![]() In fact, Downing said his biggest passion is writing music. “He still does, and he is seventy-five.”ĭowning’s musical abilities are not limited to vocals. ©Jay Blakesbergĭowning said his dad’s music career played a role in his decision to pursue singing. “Everybody was already playing drums or bass and guitar, and so I was like, ‘Yeah! That sounds fun.’ I have sort of been playing music relentlessly ever since.” Jason Downing performs with his band. ![]() “A bunch of guys came up to me and asked if I wanted to sing in a band,” Downing said. He was first offered the opportunity to be in a band during eighth grade. ![]() We can accomplish anything, because our minds are clear.”ĭowning’s love for music came at an early age. “It has already taken us places filled with fantastic adventures. “The next thing is just seeing where this takes us,” Downing said. “I am singing because I think there are a lot of important things for people to get out of it beyond just the music.”ĭowning describes the future of Musketeer Gripweed as living in the moment. “At the end of every show, I tell the audience to make this a better place with some love and compassion,” Downing said. Why have one without the other?”ĭowning said playing music allows him the chance to make an impact. ![]() A rock and roll concert can be really fun with some substance. Learning can be substantive and really fun. “I find that there’s a lot of cross over. In class, I am talking about that with sociology,” Downing said. “At the shows, I talk about our responsibilities as human beings to each other. In his mind, the advantage stems from his ability to share his passion for human rights in both jobs. “Not a lot of musicians are teaching college, but I think it is an advantage.” “I am having a great time teaching and doing music,” Downing said. Though Downing lives a unique life as the lead singer of Musketeer Gripweed and a sociology professor at CSU, he does not find this strange. He is being held on a $200,000 cash-only bond.As appearing in The Rocky Mountain CollegianĬolorado State University sociology professor, Jason Downing, is actually a rock star.ĭowning may seem like an ordinary professor, but when he isn’t teaching, he fulfills the role of lead-singer for a Fort Collins based blues-fusion band Musketeer Gripweed. On July 2, Clifton Police Chief Omar Negrete and Greenlee County Attorney’s Office Investigator Eric Ellison went to the VA in Tucson, and Downing was taken into custody and booked into the Pima County Adult Corrections Facility.ĭowning’s next hearing is set for a pre-trial conference on Oct. The following day, July 1, Greenlee County Justice of the Peace Judge Grace Nabor issued a warrant for Downing’s arrest. I have no idea, cause I’m (expletive deleted) sick.” Downing can also be heard admitting to molesting the second victim on the phone call as well, according to a Clifton Police report.ĭowning, who is a retired Marine, checked himself into the Tucson Veterans Affairs Hospital in Tucson that night. Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office Photo: Jason DowningĪdditionally, detectives listened in on a phone call made to Downing in which he was asked, “what he did and why?” and Downing allegedly responded, “put my hands down her pants.
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