Jason Dickson

Jason Dickson was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He started playing music at the age of 11 trying to play and sing the music he listened to with his mother and older brother growing up. The music he typically heard in the home was early ZZ-Top, The Eagles, Charlie Daniels, Mac Davis, the Beatles, and a lot of Elvis.

It wasn't until Dickson transferred to Texas A&M University that his musical ambition took form. He began playing acoustic shows around College Station, Texas. Within 8 months, he had formed the band Headwest and began to write and perform original music with the group. The band played the Texas music circuit for many years and experienced substantial regional success. The band was considered "heavy pop" which was unique in a music industry that was being dominated by "grunge" bands at that time. Headwest shared the stage with many bands such as Sponge, Tripping Daisy, Pop Poppins, Course of Empire, Jack Ingram, Quickserve Johnny, Deep Blue Something and many others that influenced the original Texas rock music scene at that time.

Headwest was also the first band that played the venerable Steamboat Springs College Music Festival. After his college years, Dickson left Headwest. Feeling the need for inspiration, he traveled to various parts of the USA writing music as he also continued a successful real estate career in Colorado, Maryland, DC, and Northern California. He returned to Dallas in 2000 and resumed his role with Headwest. The band's hiatus resulted in an individual and group evolution that took them in a new and refreshing direction. They gave this artistic progression its respect by renaming the band to MUR.

MUR was definitely rock music, but with a slower pace and more mature sound and structure. This band was diversely influenced by U2, Coldplay, Sinatra, and The Rolling Stones. MUR quickly became one of the most respected original bands in the Dallas music scene, developing a loyal following that spanned many age groups. Dickson continued to perform and write with this band for two and a half years.

In 2004, Dickson formed the band Anytown as a result of writing and artistic styles beginning to lean towards the musical influenced from early childhood.

Anytown was an acoustic, harmony driven music project focused on creating and performing original material inspired by the likes of The Eagles, the Bellamy Brothers, Blackhawk, Crosby Stills and Nash, America, and Alabama. Anytown released a self-titled CD in 2004 and performed successfully on the Texas music circuit having the opportunity to share the stage with Loretta Lynn, the Bellamy Brothers, Johnny Bush, Pat Green, Hank Thompson, and Eli Young Band, just to name a few.

The time with Anytown provided Dickson the experience of writing with many well respected songwriters. This also opened the door for him to meet a large new world of songwriters, entertainers, and music business professionals throughout the country. Dickson used that experience with Anytown and the following years to grow and develop as an artist, businessman and individual.

In 2007, Dickson teamed up with Texas music stalwart Jason Manning, and the pair began a prolific writing partnership that became the foundation of their current recording project, Drive on Blue Boot Records.

Strong vocal harmonies, unique cord structures and poignant lyrics are the main focus of this debut Manning-Dickson project. They self-describe their sound as "country/rock with big harmony". It is an artistic collaboration reflecting where their individual and diverse musical travels have brought them.

Dickson currently resides near Ft. Worth, Texas with his wife.