Education
He graduated from Eastern Mennonite University in 2001 with a degree in liberal arts with various minors.
He graduated from Eastern Mennonite University in 2001 with a degree in liberal arts with various minors.
His music is composed of string instruments including banjo, guitar and fiddle with written roots within folk, blues and punk. He is also a special education teacher at Curington Elementary School in Boerne, Texas. Possessed by Paul James has starred in The Folk Singer, a film by Slowboat Films in 2008 while in circulation internationally.
He has toured with Frank Turner of Epitaph Records, Chuck Ragan of Side One Dummy, Jon Snodgrass and Chad Price Suburban Home Records, Jim Ward and others via The Revival Tour in 2009.
Country Album in The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards. At the end of 2013 "There Will Be Nights When I"m Lonely" was released with Hillgrass Bluebilly Records.
The album initially charted at #12 on Billboard Magazine under the Country/Bluegrass genre. National Public Radio, CMT, Music Television featured both articles and tracks from the release.
The New York Times stated "PPJ a one man folk wonder" as well as one of the top concerts at the 2014 Pickathon Music Festival of Oregon.
After 18 years of working in social services and education, Wert and family are presently embarking on full-time touring with a focus of social advocacy in the areas of public education/special education and arts outreach.
