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Before Jonah could even talk he was playing the Hammered Dulcimer with the
help of his Grandfather (Beepa). At the age of 7 Jonah began
to seriously play the dulcimer and to perform in front of audiences.
He put out his first solo album at the age of 11 entitled, "Just for You".
Jonah began playing the guitar at age
13.
He has excelled playing both of
these instruments and continues to please audiences at Chasin' Steel
shows.
After graduating from Midland High school, Jonah along with
his brother Jacob, headed to Northern Michigan University where he studied
in libation for several years. Eventually Jonah changed his focus
and majored in Aviation Maintenance which he now has a degree in.
This comes in handy when the bus breaks down on the side of the road. NMU is also where Jonah met his lovely wife, Katie. They have one child (thus
far), a son named Wyatt. Hey wait a minute...he kinda looks more
like Jacob.....hmmmmmm. Best play the guitar boy...not that banjar
thing.
Jonah, like the rest of the band,
also enjoys the outdoors and spends his spare time fishing around the
Marquette area as well as joining his brother Jacob on primitive blackpowder shoots and hunts. He also enjoys "Muddin" in his Jeep
CJ-7 through the backcountry of the U.P.
Along with his breathtaking abilities
on the hammered dulcimer, Jonah sings the buttery baritone
vocal harmony part and has fine tuned the art of
powerful rhythm guitar playing. His rhythm guitar is the unsung force behind the
drive that defines the Chasin' Steel sound. If you have the ear, you
will hear the influences and similarities to rhythm guitar masters such as del McCoury and
Jimmy Martin. You gotta love
that signature "G" Run.
Jonah plays a 1980 Taylor 710 with Custom GHS 80/20 Bronze strings
and
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