Jer Coons - Vocals, Acoustic
And when the mood is right:
Clint Bierman - Electric Guitar
Jeff Vallone - Drums, Vocals
Peter Day - Bass, Vocals
Ryan Erskine - Keyboards
Influences
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix, Ben Folds, Jason Mraz, Sam Beam, James Brown, Chris Thile, Ben Gibbard, Tenacious D, Chad Urmston, Will.I.Am, Eli Miller, Wyclef Jean, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Cash, Sean Carter, Jimmy Page, Luke Reynolds, Kanye West, The Format, Connor Oberst, Dave Matthews, Elton John, Guster, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Anyone with the last name Marley, Thelonius Monk, Austin Sirch, The Sugar Hill Gang, Taylor/Zac/Isaac, Paul Simon, Christopher Wallace, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jay Clifford.
The way a kick drum and bass hit together. The right balance of Lows, Mids, and Highs. Saturated tubes. Playing just enough to get your point across, without stepping on any toes. Fresh guitar strings. Lyrics that really resonate, because mathematically speaking, every note, riff, and chord was made long before you thought you came up with it. I want to find a way to say something fresh, yet still fit within the constraints of the pop idiom. I want to make people feel something.
19 year old Jer Coons would have won American Idol, but he slept thru the audition.
Raised by a family of marsupials until the age of six, Jer eventually found a home in the Green Mountains of Vermont. His pop songwriting tendencies left him largely ignored due to the region’s affinity for granola munching and doing the hippie-shake. Ignored that is, until now.
Jer hit the ground running in 2008, with an impressive batch of new songs earning him comparisons to a younger John Mayer, or an older Hanson (Mmmbop Hanson that is) and everything else in between. He’s cut his chops playing shows with acts ranging from Teddy Geiger to Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and has performed at dozens of northeast colleges and high schools, often times with nothing more than his acoustic guitar and a book of knock knock jokes. Jer can frequently be found after headlining gigs mingling with his adoring fans with a bashful grin on his face.
And boy, can this kid write a pop song.
Armed with drop dead catchy melodies, boyish good looks and a charm equal to or greater than Paris Hilton, Jer is poised for national recognition during the coming year. In the meantime, look for Jer Coons on a crowded street near you.
Coming Soon!
Jer LOVES talking to his fans! e-mail: jer@jercoons.com im: imunclereggie web: www.jercoons.com
For All Inquiries Please Contact: Spencer Kelley Roll Call Entertainment 802.310.7760 spencer@rollcallentertainment.com
my day was wonderful, thank you so much. my summer just started, and i am so excited to start all the things i want to do. i hope youre having an amazing summer!
hey no problem hm, well the obvious cool places to play would be the house of blues in LA and Anaheim.. but places like the Glasshouse in Pomona and the Roxy are pretty cool too... I dont know how you all feel about big places like the Gibson Amphitheatre and stuff like that...
hey my name is Francesca and i just wanted to stop by and tell you that i love all your song..they are exactly the type of music that my friends and i like to listen to cant wait to hear your songs to come...
whats up jer, i see things are doin well for u. still livin in vermont or are u out seein the world? i have been livin in ohio for over a year now, its not the greatest place to be i would like to be in vt again but got to go where life brings me. i read part of your page and it said something about vermonters doing the "hippie shake" what is that?
hey u! how u been? i love the song speak! wayyy awesome! youve come so far! i cant wait to tell all the little 13, 14 year old girls who swoon over you when your way famous, that I got to dance with you lol. but awesome. keep doin what your doin!
not yet....im saving myself for this weekend. my friend zach is coming up from brooklyn and we are gonna go see it at the drive in with tess. i. cant. wait.
