Jon Hanson: October 2010 Artist of the Month! (This is interview is from Songramp.com) By: Staff

Who is ‘Jon Hanson?’

Blessed, a sinner saved by grace. The best part of my life began in 1982 when I met my wife Nita; we have been married for 27 years. I marvel at how a chance meeting can totally change your life; I relive our meeting in one of the first songs I posted on the ramp I Like Me Best When I’m Next to You. The waitress in that song in some 20 years has gone from pouring coffee to paralegal to attorney. She continues to inspire me because she has followed her dream of going to law school and becoming a respected attorney (versus the other kind). We have a 19 year old son, Aubrey, deployed to Iraq serving in the US Army. Our 15 year old daughter Paige, is a Junior in high school. These three are the reason I wrote in I Like Me Best: “All of these memories I keep putting away, that’s why I’m going to die a rich man someday.”
I was bed side a year ago when my best friend of 29 years died. All he had w