The son of two converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jason

Deer has spent most of his life in two parts of the U.S., where there aren't a lot of members of the

Church, Oklahoma and Tennessee. But he has now created music that has been heard by believers

everywhere. Jason co-founded the Nashville Tribute Band, and today, despite having worked with some

of the biggest names in music, Jason says he recognizes that his secular music has taken a back seat

to his religious music, and he's totally okay with that. Jason Deer is the writer and producer of

many albums under the name of Nashville Tribute Band, a band that he and co-producer Dan Truman of

Diamond Rio created in 2004. Most recently, the band collaborated with Don't Miss This to create a

soundtrack to accompany the 2021 Come Follow Me curriculum. This is All-In, an LDS living podcast,

where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be All-In, the gospel of Jesus Christ? I'm

Morgan Jones, and I am so thrilled to have Jason Deer on the line with me today, Jason, welcome.

Thank you so much, Morgan. It's gonna be fun. Well, I have to tell you, your music got me through my

mission, and I'm sure that you've heard that from so, so many people, but your music was huge for me.

You have no idea what that means, and I do hear that from a lot of missionaries, and it kind of when

you first take that, your music helped me get through my mission, it makes it sound like that

that missions are super hard, and you know, they are plenty hard. I think they're plenty hard, and I love

that anything that we've done, any piece of music, or any any any moment of music can just put a

kick in some missionary step and just help them help them get through any day. It means a lot to me

that you would say that. You have no idea. Well, my dad actually just yesterday, I told him that I was

gonna be interviewing you today, and he said, the song, the hardest thing I've ever loved to do, he said,

I think I listened to that song about once a week, and it always makes me tear-y-eyed. And that's like,

I mean, my dad served his mission 35 years ago, and so I think that it's neat, that that's what,

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