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Songs and Samples
The Real Thing
I Know Her By Heart
I Get It
Somewhere Where I Belong
All Night Café
Wiser Man Than Me
Hard to be Human
Ashes in the Wind
The Innocent Years
You’re Gone
John’s Song
Finally Home
A Long Long Time Ago *
* Heard on 12StepRadio.com
Some Nice Things People Have Said
Jon Vezner writes about the ‘details,’ the details of our hearts and feelings. His gift is in speaking to these ordinary things which connect us to one another, and in recognizing their simple beauty, he transforms them into something extraordinary.
- Mary-Chapin Carpenter
Jon Vezner is one of the best songwriters I know. When Thom Schuyler called me one day to ask me if I would write with an unknown writer he thought would ‘be someone to reckon with one day,’ I didn’t know it would also turn into a wonderful friendship.
- Janis Ian
If Jon’s golf game ever gets as great as his songwriting, the PGA had better watch out! (After playing with him, though, I don’t think there’s any imminent danger.)
- Tim DuBois
About Jon Vezner
Grammy award-winning songwriter Jon Vezner is a tunesmith of rare sensitivity and dry wit. His catalogue of recorded songs, topped by the poignant Where’ve You Been, reflects his straight-to-the heart sensibility and sensitivity. Vezner weaves the particulars of his own feelings with the lives of people he has known into universal themes that deeply touch listeners’ emotions.
Born June 6, 1951, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Vezner was lead singer and bassist in bands throughout high school and earned a B.A. Degree in music theory and music education from Minnesota Southwest State University in themed ‘70’s. He was prepared for a career as a music educator, but his main interest was always songwriting.
In 1983, Vezner made his first trip to Nashville to attend the Nashville Songwriters Association (NSAI) spring symposium. In 1984, Vezner established a relationship with Ree Guyer of Wrensong Music, a music publishing company with offices in St. Paul, Minnesota and Nashville. Very soon after, he had songs recorded by Mel McDaniel and Dave and Sugar.
Vezner moved to Nashville in January of 1986, and within that first year he had songs recorded by Reba McEntire and Ronnie Milsap, followed by Lorrie Morgan’s first single in 1987, Train Wreck of Emotion, which he co-wrote with Alan Rhody.
In 1989, Vezner co-wrote Where’ve You Been with fellow singer/songwriter Don Henry, recorded by Kathy Mattea - - a true story of Vezner’s grandparents that earned him “Song of the Year” honors with both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM) for 1990. The song was honored with a Grammy Award for “Best Country Song” and the Nashville Songwriters Association “Song of the Year.” Vezner was subsequently named “Songwriter of the Year” by the NSAI.
Other co-penned songs recorded by Mattea include A Few Good Things Remain (Top 5, 1990), Time Passes By (Top 5, 1991), Whole Lotta Holes, Slow Boat, Who’s Gonna Know, All Roads to the River, The Innocent Years, Calling My Name, Trust Me, and most recently the touching ballad Ashes in the Wind.
Some of the other singles written by Vezner include If I Didn’t Love You by Steve Warriner (Top 10, 1993), Has Anybody Seen Amy by John and Audrey Wiggins, Then What by Clay Walker, and You’re Gone by Diamond Rio.
Vezner’s songs have been recorded by a varied list of artists such as Martina McBride, Janis Ian, John Mellencamp, Nancy Griffith, Faith Hill, Clay Walker, Diamond Rio, and Native American recording artist, Bill Miller.
Vezner also has a growing list of production credits, producing CD projects for such artists as Danny O’Keefe, Victoria Shaw, and singing legend Patti Page.
Vezner presently resides in Nashville.