Justin Vernon

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Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American singer, guitarist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

He is best known as Bon Iver's primary songwriter and frontman.

Vernon is also a member of Volcano Choir, Big Red Machine, The Shouting Matches, and Gayngs.

He was formerly a member of DeYarmond Edison, a now defunct band. Vernon has received acclaim for his contributions, mainly for Bon Iver.

Vernon has been dubbed the best singer-songwriter of his generation.

Early life

Vernon attended Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he now lives. After meeting the members of a high school Wisconsin jazz camp, he formed Mount Vernon, 1997. In 1998, they unveiled their first local musical project. He graduated from Memorial High in 1999 and attended college at University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, spending a semester in Ireland. Vernon trained in Religious Studies and minored in Women's Studies. He said in an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report that he was not interested in studying music.

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Career

Vernon's debut under the name "J.D. Vernon" in 2001, and his first solo album under the name "J.D Vernon" was released. He went on to perform two other solo albums, namely Self Record in 2005 and Hazeltons in 2006. Both of these albums are available online, but they have yet to see a formal launch. When he was still attending college, Vernon formed DeYarmond Edison in 2001. Vernon, Brad and Phil Cook, Christopher Porterfield, and Joe Westerlund were among the band's members, who began performing in 2002. During its five-year existence, the company saw a variety of line-up changes. The four bandmates decided to leave their long-time home and move to Raleigh, North Carolina, to try their musical hand in a new place after being active in the Eau Claire music scene. On their Myspace page, the band released two albums, the first self-titled in 2004 and the second named Silent Signs in 2005, and an EP of unreleased content is also available. Vernon left for Wisconsin in 2006 after a breakup with the band and a girlfriend. DeYarmond Edison's remaining members formed the folk band Megafaun and Field Report, and are now excellent friends with Vernon.

Vernon rose to international prominence with his album Forever Ago, which he recorded alone in a northern Wisconsin cabin in the winter months of 2006 and 2007, while undergoing physical and emotional challenges. Vernon self-released the album in July 2007, following numerous praises, including from Pitchfork, the album was rereleased in February 2008 and released internationally in May of this year.

In 2012 Grammy Awards, Bon Iver's 2011 self-titled album received Best New Artist and Best Alternative Album. Vernon walked away from Bon Iver for a brief period of time, effectively ending the band's existence for the time being. "I'm] winding it down," he replied as questioned about reasoning. I like it like a faucet. Since so much of how music comes together is subconscious or discovering, I have to turn it off and walk away from it. There's so much focus on the band that it can be distracting at times. Although I am already worried about it, I really feel the need to get away from it. And if I return to it – if at all – I'll feel better about it and be refreshed or something to do that."

Vernon unveiled I, I, on August 9, 2019, to widespread acclaim. Vernon's fourth studio album, which includes hundreds of collaborators, emulating the tone Vernon intended to send when working with Aaron Dessner in the creation of the Big Red Machine.

Vernon is a member of various musical groups, including Volcano Choir, which includes Vernon and the members of the band Collections of Bees. Unmap was announced in 2009. Gayngs, a group of many well-known artists, including representatives from Megafaun, The Rosebuds, Doomtree, and Solid Gold, among others, was Relayted in 2010. Vernon appeared on seven songs on Ana's 2010 album Hadestown, based on Greek legend Orpheus and Eurydice. He is one third of The Shouting Matches, a blues-garage rock trio, as well as Laarks and Peter Wolf Crier drummer Brian Moen, and former DeYarmond Edison bandmate Phil Cook. They have recorded songs, Mouthoil's first EP, and their debut album, Grownass Man, was released in 2013. As a limited edition of The Shouting Matches' 2013 exhibitions in Milwaukee and Minneapolis, Mouthoil CDs were available.

Vernon was invited to perform on "Dark Fantasy," "Hell Of A Life," and "Life In The World," as well as West and Jay-Z's collaborative album Watch the Throne in 2011. He was also involved in West's 2013 album Yeezus, contributing to "I Am a God," "Hold My Liquor," and "I'm in It." Vernon has appeared on several occasions as backing vocalist for West at his live performances, including at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2011 and Glastonbury Festival in 2015, where West introduced Vernon as "one of the world's worst white guys." Vernon collaborated with Aaron Dessner on the song "Big Red Machine" for the Red Hot Organization's AIDS charity compilation Dark Was the Night in 2009.

He has recorded albums for other artists, including Land of Talk's 2008 album Some Are Lakes and Kathleen Edwards' 2012 album Voyageur.

Vernon founded Chigliak, a Jagjawar imprint, devoted to albums that had limited or non-commercial availability.

In 2014, Jason Feathers, a partnership with Vernon, Ryan Olson (member of Gayngs, Poliça, and Marijuana Deathsquads), indie rapper Astronautics and Bon Iver member Sean Carey (known by his stage name S. Carey), debuted De Oro.

Vernon collaborated with Mouse on Mars on their album Dimensional People, which was based on his studio's April Base. On the album Dimensional People III, his voice can be heard.

Vernon performed on June 23, 2018 at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin, with Dead & Company on stage. He appeared on three songs with the band, "Black Muddy River," "Mates of the Devil," and "Birdsong." It was a special performance at Vernon's Wisconsin roots that displayed the Dead's music's timelessness and versatility.

Vernon's Aaron Dessner of The National released their eponymous debut album of duet Big Red Machine in late August 2018. The ten song self-titled album Big Red Machine was co-produced by Dessner, Vernon, and Brad Cook, and it features nearly 40 collaborators, including Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, and Richard Parry. The majority of the album was recorded in Dessner's garage studio in Hudson Valley, New York. The album aims to capture the personal involvement of people in the production of music, which explains why there are so many contributing artists.

Needless to say, Swamp Dogg's Sorry You Couldn't Make It was released in March 2020, with Vernon playing guitar on all tracks. He had appeared on Swamp Dogg's album Love, Loss, & Autotune in 2018. Vernon collaborated with Taylor Swift on "Exile" in 2020, earning her an important credit on her eighth studio album Folklore. Swift's ninth studio album Evermore, a surprise follow-up to Folklore, was released. Vernon co-wrote the title song and performed on several tracks as well as performed background vocals on several songs.

Vernon founded and curated the Eaux Claires music and arts festival, as well as Aaron Dessner of The National.

Vernon and Dessner produced the second annual Eaux Claires festival in August 2016. Bon Iver's third album, 22, A Million, debuted live on the festival's first night. On September 30, 2016, A Million was released to widespread critical acclaim.

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