BAND BIO

The Jasper Stills is an acoustic duo that plays the hits with a splash of original flavor. Both members, Jason McKinney and Dave Brajcki, grew up in a suburb thirty miles from Chicago where they formed a band when they were just fifteen. Both are accomplished musicians with formal music training from a young age. Jason started playing guitar at nine and began studying jazz at fourteen. In 1999, he was recognized with the "Outstanding Guitarist" award at a Ball State University Jazz event. With various groups he traveled the country, enjoying playing music particularly in Las Vegas, California, and recording in Nashville, but despite this he decided that life on the road wasn't for him and that finishing college was his priority. Dave too began studying music at an early age. At twelve, he began studying classical music, playing the viola. At fourteen, he applied this knowledge to the bass guitar, which he played for several years and in multiple bands for which he supplied the super tasty funk bass lines. It wasn't until the age of twenty-two that he discovered his love for singing.

The two parted ways when Jason moved to Rochester, NY for college where he continued playing and studying music as a jazz minor. Dave continued to play with various groups until he met his future wife, who just so happened to live in Rochester, NY. The rest is pretty much history.

In November of 2011, Jason hosted a party where he and Dave spontaneously broke into a jam session/ sing along, about which someone later commented, "and this is why Dave and Jason should be making music." Just a couple months later, early 2012, The Jasper Stills went to the laboratory where they spent nearly a year preparing a set list and strategizing the integration of multiple instruments before hitting the Rochester music scene with full force.

SONG LIST

Songs Performed by The Jasper Stills

20 years - THE CIVIL WARS
500 miles - THE PROCLAIMERS
A Change is Gonna Come - SAM COOKE
Ain’t No Sunshine - BILL WITHERS
All My Lovin - THE BEATLES
Banana Pancakes - JACK JOHNSON
Bartender - DAVE MATHEWS
Born and Raised - JOHN MAYER
Breakeven - THE SCRIPT
Breathe - PINK FLOYD
Brown Eyed Girl - VAN MORRISON
Bubble Toes - JACK JOHNSON
Burnin it Down - JASON ALDEAN
California - PHANTOM PLANET
Can’t Feel My Face - THE WEEKND
Closing Time - SEMISONIC
Come Together - THE BEATLES
Crash - DAVE MATHEWS
Crazy - GNARLS BARKLEY
Cruising’ - SMOKEY ROBINSON
Daydream Believer - THE MONKEES
Don’t Stop Believing - JOURNEY
Don’t Worry Be Happy - BOBBY MCFERRIN
Don’t You Forget About Me - SIMPLE MINDS
Drift Away - DOBY GRAY
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - WANG CHUNG
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - TEARS FOR FEARS
Express Yourself - MADONNA
Falling Slowly - GLEN HANSARD
Firework - KATY PERRY
Follow Through - GAVIN DEGRAW
FourFive Seconds - RIHANNA, KANYE
Free Falling - TOM PETTY
Get Back - THE BEATLES
Get Lucky - DAFT PUNK
Gin and Juice - SNOOP DOGG
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - CYNDI LAUPER
Grenade - BRUNO MARS
Hey Jude - THE BEATLES
High and Dry - RADIOHEAD
Ho Hey - THE LUMINEERS
I Just Called to Say I Love You - S. WONDER
I Think We’re Alone Now - TIFFANY
I Wanna Hold Your Hand - THE BEATLES
If I Ain’t Got You - ALECIA KEYS
Iris - GOO GOO DOLLS
Just the Two of Us - BILL WITHERS
Just the Way You Are - BRUNO MARS
Kiss - PRINCE
Knocking on Heaven’s Door - ERIC CLAPTON
Lean on Me - BILL WITHERS
Let it Be - THE BEATLES
Let’s Get it On - MARVIN GAYE
Let’s Stay Together - AL GREEN
Long Train Running - DOOBIE BROTHERS
Look What You’ve Done - JET
Man in the Mirror - MICHAEL JACKSON
Margaritaville - JIMMY BUFFET
Midnight Rider - ALLMAN BROTHERS
Music - MADONNA
No Rain - BLIND MELON
No Woman No Cry - BOB MARLEY
Octopus’ Garden - THE BEATLES
People Get Ready - CURTIS MAYFIELD
Piano Man - BILLY JOEL
Rhythm of Love - PLAIN WHITE TS
Roar - KATY PERRY
Rooster - ALICE IN CHAINS
Royals - LORDE
Rude - MAGIC!
Runaway Train - SOUL ASYLUM
Santeria - SUBLIME
Satisfaction - ROLLING STONES
Say Something - A GREAT BIG WORLD
She Will Be Loved - MAROON5
Since You Been Gone - KELLY CLARKSON
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - OTIS REDDING
Something’s Missing - JOHN MAYER
Space Oddity - DAVID BOWIE
Stay With Me - SAM SMITH
Steal My Kisses - BEN HARPER
Story of My Life - ONE DIRECTION
Stuck in the Middle with You - STEALERS WHEEL
Sunday Morning - MAROON5
Sweet Caroline - NEIL DIAMOND
Sweet Pea - AMOS LEE
The Blower’s Daughter - DAMIEN RICE
The Joker - STEVE MILLER BAND
The Scientist - COLDPLAY
The Weight - THE BAND
Thinking Out Loud - ED SHEEHAN
Three Little Birds - BOB MARLEY
Use Me - BILL WITHERS
Wagon Wheel - DARIUS RUCKER
Wake Me Up - ALOE BLACK
Waste - PHISH
What I Got - SUBLIME
What I Like About You - THE ROMANTICS
What’s Goin’ On - MARVIN GAYE
Why Can’t We Be Friends - WAR
Wild Night - VAN MORRISON
Windows are Rolled Down - AMOS LEE
With a Little Help from My Friends - THE BEATLES
Word Up - CAMEO
Yesterday - THE BEATLES
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - FLAMING LIPS
You are the Best Thing - RAY LAMONTAGNE
You Spin Me Round - DEAD OR ALIVE