Jelly Roll will keep his concerts stateside for now — at least until a few legal hurdles are cleared. The country singer — real name Jason DeFord — told Jon Bon Jovi for Interview magazine that although he's 'so excited' to travel internationally, his team needs to put together the 'final pieces of some legal puzzles for me to get overseas.' DeFord has been open about his felony convictions, one of which was for aggravated robbery after he used a gun to steal weed at age 16.
But the musician appeared grateful that the opportunity could one day exist. 'For the record I’m a kid from Antioch, Tenn., whose father never left the southeastern region until he was in his 50s,' DeFord said. In an interview with The Times last year, DeFord detailed his teenage and young adult years in Antioch, a suburb of Nashville. He said he spent much time behind bars on robbery- and drug-related charges.