In the 1990s, before he spent 20+ years as stay-at-home dad, Jon headlined at dozens of folk clubs, colleges and coffeehouses throughout the Northeast and Midwest. Club Passim, The Bluebird Cafe, Eddie’s Attic, Caffe Lena, Canal Street Tavern, Cafe Carpe, The Blue Moon Coffeehouse at Illinois Wesleyan, Skidmore College, WPI, and Indiana University is just a partial list.
He shared co-bills and “writers-in-the-round” nights with the likes of Kristian Bush, Shawn Mullins, Peirce Pettis, Dar Williams, and Carrie Newcomer. He opened for legendary songwriters like Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III, Peter Case, John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler and David Mallett.