary. It can be you, your father, your grandmother or grandfather on their missions. I need as many different pictures from different eras of elders and sisters in the field as possible for the next album cover and album art. Please take a second and upload them. YOU ARE THE BEST!

Jason Deere

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KEEP ON TREKIN'

2009-06-25T22:45:00.000-07:00

We had such a great time in Paducah, KY last night (June 24, 2009). Dan and I did the Joseph show and also tried out a few songs from the new missionary album on the good people of Kentucky. We loved the people there and the Spirit they brought with them to the venue. Greg and Sharon Farmer, along with their daughter Sarah, were once again doing sound for us and they did an incredible job as always! Bless you good people of Paducah and thank you President Hutchings and the Tennessee Nashville Mission, as well as President Lance and the Paducah, Kentucky Stake for inviting us and setting up this wonderful evening! KEEP ON TREKIN'! Jason Deere

Triumphant In Your Religion?

2009-05-18T21:31:00.001-07:00

Do you find yourself triumphant in the practice of your religion? I love to ask people that question. I love to ask myself that question. I love to hear when people feel like they are successful in living their religion and why and how they feel that way when they do. Obviously, we all have moments in our spiritual progression of triumph and of failure; it’s all a very natural part of the human experience I believe. I feel it necessary to acknowledge a difference between our relationship with our God and our relationship with our religion; and I would assume that each of us seek to find the union between the two relationships…you know that perfect union between the Father who made us, our perfect place as His child and the perfect practice of the religion that we individually believe is our personal vehicle on earth to know the Father better. These three things in perfect union can make for moments of precious and beautiful clarity of thought in my experience. What do I think? Thank you for asking. :o) In my experience, while I feel very confident in the things that I believe, in the religion that I believe to be God’s truth and in my personal relationship with my God and Savior, there are many factors of the human experience, paired with the many other humans in my experience, along with my many insecurities and imperfections, that make for it being a rather rare occasion when I feel that true divine alignment of God, self and religion. What interest me are the factors in individual’s lives when this successfully happens for them. There are a few things that seem consistent when I have had these experiences and again, I will discuss a few of them. When I, on occasion, see individuals in a different light, not as human beings in the human experience, but as spiritual children of one Father in Heaven, my brothers and sisters created to be wonderful in God’s potential…those rare moments when all mortality is stripped away and we see the light of Christ in His creation eclipsing ANY and ALL imperfection in that individual. So much that I want to do any and everything I can to help that person to be all that they can be because I see what they were created to be. THAT is a beautiful thing, and any time that my religion grants me those eyes as I look on another, well, I consider that to be success within my religion. Next, I have spent years on my knees trying to be heard by my Father and trying to hear Him within the chaos of my life’s experience. Sometimes I fail at this, usually due to succumbing to the need for sleep or entertainment and not taking the precious quiet time to hear the tender whisperings of the Spirit as God communicates with me. I don’t like talking to my kids over the TV or the stereo so its no surprise that I don’t hear my Father over all the noise that I allow into my brain. BUT, I treasure those moments when I have revered the God of this universe enough to have an undeniable moment of communication with him that is more pure and precious than gold to my soul. Moments this powerful are rare with me, but when they do happen I know of a surety the divinity of the experience and I will be forever grateful for them. In these moments I know there is a God. I know He has a Son. I know that I am divinely created and that there is a plan and purpose for me within that plan. I know that through my faithfulness I can triumph within that plan and absolutely be an active participant in the plan’s success as it pertains to my brothers and sisters within the history of God’s creation. When my religion grants me opportunities for these kinds of moments with my Father in Heaven, well, these are what I live for. I will say one more thing. I have had a few triumphant moments within my religion, and few moments that are more precious and valuable to me than anything. When I see Jesus Christ as the Redeemer of the world, I am triumphant! In those sweet moments when I have seen that Christ spilled blood from every pore in Gethsemane for me…actually lived every moment of my life; every fear, insecurity, every experience I will ever have within that evening in that grove of olive trees, all of the good and all of the bad…for me. When I see that He is the only person in the universe that truly knows me…knows what I am feeling, knows where I am today, knows what I was created to be and absolutely knows what I WILL become if I develop perfect faith in Him and devote my life to the a perfect practice of my place within the plan…in this I feel triumphant at my religion.
Do not mistake my words. I cannot conjure these kinds of experiences at any given time. I can barely conjure up a bowl of cereal for heaven’s sake. BUT, I long for such experiences and even work toward the hope of having them, but the truth of the matter is that they come at the oddest times, in God’s time I suppose, and I never know when such an experience will materialize in my spiritual or physical consciousness. But what I do know is that I treasure them. They are what is sure and real to me; the core of my spiritual confidence. When my religion grants me such opportunity, then my faith in my religion increases exponentially…and I love it!
I might add that a balance of pride for my religion and humility within my religion is necessary, in my book, to have a real peace with God as I execute daily life in my religion. I do periodically cycle to a place where my blessings are numerous to a point that I lose the humility necessary to continue in such blessings and I lose ground unless I change my attitude. On the flip side, I have been so reserved and humble in my own beliefs at times that I fail to exercise the faith to make powerful moments in my spiritual life or the lives of others. Balance is the key. Knowing the trigger points of when I reach excess and doing what is necessary to be both humble and strong. In this, we have the perfect example in Jesus Christ in our own New Testament. - Jason Deere

TIME OUT FOR WOMEN - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

2009-05-17T18:03:00.000-07:00

Ron and I flew out to Edmonton, Alberta on Friday for a show on Friday night. Wow, was it fun. Sister Wendy Nelson (Elder Nelson's wife) spoke first, then Ron and I performed some, then Sheri Dew spoke, then Ron and I played for another 40 minutes. It was a wonderful experience. I was so happy to see Sheri again, as it has been a while since we have spoken in person. While in Colorado the weekend before, I had met with President Pfile, the mission president there, and he told me this unbelievable story of two of his missionaries serving in Kansas a couple of week before. They were driving in a truck with a Kansas farmer who was in his 80s, when they were hit broadside by a semi-truck that came out of nowhere, striking them on the passenger side. Both missionaries and the elderly farmer were thrown a considerable distance from the car, all exiting out the passenger window. Amazingly all were alive but VERY seriously injured. One latino elder had broken legs but crawled a considerable distance to his companion who was in worse shape than he was. He laid his mangled hands on his companions head and gave him a blessing. I am crying writing this. God bless the missionaries! To my amazement, president Pfile told me that the elderly farmer was Brother Dew, Sheri's father. I called Sheri's sister Cindy right away and shared with her my love for her family. I was then so happy to be able to talk to Sheri this past weekend and learn that while her father was still in bad shape, he was still living. Their family could use some extra prayers right now.
Let me say, the church is alive and well in Canada and the women that I met there were unbelievable examples us! Many drove for hours and hours to be there. I think I heard average driving time 4 hours with some as many as 12 hours. Now that's dedication! One lady told me that she had never been in a ward in her whole life, only branches and that she drives 3 hours one way to do her visiting teaching. I LOVE IT! in fact she knows the wolf pack that raised Shania Twain...ok that last part is not true. :o)

Keep on TREKKIN' Canada! We love you! - Jason Deere

Please go to www.qik.com/nashvilletribute to see QIK videos from the weekend in Canada.

Sometimes You've Gotta Sneak Away

2009-05-17T16:58:00.000-07:00

A few months a go I got on a plane returning from a Nashville Tribute show somewhere and sat next to a very nice older couple. I was tired and planned on sleeping on the flight but couldn't help start a conversation with Kay and David Nicholas. We ended up talking about everything under the sun for every second of the flight. They knew my parents in college at the University of Oklahoma in the late 50s and early 60s. They lived for most of their lives in the town I was born in (Enid, OK), we know MANY of the same people, and of course, we discussed the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was beautiful. They spend most of their time these days in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado...they have a beautiful, quaint little cottage with a guest house right on the river. David also mentioned that he is an expert fly fisherman with 72 years of experience. I say, "Ah-hem, hey I happen to be coming to Colorado at the end of April to do a couple of shows in Castle Rock and Colorado Springs." They say, "Hey come stay with us and we'll do some fishing." I say, "You shouldn't have asked! :o)". So I fly out a day early before the shows with a friend of mine from Nashville named Austin Rich, and we stay in their wonderful little guest house and wake up the next morning and fish all day long in about a half dozen of the most beautifully remote fishing spots imaginable below Pikes Peak. David Nicholas is an expert fly fisherman and I learned a ton. He also knows some of the most beautiful country in the world like the back of his hand. We had elk herds and big horn sheep herds walk right up on us. Open your mouths on those flights! You never know what you'll find in a good conversation! - Jason Deere

April 25 & 26 in Colorado

2009-05-17T14:46:00.000-07:00

Chad Truman just completed an honorable mission to the Colorado Colorado Springs Mission in December 2008. Ron Saltmarsh and I had the pleasure of flying to Colorado to join Chad and his brothers, sister and his parents to perform two firesides for the people of his mission. It was a joy to see the people that he so loved and served...to see the light in his eyes and in their faces as they reunited...to see him embrace his former companions and fellow missionaries. It was very special to spend time in the mission home with President and Sister Pfile, with whom Chad served, and to experience the power of their dedication to the work. Quite a couple they are. We performed in the Castle Rock Stake Center and also in a stake center in Colorado Springs. Attendance was great and the people were fantastic. Again, always amazed at the GOOD PEOPLE in this world. President and Sister Pilson, thank you so much for the accomodations and the wonderful view to wake up to. Sister Terri Walker and family, thank you for the wonderful food and pampering. Thank you Truman's for including me and Ron! To everyone who I am forgetting...we love you! Most of all, we love to share this message to all who will listen. Until we meet again! Jason Deere

GOOD PEOPLE

2009-03-25T18:43:00.000-07:00

By far the most incredible thing about being on the road is the unbelievable people that we have the privilege of getting to know along the way. This past week has once again left me humble and speechless. Everywhere we turn there are people like Blake and Teresa Sandall, who live 80 miles from the Salt Lake City airport. They got ahold of us before we left Nashville and offered to get us a suburban to drive for the tour this week. They drove down from Tremonton, UT (80 miles one way) to bring us the SUV after we landed at 10:00 PM on a Monday night. We then drove the car for hundreds of miles all week and they drove back to the airport to pick it up when we flew out on Monday. Insanely beyond the call of duty. Not to mention that Teresa's sister Susie had made a beautiful Nashville Tribute Band sticker for the back of the car. They are truly our friends and we love them! Then there's Shane and Mandy Johnson who booked us up at the Montpelier, ID Tabernacle. They made sure that the venue was stuffed to capacity with people, plus some, then they and their wonderful friends feed us like kings after the show (LOVE THOSE CREAM FILLED CREPES!). Shall I continue? I must. Then we drive to Logan where Tony and Aimee McClellan put our crew up for the night in their home, with all of their kids sleeping on their parents floor upstairs so we can have their rooms in the basement. Aimee, as always makes sure that we are fed and happy. Then we go to Sky View High School where the venue is 100% SOLD OUT plus some. We, again, meet some of the most wonderful and beautiful people after the show! Then get this, the Cottam's, a family who we love so much from Farr West, UT insist that we stop by their restaurant (Bella's in Farr West) on our way from Logan to SLC that night after the Logan show. We show up after midnight where they have the grills fired up and the tortilla's piping hot and they feed us the most fantastic mexican food we have ever tasted. Again we drive out of Farr West at 2:00 AM so full we could barely walk but with hearts full of love for good people. Wait, there's more. The next day, as we are driving 5 hours south to Tuacahn, we stop at the Chevron station in Beaver where Matt Lopez introduces us to a man named Rick Jarvis who was greasy under the hood of a car. Many years ago, when Matt and Jenny were newlyweds, they had car trouble in Beaver. This man went so far beyond the call of duty to fix their car, make them comfortable and get them safely on their way...it is a long wonderful story that Matt has blogged about on the Due West blog. However, this particular day Matt just wanted to stop and hug Rick one more time and introduce NTB to another good man. Rick, we salute you for your generosity and kindness! May it come back to you tenfold. Then we roll on into St. George, where Kevin Warnick and the spectacular staff of Tuacahn Amphitheater treat us like royalty, not because they have to, but because we have opened their spring season three years in a row and we love them like family. Seriously good people! Talk about good people, the wonderful people of Marv's burger and icecream shakes joint in St. George once again fired up their grills at midnight after the Tuacahn gig and the beautiful women of Marv's fed our crew and friends burgers and fries to die for...and most of all the best BLACKBERRY OREO SHAKES on planet earth!!! I am fairly sure that heaven will have a restaurant where Bella's and Marv's (Marvell's) are combined and we will eat every meal there and never get fat in our pink Marv's t-shirts! Love you Marv's! Then, we roll on up to Cedar City where, again, we are taken care of in every way...meals, accommodations, smiles and love every minute by Pam Smith and a host of her kind friends! The list of people and good deeds from this past week goes on and on, but let me say that two wonderful women, Aimee and Pam, came to every show this week to work the merch tables for us. They handled the crowds and the money and asked nothing in return. Every till balanced out perfectly and they had their beautiful smiles in high beam every second! Jeremy Moon, who once again came down to Tuacahn to shoot pictures of the shows, never ceases to amaze me with his charitable time devoted to Nashville Tribute. Jeremy has built our website from scratch and he maintains it at no charge...ever. We could never have an online presence without him. Thank you JM! Greg and Sharon Farmer may take the cake. They live in Clarksville, Tennessee. They drove all the way to Montpelier, ID to run sound for our show (no joke). They then followed us to Logan and then on to Tuacahn in St. George to take care of our technical needs and to hang with the tour. They are precious souls and lifelong friends. I could go on and on an on about so many good people. If it weren't for the long list of GOOD PEOPLE that constantly give of themselves, we could never possible reach the people that we do in sharing the message of THE RESTORATION and the rich history of our beautiful Saints. Our hearts are bursting with gratitude! The people we have become reacquainted with this week and the ones that we have met for the first time have made us better people, enriching our lives with every smile and kind deed. We love you all...the good people along the road! God bless you all! - Jason Deere

Every Other Tuesday

2009-03-10T10:14:00.000-07:00

A few months ago I was called as a ward missionary. It’s always funny to me how callings bring me exactly what I need to experience in my life when I receive them. What a blessing to me this calling has already been! As my bishop extended the calling he asked that I work with my ward mission leader to be as creative as possible, working “outside the box” to encourage our ward members to fill the empty seats of our sacrament meetings with their neighbors and friends. We tried something different that has really seemed to work. We put together a night in early December and called it MORMON HISTORY THROUGH MUSIC. It was to be held in a member’s home, and it was to be an opportunity for non-members to learn about American/Mormon history in a casual, low pressure environment; to enjoy some great desserts and hear some good music and learn something about the history of a friend’s religion. We set up chairs in the large living room of the Anderson’s home in our ward. The time to begin was 6:00PM. Dress was casual, even though it was Sunday, which made all attending comfortable. The only way for members of our ward to attend was to bring a nonmember with them. We anxiously prepared for that day in hopes that someone, even one person would show up. To our amazement, members of our ward brought 25 nonmembers to the event. Dan Truman, Brad Hull, Tim Gates and Matt Lopez all once again brought their talents to the event, joining me and we did our best to teach and testify through our music. It was a wonderful night. The non-members attending stayed for more than an hour afterwards asking question after question and learning things that lifted so many misunderstandings that they had before. As luck would have it, the couple that I invited to the event have continued to ask questions and are now taking the discussions with the elders.

The word of the night’s success reached the mission president of the Tennessee Nashville Mission and he called me the week after. He asked if he could attend the next one that we did. I said that our ward mission would be honored. In February we had the next event at the Beaird’s home, and we were thrilled that 34 members brought 51 nonmembers! Incredible. Our members were brave and we love them for it.

The mission president asked me after the event if I, and perhaps others in NTB, would be willing to do some events like this in other units in the mission…in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. We decided to do events a couple of times a month, every other Tuesday, trying to reach as many of the 60 units in the mission as possible this year. Some of these rural wards and branches will only have one person sitting in a living room, others may have many, but whether it is just me, or me and as many of my NTB brothers as are available, I know that we will do our best to testify of the Restoration, praying for the Spirit as we do it, in hopes that hearts may be softened and changed.

Here is what this experience has taught me so far. Sometimes we, as members of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints, limit our good works to activities and callings that only fall within the assignments given to us in our wards, stakes and communities. Of course, it is a wonderful thing to fulfill our callings and obligations in our church and community. However, each of us has particular talents, unique to us. The Lord has planted those in us, to only be enriched and expanded as we magnify them. Is it not true that we should have one foot FIRMLY planted in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the other foot FIRMLY planted smack dab in the middle of the world? Being “in the world, but not of the world” has never meant running and hiding from the world, safely in our little Mormon bubbles, free from all contact with the ever-present, worldy souls around us. No, the term means that we associate ourselves with the world, our neighbors, relatives and business associates, and we not only are gleaming examples of God fearing Latter-day Saints, but we testify with confident humility EVERY time the Spirit moves us to do so; regardless of the company we are keeping. If we use the guidance of the Spirit, as we communicate with our leaders, and with their blessing, we can operate “outside the box” in the ways we serve the three missions of the church. Of, course, the REDEEMING THE DEAD mission of the church doesn’t allow for much creative thinking because we are so blessed with the divinely structured use of our temples, and for that I am thankful. But, with regard to the PERFECTING THE SAINTS mission and the PREACHING THE GOSPEL mission, I believe that we are entitled to inspiration from the Spirit that may lead us to unique and influential ways to accomplish the Lords desires for his wards and stakes. I believe that if we are humble, and we communicate with our church leaders and work within the blessings of their guidance, that we can accomplish a synergy within our wards, stakes and communities that will open up opportunities that we cannot even fathom.

Let us pray to know our talents. Let’s pray to know what the Lord wants us to do with them. How can we become instruments in His hands, playing a tune that no one else on earth can play exactly as we do? The Lords currency is people. We are how He gets things done. We can be pennies, nickels or dimes if we do His will our way, but if we surrender all and do His will, His way, then we may be amazed to find ourselves much more valuable to Him than we ever dreamed of. That’s my prayer :o)

All my best from Nashville…Jason Deere

Thinking of Australia

2009-03-10T10:13:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking a lot about Australia lately. It as a unique trip. I always thought that the day I finally went to Australia that it would be the "vacation" of a lifetime. It had it's wonderful and beautiful moments, but it was a hard trip on all of us. ABSOLUTELY worth it in every way, but trying all along the way. It truly felt like we were on missions again. The people were fantastic, the landscape breathtaking but the challenges unusual. The ups were up and the downs were down and the fluctuation between the two were frequent. However, I wouldn't trade those experiences for the world, and neither would anyone that was over there with me...I am sure of it. Tim, Matt and Brad stopped everything in their lives for almost a month. Ron Saltmarsh sacrificed much to come on that trip, as did Cali and the kids. Greg and Sharon Farmer took their year vacations from their jobs, plus some, and hauled sound and stage gear from town to town, one after another, setting up, running sound, tearing down...repeat...without a single complaint. Darren Dixon, our friend from Sarasota, FL, left his wife Jenny and eight kids, and his many business ventures, and came with us to be our tour manager for the month. Not one person received one dime of compensation for the trip and each of them, and their wives and children did without to make it happen. I AM HONORED TO KNOW SUCH MEN AND WOMEN! I am priviledged to rub shoulders with individuals who place the gospel as a priority. They teach me every day to "seek ye first the kingom of God". I love each of them so much. My sweet wife Sonja, and my kids Josie, Maddy & J Davis; I will forever be thankful for your patience and faith in all my running around out there. I pray that you are blessed for it. Coming home is the greatest feeling. Hats off to Australia! - Jason Deere

Brad, Matt, & Tim stopping on the road between Tamworth and Tuncurry

Jason

Matt

Jason performing at the Hoyt Theater in Sydney

Jason, Matt, & Brad

NAUVOO & AUSTRALIA

2009-03-10T00:40:00.000-07:00

What an incredible year the last 12 months have been! Challenging no doubt, for everyone that I know it seems, but for Nashville Tribute it has been a wonderful ride. We did several of Sheri Dew’s TIME OUT FOR WOMEN conventions in some wonderful cities and met some incredible women. We did NTB shows all over the country, from Sarasota, Florida to Sacramento, California. We had the honor and pleasure of being invited to Nauvoo in July of 2008 to perform for all of the missionaries who were currently on assignment in Nauvoo and we also had the pleasure of doing a show especially for the talented staff and crew of The Nauvoo Pageant. We sat with joy and amazement as we watched them perform for us the night before. Then the next night we were in the Nauvoo Visitor’s Center theater sharing our show with them. Man, we love you cast and crew!

Brother and Sister Widsonet were so kind and helpful to allow us the privilege of spending some quiet time in some of the church owned tourist spots in town, and we express a special “thank you” to Lachlan Mackay and The Community of Christ who were so helpful in allowing us onto their properties for some very special experiences.

Nauvoo is a special place. I must stop and say that I am sitting in the parking lot of a soccer complex right now, my daughter is getting ready to play another game in 30 minutes. I have a sweatshirt rolled up in the window to block the sun so I can see my laptop. My heart is pounding as the Spirit is filling this car to the point where I can’t help smiling. Why, because I am thinking of the thoughts and feelings of Nauvoo last year and I once again am reminded that I am a member of a blessed dispensation. Halelujah! (There’s my grandmother’s Baptist coming out in me :o)

While in Nauvoo, we met Kim Smith, the great, great granddaughter of Emma and Joseph. What a treasure she is. We had previously met Gracia Jones, the first direct descendant of Joseph and Emma’s to join the church since the martyrdom. Through them we ended up meeting Michael Kennedy, another direct descendant who is currently the director of the Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith Family Society. Through a miraculous series of events, me and Ron Saltmarsh, Brad Hull, Tim Gates, Matt Lopez, Darren Dixon (our tour manager for the trip), and Greg and Sharon Farmer (our incredible sound and road crew for the tour) got on a plane in September of 2008 and flew to Sydney, Australia to do three weeks worth of shows. Unfortunately, Dan Truman was out with Diamond Rio and couldn’t join us over there (We missed him!) Elder David Osborn and his wife Robyn, who were in the church’s PR department in Sydney at the time, helped us with contacts to set up some shows in various locations in New South Wales. We played and testified to some people we will never forget. We performed in many locations in and around Syndney, New Castle, Tamworth, Tuncurry/Forster and probably a few more towns that I am forgetting at the moment. We also performed at three of the Australian premiere’s for the movie Emma. The highlight, without question, was spending a few days with Robyn Mah, one of Joseph and Emma’s many descendants who now live in Australia, and her family. Alexander Smith, son of Joseph and Emma, had a daughter who married a young Australian man in 1870 in Independence, Missouri and move to settle Tuncurry, Australia. Robyn and her family were a delight. They are not members of the LDS church and they shared with us many family stories and history. They took us on a breathtaking riverboat ride into the bush where we enjoyed cooking by a wonderful Balinese lady. We shared with them our testimonies and our appreciation for their relatives who restored the fullness of the truth in the 1830s and 40s. Then we did a show for their family reunion in Tuncurry. Life changing experience for us! We will never be the same. The people of Australia were gracious and kind and we loved every minute of it!

Special thanks to Darren and Jenny Dixon who helped sponsor the Australian tour and who made that experience possible. And most especially, thank you to all of the Nashville Tribute Band members who made the trip, and to their families, for they took a month off of work, free of compensation of any kind, to share their testimonies. I love you guys forever for that! - Jason Deere

Brad, Jason, & Matt playing "Emma" on the steps of the Mansion House in Nauvoo

Jason, Matt, & Brad on the front steps of the Mansion House

Nashville Tribute Band - Nauvoo

Nashville Tribute Band - Nauvoo

Dan Truman at the end of Parley Street playing "Farewell Nauvoo"

Boomerang Beach, New South Whales

Brother & Sister Mike Kennedy and Robyn Mah (standing) are descendants of the Prophet in Australia

Kim Smith and her children. Kim is a great great granddaughter of Joseph & Emma

Matt & Tim in Sydney

Performing for the missionaries in Sydney

Matt, Tim, & Brad at the Opry House

Tim, Ron, Brad, & Jason

Tim jammin' with the natives

The Sydney Opry House

The Sydney skyline

'Roos'

More 'Roos'

Due West

2009-03-09T22:35:00.000-07:00

As some of you know, three guys who have toured with Nashville Tribute over the years (Tim, Matt & Brad), are also in a country band called Due West. They have had a tremendous 2008 and first part of 2009. They have had success as songwriters having songs that they have written recorded by artists like Bucky Covington and Lady Antebellum. After many years of blood, sweat and tears as a band in Nashville, they have finally signed a record deal with Bigger Than Me Records and their first single I Get That All The Time goes to radio in April of this year. I first want to say that I am so happy for the guys. They have worked hard and they are getting an opportunity that I believe they deserve. But…what is more impressive to me, so much more impressive to me than their secular successes is how they continue to maintain humility as they testify of the things they believe and the things that they love every chance they get. They still make time to tour with Nashville Tribute, they fulfill their callings in their own wards, Brad continues to work with Boy Scouts, Tim continues to work with the mentally challenged, and all three are shining examples of guys who would truly give the shirt off their backs to help another. I am so glad that they have each other out on the road to keep each other humbly on the straight and narrow. I wish the boys the best! - Jason Deere

Two People Born with GOLD in their Necks

2009-03-09T22:30:00.000-07:00

David Osmond

Mindy Gledhill

Fresno, CA TOFW

2008-04-16T04:28:00.000-07:00

We absolutely LOVE Fresno, CA! We are so humbled that so many drove so far to get your well deserved "time out", and that you decided to spend some if it with us. The words of Sister Kapp brought just the right Spirit to the place before we took the stage (Thank you Sister Kapp). What a privilege it is to sing songs about the "main characters" of The Restoration and also about the stalwart thousands who braved the American plains to preserve the blessings that we all have today! What a wonderful feeling it is to have hundreds of hearts together in one room honoring them as we all did on Friday night. Thank you for your testimonies. Thank you for your smiles. Thank you for every right decision that you have made in your lives. I love to see your examples. I need to see your examples. I am so happy to have spent that time with you however briefly. I hope the rest of your conference was wonderful! Have a beautiful spring and we can't wait to see you again at the next show! Jason Deere and the Nashville Tribute Band

Spring General Conference!

2008-04-06T19:35:00.000-07:00

I love the spring. Who doesn't. Birds, leaves, flowers, warming sun, fresh green grass, rain showers...all of it! Today was a perfect day. My wife, kids and I watched the morning session of conference, then took a walk in the forest near our home during the break and then watched the second session. It was enlightening. The talk on the Faith of Our Fathers! Elder Ballard's talk on women...could it have been said any better? Sister Tanner...your message was angelic! Elder Holland...the words of Christ. And President Monson. He was called as an apostle at the age of 36. He has been prepared for 80 years for this weekend when our people in one accord sustain him. He is our Prophet. I felt it as he spoke. The Spirit confirmed to my heart that he is the prophet of this day. It was a wonderful day. Did you not feel it! Please tell me about your experience. Surely what I am feeling was not for me alone.

I want to be a better person. A better father, a better husband, a better priesthood holder, a better servant, a better missionary and better son to my Father in Heaven. These desires are why I love conference weekend. This is why I need it so much every spring and every fall. I am charged and good to go for 6 months! Here we go...

Thoughts on the Tuacahn shows...

2008-03-31T09:27:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, back in Nashville to the real world this past week after Tuacahn. I was very happy to get the following e-mail from Tim Gates this weekend (lead singer of Due West that also sang GOD IS GOOD, WIDE ENOUGH and COMING HOME at the shows) that brought to mind how great it was for all of us to be with you for those shows under the red rocks:
"I feel really blessed to be a part of this wonderful tribute to Joseph and to the Pioneers! I have always said that there is nothing better than being on a stage singing your heart out to others. But when I am singing my heart out to others about such a powerful message, it is undeniably the greatest combination I can think of. Performing at Tuachan was really special! It is such a beautiful place. There was a moment while I was singing Coming Home, I felt the presence of those people that were involved in the great TREK to Utah."
Thank you Tim! Your humble talents are just what we needed that night! -Jason Deere

Tuacahn 2008

2008-03-25T16:27:00.000-07:00

There seem to be about a million reasons why our two shows at Tuacahn were wonderful this past weekend. Allow me to mention a few:
1. Tuacahn amphitheater is situated in one of the most beautifully, pristine settings on God's green earth, well I should say God's red earth in that valley. I can't tell you how many times I looked up as we loaded in and sound checked and lost my breath for a second looking at the majestic crimson bluffs towering against the blue sky. Then, when evening fell and show time came, the fantastic cliffs seemed to humbly stand in reverence to their God in the stars above. Marvelous!
2. Kevin and the entire staff at Tuacahn were not only top-notch professionals, but they are the kind of people you want to hang with. We wanted to move in permanently.
3. I had the honor of having 7 of my best friends in the world on stage with me. They played and sang their hearts out and and their talents strengthened my testimony of the things I believe and my understanding of my religion.
4. My wife and kids were with me. In over 125 shows nationwide, they have only made a few of them. I must admit, at the ages they are, they are a pain in the booty to travel with. In fact, we are now in SLC waiting to catch a 6PM flight home. Last night after driving from St. George to my sister-in law's in Sugarhouse, both of my daughters threw up all night long (one every 30 minutes). The fiasco started with one of my daughters blowing Richfield's best Mexican food all over from her bed to the bathroom. I cleaned it up and threw up while I did it. Then my other daughter started and it was an indescribable sleepless night. All that aside, when my kids sang "Somewhere There's A Mountain" under those stars, my life somehow changed forever.
5. The people at KONY Country radio were so kind and generous with NTB and Due West. We love you guys!
6. However, the highlight of the weekend were the people of St. George and its surrounding areas, as well as those amazing people who traveled all the way from California, Arizona, Colorado and many other places to see the shows. We heard incredible stories and got to know beautiful people as we talked with you after the shows. We are truly blessed to live in this day, to know of our history and to have the blessings that we do today as members of our Savior's church. Keep up the great work, keep those wonderful smiles and we can't wait to see you again St. George! We love you!
Jason Deere

Here are a few of our pictures from last weekend. You can go to www.nashvilletribute.com/photos.html to see more.

We love the red rock at Tuacahn!

Mindy Gledhill singing "Sleep" from the Trek album.

Two incredible musicians! No one is better on the piano than Dan Truman,...and Ron Saltmarsh will amaze you on just about every other instrument.

Jason Deere singing "Wolves" on Saturday night.

Due West 'doing' their thing!

Jason during a profound moment of thought

Due West warming up the vocal cords

No one bangs a drum like Tony McClellan

Brad, Jason, & Tony

The Band

Tim Gates enjoying a little down time in the sun. (Sorry ladies...he's already married...but with legs like those is it any wonder?)

Dan & Ron

More on Tuacahn from Tony

2008-03-25T16:22:00.000-07:00

Jason's turn to watch the kids....and he lets them play on a cliff!

A fun afternoon in Snow Canyon

Let me start by saying "amen" to Jason, my brother from another mother. Spending the weekend with the good people of St. George was a spiritual refill as well as a nice break from the lingering winter that Cache Valley is having. Touring with your family comes with its own set of interesting challenges, but the blessings of having your kids feel the spirit as they listen to songs and stories about the Pioneers and the characters of the restoration. Words can't describe how proud I am of my little girl Alexis. She did a great job performing "Somewhere there's a Mountain" in sign language. She had three people come and meet her after the shows that are hearing impaired and tell her how much they enjoyed the connection to the performance that she brought. You can almost see me smiling as I write this cant you!

There are a lot of "bands" in the world, but I think you would be hard pressed to find a group of friends that get along so well as we do. I can attribute this to one very simple thing. The Nashville Tribute Band is not about us.....it is not about the performance....it is about the message! How blessed my life is to be a very small part of such an amazing thing and to be able to call these guys (and Mindy of course :) ) my best friends!

I echo the thanks to Kevin and his staff. Kevin my friend, you are truly an artist. Thank you so much to the people that took the time to share their testimonies and experiences with us. You have no idea how that lifts us up and makes the time away from home and family worth the sacrifice.

I will try to get a few photos of our down time posted here. If you have photos or experiences to share, please send them to me or post them here on our blog. We would love to share them with you.

more photos

2008-03-25T16:21:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more shots from the past couple of months. Keep sending in your photos!

How awesome it was to be able to share this experience with my Grandparents!

"It's Alive!!!!"

The end of an amazing week!.....Home, here we come.

Now this is a fan!!! Did your mom say this is okay?

Send your photos and experiences from the show to:

Josephtourmanager@gmail.com

FEBRUARY TOUR

2008-02-08T09:12:00.000-08:00

Morgan UT, Malad ID, Ontario OR, and Nampa ID....THANK YOU so much for having us out and taking care of us this week! It was awesome to have the opportunity to meet so many of you and feel your testimonies. Special thanks to Shane & Heather Rappleye, Brother and Sister Price, President and Sister Hess, Dave & Maurine Burt, Brother and Sister Parker, and all of the rest of you that prepared wonderful food for us and opened your homes and your hearts to us! We love you and thank you! We will post some photos from the shows as soon as Jeremy teaches us how. If you have a fun photo or two that you took, email it to me and we will try to post it as well! Send it to josephtourmanager@gmail.com .

TREK show in Malad, Idaho

2008-02-05T23:55:00.000-08:00

Thank you Malad! We have so enjoyed both of our visits. You have been a great crowd and have made us feel so welcome here. We hope that the message of our music can help us all reflect on the past and appreciate those who have come before us. We look forward to coming back and seeing you all again!

Tim Gates at his best!

Mindy Gledhill singing 'Emma'

No one treats us better than Malad! We love coming here!

We love our fans!

The voices of angels!