Jarred Bepristis
singer/songwriter
Musicians are like grilled cheese sandwiches, barely good enough for a kids menu at a fancy restaurant, yet still necessary. Jarred Bepristis is one of those sandwiches, but like that at a 5 star Michelin joint. He is basic, yet highly complex. Subdued and without pretension.
At 16 he learned guitar through the crucible of base church performance and a father who had developed a slow delta blues language as inarticulate as Cleatus, yet as patient and methodically drunk as Winston Churchill. This recipe of down-home cookin' and technical prowess tastes as good as grandmas Sunday pie.
His slide guitar, flamenco and jazz influence layered on the kind of story telling, euphemisms and honesty come through his twelve string like a good back rub... if you like it rough and passionate.
If you want your heart string plucked as hard or as soft as he plays his guitar, definitely give him a listen. He might just touch you somewhere you didn't know felt good.
- Website:
- http://jarredbepristis.squarespace.com/