i'VE GOT A CORAL SNAKE'S COLOR WITH A KING SNAKE'S BITE​​

Multi-award winning songwriter J. Jeffrey Messerole is an Americana musician from Iowa's capital city. From the depths of his Iowa roots, Messerole masterfully blends the sounds of his guitar with engaging lyrics, and often a harmonica, to tell gritty American tales that are bound to evoke emotion from all of his listeners. The motifs of his songs can vary as greatly as the wild flowers in the native tall grass. Messerole does frequently write about that flora, as well as the fauna of the region. Not to mention all of it's wild life. Not one to shy away from subject matter, the songs can frequently meander across the lines between love and loss, success and failure, or life and death. J. Jeffrey Messerole has garnered awards and distinctions that have landed him in the same company as John Prine, Jason Isbell, and John Hiatt. Fans of the aforementioned artists will find satisfaction in his songs as well. Messerole is happy to share his original folk, blues, and alternative country music that's cultivated right here in the heart of the Great Plains.

Photo Courtesy of: Casey Joe Collins

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Honors & distinctions:

2016 - Rural Roots Music Commission "Contemporary Folk Album of the Year" Kingsnake's Bite

​2017 - Rural Roots Music Commission "Traditional Folk/Americana Album of the Year" Halfway Home

2018 - No. 6 on the "Americana Highways Reader's Poll" Greetings From Rock Bottom

2022 - Iowa Public Radio's Artist of the Month - May
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licensing & Publishing :

Featured Films:
Bad Witch (2021) - "Whiskey Colored Glasses" from the album "Greetings From Rock Bottom"

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Discography:

​April, 2013 - Darling Of The Western Sky EP
September, 2015 - Kingsnake's Bite
October, 2015 - Halfway Home
​October, 2017 - The Ol' Hawk & Me
October 2018  - Greetings From Rock Bottom
​December 2019 - Crossroads Motel
April 2021 - Where The Honest Men Reside
​February 2022 - The Strangebird Tapes EP