Jason Boesel

Jason Boesel is an American musician based in Los Angeles.^[1] He was the drummer for Rilo Kiley and has also played with The Elected and Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band.^{[2] [3]}

Bands

He also drummed in the Bright Eyes touring band during their 2005 tour, and went on to write the liner notes for the consequent Bright Eyes live album, Motion Sickness and contributing to Bright Eyes' 2007 record, Cassadaga. From December 2007, he has played with Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst in his latest project, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. The band played this year's Reading and Leeds festivals in England and released the album Conor Oberst in August on Merge Records. On May 5 Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band released their second album Outer South - in which Boesel wrote and sings lead for two tracks. He is also said to have worked on at least one track, on the Young Veins (featuring former member of Panic! at the Disco, Ryan Ross and Jon Walker) debut record.

On January 12, 2010, Jason Boesel released his debut solo album 'Hustler's Son' via Team Love.^[4]

• Evergreen
• My Brother Mon Frère
• Ben Lee
• Dawes
• Bright Eyes
• The Elected
• Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
• Johnathan Rice
• The Lassie Foundation
• Rilo Kiley
• Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
• JJAMZ
• Jenny and Johnny
• Jason Boesel
• Our Lady Peace (appears on "Won't Turn Back" single)

Album Appearances

• Bright Eyes - Lua (Single) (2004 · Saddle Creek)
• Bright Eyes - Take It Easy (Love Nothing) (2004 · Saddle Creek)
• Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005 · Saddle Creek)
• Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital urn (2005 · Saddle Creek)
• Bright Eyes - Motion Sickness (2006 · Team Love)
• Bright Eyes - Four Winds (2007 · Saddle Creek)
• Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (2007 · Saddle Creek)
• Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Conor Oberst (2008 · Merge Records)
• Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things (2008 · Capitol)
• Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Outer South (2009 · Merge Records)
• The Young Veins - Take A Vacation! (2010 · One Haven Music)

Solo albums

• Jason Boesel - Hustler's Son (2010 · Team Love)

References

1. http://www.team-love.com/artists/jason-boesel/
2. Leahey, Andrew. "Biography: Jason Boesel". AMG. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
3. http://www.team-love.com/artists/jason-boesel/
4. http://team-love.com/home/artists/jason-boesel/

External links

• Rilo Kiley official website
• Rilo Kiley on MySpace
• Saddle Creek Records
• Jason Boesel collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive