Jonathan Meiburg

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Name = Jonathan Meiburg

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Instrument = Vocals
Guitar
Piano
Genre = Rock, Folk rock, Indie rock
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1998–Present
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Associated_acts = Okkervil River
Shearwater (2001-present)
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Jonathan Meiburg is a multi-instrumentalist musician and the lead singer and songwriter for Shearwater (2001–present), a band he co-founded with Will Sheff in Austin, Texas. He also shared duties with Sheff as a member of Okkervil River (1999–2008). Due to increased popularity and touring conflicts between the two acts, however, Meiburg left Okkervil River in May 2008.

Meiburg has a bachelor's degree in English, with a minor in Religion, from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and a master's degree in Geography from the University of Texas at Austin. He is an avid birder, and his love of birds shows itself in the band's name, and in the titles of several different Shearwater albums and EPs.

Meiburg has recorded material as a solo artist, though he tends to only sell these records at Shearwater tour dates.

External links

* [http://www.shearwatermusic.com Shearwater's official site]
* [http://www.okkervilriver.com Okkervil River's official site]