Nashville: Jason Null Of Saving Abel

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On this episode of Roger the Wild Child Show Nashville edition we are joined by musician Jason Null of Saving Abel JASON NULLJason Null and David Brazil grew up minutes down the road from another both independently practicing and playing music in the same towns and clubs Null an established songwriter guitarist and founding member of platinum selling artist Saving Abel met Brazil at one of his concerts in 2014 backstage The two immediately became fast friends discovering their hometown proximity love of creating music and guitars Soon after this chance meeting Null was introduced to Brazil s guitar work and they began discussing a path for David After several months of discussion Null introduced Brazil to then band manager Jeff Hanson of Creed Sevendust Paramore fame The 3 began discussions and soon after Brazil released a record titled Who the Hell is David Brazil featuring members of Creed Fuel Evanescence and produced by Brett Hestla formerly of Dark New Day The studio record led to Brazil touring and charting in top 100 rock charts with his 1st single Steal My Thunder All of this took place while Null continued to tour with Saving Abel and work on the bands forthcoming studio release See savingabel com for full bio Null and Brazil began discussing the music world and hopes and dreams all the while building a friendship of that of childhood friends Brazil expressed his admiration for Null s ability to construct songs out of thin air and complement him on his backwoods voice often asking Null if he ever wrote any country music Brazil recalls Null would always say everything I do is country I am a country boy Null would add I don t worry about what it sounds like while writing I sculpt and mold the sound while in the studio Null and Brazil would continue to collaborate during these times and began writing music that they both found themselves humming throughout the day leading to a demo with Nulls longtime producer Grammy winner Skidd Mills The demo even though it had great reviews among the two s peers laid dormant until 2020 when they partnered in a home studio and began demoing everything written This led to the revitalization of South of Shiloh Pairing up with Skidd Mills once again to reenter the studio In 2021 the duo completed a 10 song record and in 2022 released their first music video for their throwback hit After Grandpa and Grandma Are Gone