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Jesse Welles
Jesse Welles is an American singer-songwriter born Jesse Allen Breckenridge Wells on November 22, 1992, in Ozark, Arkansas. He began playing guitar at age eleven and released early material under the names Jeh Sea Wells and Welles before settling on his current stage name. He formed the band Dead Indian in 2012 before establishing himself as a solo artist.
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United States
- Aug 4Grand RapidsFrederik Meijer GardensView details
- Aug 6Kansas CityGrinders KCView details
- Aug 13PortlandPioneer Courthouse SquareView details
- Aug 19OmahaSteelhouse OmahaView details
- Sep 27LouisvilleKentucky Expo CenterView details
- Oct 6Los AngelesThe WilternView details
- Oct 7Los AngelesThe WilternView details
- Oct 17NashvilleThe Pinnacle - TNView details
- Oct 18ChicagoThe Salt Shed Indoors (Shed)View details
- Oct 19ClevelandAgora TheatreView details
- Oct 21PittsburghStage AEView details
- Oct 22WashingtonThe AnthemView details
- Oct 24PhiladelphiaThe Met Presented by HighmarkView details
- Oct 25BostonRoadrunner-BostonView details
- Oct 27ColumbusKEMBA Live!View details
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United States
- Aug 1New YorkThe Rooftop at Pier 17View details
- Jul 25BirminghamAvondale Brewing Co.View details
About Jesse Welles
His music draws on the folk and rock traditions of Bob Dylan, the Beatles and Nirvana, and on the writing of Walt Whitman and Cormac McCarthy, with critics likening his songwriting to Woody Guthrie. His 2018 debut album, Red Trees and White Trashes, was produced by Dave Cobb and drew praise from NPR for its "heft and complexity." He received four nominations at the 68th Grammy Awards in 2026 and the Spirit of Americana/Free Speech Award in 2025.
From 2024, Welles built a wider following through self-filmed videos, often shot beneath power lines in his native Arkansas, addressing healthcare, the war in Gaza, capitalism and addiction. His single "United Health," released after the killing of a health-insurance executive, drew attention for confronting the American insurance industry directly, part of what outlets called a revival of the protest song.
In 2026 Welles released the album Middle, produced by Eddie Spear, whose single "Horses" marked a shift toward electric guitar and drums after years of largely acoustic recordings. He has performed on television including Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, extending his reach beyond the clips that built his audience.