Name: Jared Deck - Summer Breeze
Start: 2026-05-17T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-05-17T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Lions Park

Jared Deck takes life one fight at a time. Raised on the dusty plains of rural Oklahoma, he worked the family farm and grocery store, learned grit in the oilfields as a roughneck, and saw firsthand the heartbreak of factory jobs lost to outsourcing. Through booms and busts, music was the constant place where he could wrestle with questions of faith, work, and identity, and turn struggle into song. Deck’s self-titled debut (2016) introduced him as a songwriter with a road-worn voice and a pen sharpened by hardship. Produced by Grammy-nominated Wes Sharon (John Fullbright, Turnpike Troubadours), the album earned critical acclaim from outlets like Rolling Stone Country and American Songwriter. Songs like The American Dream, which won First Place at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Contest, positioned him as a truth-telling voice of the heartland. He returned to the studio with producer Dwight Hamlin for Head Above Water (2024), his first release in five years. The record is both a reboot and a reckoning: songs of resilience and blue-collar struggle, written by someone who has lived every lyric. Through every layoff, election, and late-night drive, Jared Deck’s music has remained a testament to perseverance. His songs remind us that even in the hardest seasons, there’s always a chance to rise again — one fight, one story, one song at a time.