Stephen Mason (musician)
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July 8, 1975[1]
- Musician
- songwriter
- Guitar
- vocals
- bass
- mandolin
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| Born | Stephen Daniel Mason July 8, 1975[1] Joliet, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
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Stephen Daniel Mason (born July 8, 1975)[2] is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist for Christian alternative folk rock group Jars of Clay.
Mason was born in Joliet, Illinois[3] in 1975, however was brought up from age 8 in Decatur, Illinois, where he attended Warrensburg-Latham schools.[4]
Career
Mason joined Jars of Clay as a founding member in 1993 with singer Dan Haseltine and pianist Charlie Lowell while studying at Greenville College in his home state of Illinois. As a submission piece to get into college, Mason wrote an instrumental guitar piece entitled "Frail" which was later recorded and used as the namesake for the group's first demo Frail. The song later had lyrics added by Jars of Clay's lead singer Dan Haseltine for the group's second album Much Afraid.
In 2014, Stephen qualified as a Master Barber and has started cutting hair at his shop, The Handsomizer.[5]
