Stephen Daniel Mason (born July 8, 1975)[2] is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist for Christian alternative folk rock group Jars of Clay.

[4] Mason joined Jars of Clay as a founding member in 1993 with singer Dan Haseltine and pianist Charlie Lowell while studying at Greenville College in his home state of Illinois.

The song later had lyrics added by Jars of Clay's lead singer Dan Haseltine for the group's second album Much Afraid.

[5][6] In 2014, Stephen qualified as a Master Barber and has started cutting hair at his shop, The Handsomizer.

He left Melissa in 2009 to marry former BBC Radio producer Jude Adam on October 24, 2009.