Biography:

"When someone talks about music getting’ in your blood, I know exactly what they are talkin’ about, because that’s exactly what’s happened to me," says Jason Childers with a smile. "And I feel that that's pretty much what I was put here on earth to do. It's like Chet Atkins used to say when he talked about musicians and their instruments, that when they're not holding their instruments, they feel like a part of them's missing. There's a black hole there somewhere that can only be filled by that. And it's the same way for performing and all the creative process. When you're not making music and you're a musician, you really miss it."It's very apparent with Childers' new disc that his passion for music is set to propel his career from obscurity to celebrity. Born in Walnut, Mississippi, he grew up with a love for music, singing in a gospel youth choir, and playing in bluegrass, rock and country bands as a teenager. Encouraged to pursue a music career by a friend who had once given up his own dreams, he struggled through most of his college days before signing an indie label deal, Severe Records, in Nashville. Now, Childers is beginning to be known as a fiery entertainer with a talent for finding – or writing – perfect vehicles for his explosive injection of rhythm & blues and southern rock influences into a framework built on country traditions. "Hank Williams Jr put it this way," he says, "you're either spiraling up or you're spiraling down, one of the two. It's never just flat. And that's what was going on for me." When “Mississippi Calling,” his new offering of soulful country music, hits stores it's likely to be welcomed by listeners everywhere and across genre lines. From the opening of his debut, "I Believe In Love," with its acoustic guitar and ringing, autobiographically-tinged affirmation, to the subtle balladry of "Without The Rain." His music not only reflects his own life, but the common experiences that unite us.