The Blaine County Journal News-Opinion - We've Got The County Covered

Jason DeShaw performed before two audiences of students in Blaine County. Last Wednesday, in the Chinook High gym, he sang and spoke to about 350 students gathered from Chinook, Harlem and Turner. The next day he did a similar performance at Hays-Lodge Pole High. His performance was a combination of country music, singing several songs he wrote himself, and conversation about his own challenges of mental illness and alcoholism.

Jason DeShaw grew up in Plentywood, Montana and after college began pursuing his dream to be a country music singer and songwriter. Of college he said, "I majored in pr...