Jason Tyler Burton "Bet On Me"

Originally from Kentucky, Jason Tyler Burton now calls the base of the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming home. The singer-songwriter recently released the follow-up his 2014 album Headwaters, entitled Lost Behind the Ranges. Written mostly while working as a seasonal park ranger in the Zion and Sequoia national parks, and recorded in Pinedale, Wyoming, the eleven-song set reflects Burton’s transition from wandering the West to finding a home in Wyoming and focuses on relationships including those with significant others, country, and the road.

A collection that is melodically quiet, the songs on Lost Behind the Ranges are heartfelt, personal, and touching with one of the tracks, “Bet On Me” striking a deep emotional chord. Opening with acoustic guitar which is soon accompanied by the sorrowful strains of a violin and shuffling percussion, “Bet On Me” finds Burton warning a potential life partner not to take a chance on him because he will only let her down. While the lyrics themselves are impactful, its Burton’s vocals – emitting a warm sadness of a defeated man who now believes the negative things others have told him about himself - that heighten the emotion. “I’ve spent all these years just trying to break free of what others said would be my destiny.”
 
 "I told you once I told you a thousand times, that I am guilty of a thousand crimes
I told you once I told you a thousand times: Don’t you bet on me
Well are you sure you want to take my name?
Your daddy says I am the one to blame, so are you sure you want to take my name?
Don’t you bet on me."

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