While playing bass in several Minneapolis bands spanning over two decades, Jason Streitz quietly wrote country, bluegrass and folk songs in his spare time. These songs, along with a handful of new tunes would become the foundation for The Long Odds.

In October of 2016 the band recorded their first full length record with engineer Nick Tveitbakk at the renowned Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, MN. Level Ground was released in the winter of 2018 with special guests Jimmy Rogers and fiddle player Allie Kral (Yonder Mountain String Band) contributing their talents.

In August of 2019 Jason moved with his family from Minneapolis to the north woods of Wisconsin where they now own and operate a small pottery business out of an old 1921 schoolhouse, Brickyard Pottery and Gallery. Operating now as Jason Streitz and the Long Odds the band is eager to complete their 2nd full length album.

The bones of album #2 were recorded in June of 2019 at The Hideaway Studios in NE Minneapolis and is set to be released in the Winter of 2021.

Jason Streitz and the Long Odds have shared the stage with a wide range of national and local acts including Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Nathan Kalish, Invisible Boy, Kind Country, Gabe Barnett and Them Rounders, Bruise Violet, Jay Lenz (Pert Near Sandstone), The Drug Budget, Warren Thomas Fenzi, Jake Ilika and Bernie King and the Guilty Pleasures at prominent regional venues such as The Parkway Theater, Turf Club, Icehouse, Lee’s Liquor Lounge, The Cabooze, Como Dockside Pavillion, 331 Club and The Aster Café.